Your Computer (British magazine)
 December 1984 cover | |
| Categories | Home computing |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | 1981 |
| Final issue Number | 1988 Vol. 8 no. 8/9 |
| Company | IPC Electrical-Electronic Press |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | Sutton, Surrey |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0263-0885 |
Your Computer was a British computer magazine published monthly from 1981 to 1988 and aimed at the burgeoning home computer market. At one stage it was, in its own words, "Britain's biggest selling home computer magazine". The launch editor was Duncan Scot,[1] who went on to edit Popular Computing Weekly. It offered support across a wide range of computer formats, and included news, type-in programs, and reviews of both software and hardware.
Your Computer covered many of the numerous microcomputers that were released during the peak of the home computer boom in the early-to-mid 1980s and often reviewed multiple new models in a single issue. (For example, the October 1982 issue included the Sanyo PHC-10, 20 and 25, the Commodore 64, the Microprofessor II and the Colour Genie).[2]
Reviews by issue
[edit]| Issue | Date | Computes | Other hardware |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vol 1 No 1 | June/July 1981 | ZX81, Atari 400/800 | |
| Vol 1 No 2 | August/September 1981 | VIC-20 | |
| Vol 1 No 3 | October 1981 | Tandy Color Computer, Tangerine Microtan 65 | |
| Vol 1 No 4 | November 1981 | TI-99/4 | |
| Vol 1 No 5 | December 1981 | Sinclair ZX Printer | |
| Vol 2 No 1 | January 1982 | BBC Micro | |
| Vol 2 No 6 | June 1982 | ZX Spectrum | |
| Vol 2 No 8 | August 1982 | Dragon 32 | |
| Vol 2 No 10 | October 1982 | Sanyo PHC-10, Sanyo PHC-20, Sanyo PHC-25, Multitech Microprofessor II, EG2000 Colour Genie, Commodore 64 | |
| Vol 2 No 11 | November 1982 | Jupiter Ace | |
| Vol 3 No 2 | February 1983 | Camputers Lynx, Oric-1 | |
| Vol 3 No 4 | April 1983 | Texet TX-8000 | |
| Vol 3 No 5 | May 1983 | Compact Computer 40 | |
| Vol 3 No 9 | September 1983 | Acorn Electron | |
| Vol 3 No 12 | December 1983 | Printer review | |
| Vol 4 No 1 | January 1984 | Dragon 64, Atari 800XL | |
| Vol 4 No 2 | February 1984 | Coleco Adam | |
| Vol 4 No 5 | May 1984 | Triumph-Adler Alphatronic, Tandy Color Computer 2, Advance 86 | |
| Vol 4 No 6 | June 1984 | Sinclair QL, Amstrad CPC 464 | |
| Vol 4 No 6 | November 1984 | MSX, ZX Spectrum+ (in news) | |
| Vol 5 No 2 | February 1985 | Enterprise 64 | |
| Vol 5 No 6 | June 1985 | Amstrad CPC 664, Atari 130XE, Commodore 128 | |
| Vol 5 No 7 | July 1985 | Atari 520ST, Apricot Computers F1E | |
| Vol 5 No 9 | September 1985 | Amstrad CPC 6128 | |
| Vol 5 No 10 | October 1985 | Amstrad PCW 8256 | |
| Vol 6 No 3 | March 1986 | BBC Master 128, ZX Spectrum 128 | |
| Vol 6 No 4 | April 1986 | Atari 1040ST | |
| Vol 6 No 5 | May 1986 | Amstrad PCW 8512 | |
| Vol 6 No 9 | September 1986 | Acorn M19 | |
| Vol 6 No 10 | October 1986 | Spectrum +2, Amstrad PC1512, Tatung Einstein 256 | |
| Vol 6 No 12 | December 1986 | Tandy 1000 | |
| Vol 7 No 11 | November 1987 | Amstrad PCW 9512 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Your computer issue 1". Material from David Harrison. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Reviews: Sanyo PHC-10, 20 and 25, MPF-II, Colour Genie, Vic 64 [sic]". Your Computer [UK]. IPC Business Press. October 1982. pp. 22, 23.
External links
[edit]- Your Computer at the Internet Archive
- Your Computer at World of Spectrum
- Archive of BBC & Electron games published in Your Computer at Acorn Electron World
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