computerarcana Tag Posts Index

Compute!'s Gazette (July 1989)

Compute!'s Gazette was Compute!'s most successful spin-off and one of the longest lasting Commodore 8-bit specific magazines. I preferred RUN but Gazette was a close

80 Microcomputing: THE Magazine for TRS-80 Users (March 1980)

80 Microcomputing was one of only a couple of magazines dedicated to the TRS-80. There were several models of the TRS-80 over the years and the same name was used

Sync (September/October 1982)

The Sinclair line of computers was not very popular in the U.S. but they did have a presence in the form of a license to Timex. Sync was one magazine dedicated to

Amiga Computing U.S. Edition (December 1995)

Amiga Computing was originally a U.K. based magazine that was published in both the U.K. and the U.S. There were a total of 117 issues published from 1988 through

K-Power (February 1984)

K-Power was a relatively short-lived computer magazine by scholastic published in the early/mid 1980s and designed to appeal to kids. The February 1985 issue includes

Compute! (September 1988)

Compute! was one of the most popular computer magazines for many years. It covered a wide variety of systems throughout its life including the Commodore 64, Apple

Coleco ADAM - The Customer Is Always Right

This ad for the Coleco ADAM came out circa 1985. It's quite possible that the ADAM had already been discontinued by the time people saw this ad though stock would

Compute!'s Gazette (September 1987)

Compute!'s Gazette was a spinoff of Compute! dedicated to the Commodore 64. It was the most successful of Compute!'s several spinoff magazines lasting from 1983

American PEOPLE/LINK

American People/Link was an early, pre-internet online service. There were a number of them starting in the late 1970s and continuing to the early 1990s when they

Protecto Enterprizes (Commodore 64, VIC-20)

This ad is from the April 1984 issue of Computer Fun. It is by a company called Protecto Enterprises and is for various Commodore 64 and VIC-20 hardware and software.

REEVE Software (Atari ST, 1987)

This Atari ST ad from 1987 looks a little shady to me. Is that supposed to be a dog looking shamefully at its own poop? Because that's what it looks like to me...

Digital Archaeology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #4

An analysis of specimen number four in this batch of ancient magnetic media will be pretty short as it appears to be a bunch of binary data files with no indication

TRS-80 Model III

It seems like every computer maker was using some celebrity to sell there machines in the early 1980s. Commodore had the right idea with William Shatner for the

Digital Archaelology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #3

Continuing on with this exploration of ancient magnetic archives, this is the third 5.25" floppy disk from a stash discovered in a thrift store long ago. The

Computer Play (November 1988)

Computer Play was very briefly a competitor of Computer Gaming World. However, it was short-lived lasting less than a year between 1988 and 1989. The November 1988

Digital Archaelology: Codex (Floppy Disk) #1

As promised in a previous post, I'm going to share the contents of various tomes (in the form of a box of 5.25" floppy disks) I discovered in a thrift store

Digital Archaeology – Expedition #6 - eMachines T2692

For this expedition I travelled on my bicycle throughout my community and surrounding communities. This was more of a leisurely journey than a true expedition but

The Commodore 64

The Commodore 64 has the distinction of being the best selling computer of all time. No other single model has come close. So what made the Commodore 64 so special?

Strip Poker (Commodore 64)

In 1985, my neighbor got a Commodore 64 from his cousin who must have upgraded to something else. At the time, we didn't have a clue how to use it but after reading

Family Computing (September 1983)

In the early days of Family Computing, it was very much like other multi-format computer magazines of the time. It supported multiple computers with type-in programs,