Here is the January issue of QZX. Unfortunately it is the January 1993 issue, not the January 1994 issue.
There are a lot of reasons, but the main one is procrastination. As the last issue mentioned, I was out of the state for the first half of the year and spent some time in Africa. Furthermore my job then required me to put the finishing touches on a math book, see that it got printed and distributed, prepare a workshop for an international meeting, and prepare a major paper for a professional society to which I belong. Nevertheless there was time to get the issue out long before this time.
However here it is now. It even contains the traditional QZX calendar. The immediate plan is to catch up to where QZX is supposed to be.
There are a number of issues to discuss however. The first of these is the postal increase.
In fact the postal increase provided a sharp incentive and firm deadline for me to get this issue out now rather than wait another 24 hours. The immediate question is, will the postal rate increase trigger a corresponding increase in the subscription price of QZX? The short answer is no. There are several reasons, the most important of which is that various subscribers have made contributions to the postage fund ever since the last rate increase. This fund has been sufficient to cover the increased postal rates.
The next reason is that the publishing costs of QZX are going to go down. As you will have noticed, this issue is two pages smaller than the last. Many (but not all) of the coming issues will be this smaller size. The main reason for the size reduction is not cost cutting. It is the lack of suitable material to publish.
It has been some time since | have even heard from a subscriber yet alone had a contribution which could be published. The last letter received was from WA6DLI and I think he was assuming that QZX had died.
I can write only a certain amount because I am only using my Sinclair computers on packet and I have written most of my thoughts on that use.. However I still collect. material on some areas of computer use which I think might be of interest to amateurs, but I do not want to broaden the scope of the magazine. Also I do have some information of a reference nature which might be of interest to those still using their Sinclair computers. Most of that will be published in the coming issues which will also contain some articles, which I judge to be of interest to QZX readers, reprinted from other maga-
In any case I hope you will find the QZX calendar useful and that your New Year will be pleasurable. | am sure mine will be.