What we leave behind...

In spite of the death of CU Amiga, its 'spirit' could be found in several news stand magazines, webzines, and online groups for several years.

The most notable was Amiga Active - the spiritual descendent of CU Amiga. Spearheaded by Andrew Korn (former Deputy Editor of CU Amiga), the magazine provided the same mix of technical coverage and reviews, improving on some of the faults of its unofficial parent.

Those who read Amiga Format will also be aware of the number of former CU employees that wrote for the magazine. Richard Drummond was a staff writer, while Tony Horgan and Neil Bothwick would write tutorials, reviews, and columns. Since its death, Amiga Format has incorporated a number of CU Amiga ideals. A Trojan horse tactic to change AF into a new version of CU Amiga?

Besides the news stand magazines there are also a few web sites in existence updated by former CU celebrities.

The first is an irregularly updated webzine called The .Newt. Written by Dave Stroud (CU Amiga's PD.Net columnist), the site covered a particular topic in every 'issue'. The first edition, dated September 1998 gave a behind the scenes look at the last days at the CU Amiga office, whilst issue 2 interviews software producer, ClickBOOM, and issue 3 examines the Warp 3D API.

The second CU spin-off comes from former CU Aussie, Mat Bettinson. Mat's .Plan is not Amiga specific, more of a diary of Mat's life but it did on occasion mention his time at CU. Unfortunately, Mat's .Plan was canceled on May 21st, 1999, but you can read past entries on his web site.

The third and final son of CU is the magazine's mailing list itself. Despite the magazines cancellation, the list continued, moving to OneList in December 1998. The list thrived for two years, before falling into disrepair during 2000. It currently has 190 subscribers and less than 50 messages per month. Back to CU Index
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