Atari Times Readers Survey

Most of those who have filled in the survey so far own at least one Atari computer - a large proportion actually owned more than one. There also a number of Jaguar and Lynx owners out there. It seems evident that most of our readers are also PC users who make use of both formats to achieve their goals. Atari emulation is also extremely common now. The average number of AT issues read is 4 - although a very large proportion of the survey returns indicated that our readership is growing quite rapidly. Maybe even doubling each issue, however this is our internet based feedback - we have no way of knowing how many are obtained from other sources. There is a lot of demand for more software and hardware reviews and hopefully we'll be able to fulfil this demand in future issues. There was also a number of request for reviews of new software and less of the older stuff. Programming was also popular and well over half of the responses were from people who have done some programming or are actively involved with developing new Atari software. A number of people asked for some programming material. One of the most popular things in the Atari Times was the 1997 Atari Times Awards - it looks like they may be a permanent feature! In all the results obtained so far show that AT is fitting quite nicely with the Atari scene - as both a serious publication and an interesting read. Over the next couple of issues we intend to act on your comments and we hope to improve AT further!