Classic Computer Magazine Archive START VOL. 4 NO. 10 / MAY 1990

Survey

• Please return this survey to:

START Reader Survey
544 Second Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
 

1 How many people read your copy of START magazine?  __

2 I [] do [] don't subscribe to START.
 

3 If you don't subscribe, why?
[] price   [] I want non-disk version
[] easy to buy from my local retailer
[] prefer to see contents before buying

4 I [] would  [] wouldn't buy a non-disk subscription.

5 I am [] male [] female.

6 I am    [] under 20    [] 20-25.
[] 26-35 [] 36-40        [] 41-50
[] 51-60 [] over 60 years old.

7 I earn                   [] $0-19,999
[] $20.000-29,999  [] $30,000-39,999
[] $40,000-49,999  [] over $50,000

8 I [] belong [] don't belong to a user group.

9 I have an account on the following BBSs
[] BIX  [] CompuServe  [] GEnie
[] other. Which?__________________

10 I use my ST for [] business
                              [] personal use.

11 How many people use your ST?___

12 I own a [] 520ST   [] 1040ST
[] Mega ST
with   [] 512K  [] 1M  [] 2M
[] 4M of memory   and [] TOS 1.4

13 How many disk drives do you own?
___single  ___double

14 How many monitors do you own?
 ___ color  ___ monochrome

15 I now own or will buy:
own   will buy
[]       []     a dot-matrix printer
[]       []     an Atari laser printer
[]       []     a modem
[]       []     a fixed hard drive
[]       []     a removable hard drive
[]       []     a tape backup
[]       []     a Mac emulator
[]       []     a PC emulator
[]       []     MIDI equipment
[]       []     a memory upgrade
[]       []     another ST
[]       []     a TT
[]       []     anSTE
[]       []     a Stacy
[]       []     a Portfolio
[]       []     a non-Atari computer
[]       []     a CD player
[]       []     aVCR

16 Please list, from most frequent (1) to least frequent (14), the things for which you use your ST.
__computer-aided design
__databases
__desktop publishing
__drawing/graphics
__education
__games
__ home finance
__Mac/PC emulation
__music/MIDI
__programming
__ spreadsheets/business
__telecommunications
__ word processing
__other. What?__________________

17 I'm a [] beginning  [] intermediate
[] advanced computer user.

18 I think the START articles are:
[] simplistic  [] informative  [] too technical
[] easy to read  [] hard to read
[] too short  [] just right  [] too long

19 I think the START reviews are:
[] incomplete  [] comprehensive
[] helpful when buying products.

20 I think the START programs are:
[] useful  [] limited  [] fun
[] interesting    [] better left un-ARCed

21 I []want  [] don't want the program documentation removed from the magazine and put on disk.

22 I want START to devote magazine space to the following:
More   Less   Same
[]          []        []      Atari news
[]          []        []       beginner tutorials
[]          []        []       applications
[]          []        []       CAD/graphics
[]          []        []       children's educational products
[]          []        []       desktop publishing
[]          []        []       events calendar
[]          []        []       game reviews
[]          []        []       general computer issues
[]          []        []       hardware how-to's
[]          []        []       hardware reviews
[]          []        []       hints and tips on applications
[]          []        []       Mac & PC emulation
[]          []        []       MIDI/music applications
[]          []        []       new product notices
[]          []        []       opinion
[]          []        []       people/company profiles
[]          []        []       programming tutorials
[]          []        []       public domain software
[]          []        []       reader mail
[]          []        []       reference books
[]          []        []       software reviews
[]          []        []       technical material
[]          []        []       telecommunications and BBSs
[]          []        []       trade show news
[]          []        []       TT, Stacy and Portfolio

23 I want the START disk to include the following:
More   Less    Same
[]          []         []      business/finance
[]          []         []      children's programs
[]          []         []      database programs
[]          []         []      games
[]          []         []      graphics/CAD
[]          []         []      indexes (like Softguide)
[]          []         []      math/statistics packages
[]          []         []      music/MIDI
[]          []         []      new product demos
[]          []         []      programming tools
[]          []         []      public domain software
[]          []         []      scientific applications
[]          []         []      source code
[]          []         []      telecommunications
[]          []         []      utilities
[]          []         []      word processing