Blast from the past: Stardock Magazine 1997
OS/2 is the future, man!
Friday, December 23, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: Personal Computing
Stardock Magazine is nearing its 10th year anniversary. In the old days, Stardock Magazine was done as a regular magazine. The ones from 1996 were done with Page Maker 5 (Which I can't convert with Adobe InDesign). So here's one from early 1996 as a PDF. Some of the graphics and fonts are wrong (i.e. the layout errors and such weren't in the actual paper version) but it gives you an idea of what kinds of things Stardock was up to way back then.
firebrick
Reply #3 Friday, December 23, 2005 8:17 PM
Reply #3 Friday, December 23, 2005 8:17 PM
Brad, where was Stardock located before you moved to Livonia?
SSG Geezer
Reply #4 Friday, December 23, 2005 8:30 PM
Reply #4 Friday, December 23, 2005 8:30 PM
Interesting stuff!
I also note that your games are actually cheaper now then in 97! This is a cool look back.
I also note that your games are actually cheaper now then in 97! This is a cool look back.
Patriots
Reply #5 Friday, December 23, 2005 10:28 PM
Reply #5 Friday, December 23, 2005 10:28 PM
Wow, Stardock has come a long way.. 
I love all the Stardock products and look forward to seeing what is in store for Stardock in the future
I love all the Stardock products and look forward to seeing what is in store for Stardock in the future
Lotherius
Reply #7 Wednesday, December 28, 2005 3:15 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, December 28, 2005 3:15 AM
Sad to say, by 1997 I had given up on OS/2.... I was learning the pains of 95 OSR2 (first real usable 95, original release was the suck)...
OS/2 really was the superior OS in my book, back in the day, but IBM dropped the ball big time with it. The industry isn't going to follow any OS maker that loses confidence in its own product (look at what happened to BeOS, which was promising for about 3 weeks)..
I'm glad something good came of the OS/2 days though - Stardock.
OS/2 really was the superior OS in my book, back in the day, but IBM dropped the ball big time with it. The industry isn't going to follow any OS maker that loses confidence in its own product (look at what happened to BeOS, which was promising for about 3 weeks)..
I'm glad something good came of the OS/2 days though - Stardock.
XtinaanitX
Reply #10 Monday, January 2, 2006 4:35 PM
Reply #10 Monday, January 2, 2006 4:35 PM
trojan found and cleaned when i opened this page 
Leauki
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:58 AM
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 18, 2006 10:58 AM
I miss the old days.
Using OS/2 was the most fun I ever had with computers. Before everybody switched to Windows NT, before Windows NT 4, OS/2 was so much superior to other platforms (except expensive systems like NEXTSTEP), it wasn't even funny. But it was fun.
I like Mac OS X more than OS/2, but I still miss the old days.
Using OS/2 was the most fun I ever had with computers. Before everybody switched to Windows NT, before Windows NT 4, OS/2 was so much superior to other platforms (except expensive systems like NEXTSTEP), it wasn't even funny. But it was fun.
I like Mac OS X more than OS/2, but I still miss the old days.
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Reply #1 Friday, December 23, 2005 3:42 PM