FaSTer: an Atari ST digital magazine

FaSTer was a Canadian magazine focused on the Atari ST. What made it unique is that it was distributed on floppy disk. Paul Lefebvre obtained a copy and posted about it recently.

Each disk was single-sided and worked in both color and monochrome. Producing a disk magazine was certainly much less expensive than a printed one, yet the magazine itself did cost more than most printed magazines of the time. Although the price was in line with magazines that came with a disk, such as Compute!’s ST Disk and Magazine or STart. At $9.95 an issue, that is about $28 in 2024.

The magazine itself consisted of just a disk nested between two pieces of cardboard. The front “cover” highlights what is on the disk.

See more in the blog post here.


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