Wayne Green, the creator of many magazines such as 73, founded 80 Microcomputing as a spinoff of his Kilobaud Microcomputing solely for Tandy Corporation's Radio ShackTRS-80 Model I microcomputer. Like his other magazines it encouraged readers to submit articles and reviews.[1] A 1980 advertisement for the magazine promised that it would "tell you the truth … the good things about the TRS-80 and the not so good" because "Wayne Green has never been one to mince words".[2] By 1982 80 Micro was the third largest magazine in terms of obtaining advertising, selling 152,000 issues;[3] only Vogue and BYTE were larger. Renamed 80 Micro on issue 30 in June/July 1982, the magazine's November 1982 issue had 518 pages, the most in its history for a regular issue.[1]
Green attributed the magazine's success to Radio Shack's policy of not allowing other companies to distribute their products through their stores, while other stores would not carry the products as Radio Shack customers did not visit them. 80 Micro became the most accessible venue for small companies to advertise their TRS-80 products.[4][5] Despite a Tandy executive writing a column for the magazine,[6] Tandy also prohibited the Radio Shack stores it owned from selling or displaying 80 Micro so as to not lose sales to the magazine's advertisers,[7][5] and Green—who claimed that most stores kept a copy hidden from "company spies"—asked readers to persuade franchise and other non Tandy-owned stores to sell the magazine.[8]
80 Micro's success encouraged other publishers to start platform-specific computer magazines;[4]Harry McCracken described PC World as "essential an 80 Micro clone that happened to be about Windows, not TRS-80's". In May 1983 CW Communications purchased 80 Micro and most of Green's other magazines. As Tandy introduced other computers 80 Micro also covered them, but in 1983 it discontinued coverage of the Model II/12/16 and moved coverage of the Color Computer to the separate Hot CoCo. In January 1988 80 Micro began only covering Tandy's MS-DOS computers such as the 1000. The change failed, and the magazine published its last issue in June 1988.[1]
Featuresedit
Programming contests for young children were featured annually, and were noted by both the Scholastic Corporation[9] and the Boy Scouts of America.[10] The magazine challenged readers to write complete games, sometimes including scoring, on just one line of BASIC code. Creativity was remarkable and included techniques to allow for a slightly longer line of code than originally envisioned. The magazine featured program listings for the machine, primarily written in BASIC and occasionally Z80assembly language. These programs were printed in the magazine, but could be purchased on cassette tape and diskette media under the name Load 80 to save some typing. The magazine also featured articles, letters, reviews and humor (including - from January 1980 through July 1983 - the monthly Kitchen Table International satire/parody column).
Referencesedit
^ abcReed, Matthew. "80 Microcomputing". TRS-80.org. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
^"80 Microcomputing advertisement". Kilobaud Microcomputing. September 1980. p. 211. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
^"Information Intelligence, Online Libraries, and Microcomputers - google books". Information Intelligence, Online Libraries, and Microcomputers. Vol. 1–2. Information Intelligence, Inc. 1983. Information Intelligence, Online Libraries, and Microcomputers, Volumes 1-2.
^ abBartimo, Jim (December 10, 1984). "Magazines Woo Users". InfoWorld. Vol. 6, no. 50. pp. 35–36. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
^ abWhite, Ron (August 1987). "The Tandy Story: It all started 10 years ago in a converted used-car showroom..." 80 Micro. pp. 50–64. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
^Juge, Ed (August 1981). "Inside 80". 80 Micro. pp. 8, 10. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^Green, Wayne (August 1981). "Tandy Growth Retarded". 80 Micro. p. 10. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
^Green, Wayne (December 1981). "80 Remarks". 80 Microcomputing. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2011.
^Roberts, Jack L., ed. (September 1984). "Newsboard: Contests: Programming Contest". Electronic Learning. 4 (1). New York, NY: Scholastic: 15. ISSN 0278-3258. Retrieved December 9, 2022 – via Internet Archive.
. Ira Goldklang's TRS-80 Revived Site. Archived from the original on August 25, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2007.
April 12, 2024
micro, computer, magazine, published, between, 1980, 1988, that, featured, program, listings, products, reviews, june, 1983, issuepublisher, editorwayne, greencategoriescomputer, magazinefrequencymonthlypublisher1001001, computing, communications, first, issue. 80 Micro was a computer magazine published between 1980 and 1988 that featured program listings products and reviews for the TRS 80 80 MicroJune 1983 issuePublisher EditorWayne GreenCategoriesComputer magazineFrequencyMonthlyPublisher1001001 Inc as 80 Microcomputing or 80 Micro CW Communications as 80 Micro First issueJanuary 1980Final issueNumberJune 1988101CountryUnited StatesBased inPeterborough New HampshireLanguageEnglishISSN0744 7868 Contents 1 History 2 Features 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit nbsp First issue January 1980 Wayne Green the creator of many magazines such as 73 founded 80 Microcomputing as a spinoff of his Kilobaud Microcomputing solely for Tandy Corporation s Radio Shack TRS 80 Model I microcomputer Like his other magazines it encouraged readers to submit articles and reviews 1 A 1980 advertisement for the magazine promised that it would tell you the truth the good things about the TRS 80 and the not so good because Wayne Green has never been one to mince words 2 By 1982 80 Micro was the third largest magazine in terms of obtaining advertising selling 152 000 issues 3 only Vogue and BYTE were larger Renamed 80 Micro on issue 30 in June July 1982 the magazine s November 1982 issue had 518 pages the most in its history for a regular issue 1 Green attributed the magazine s success to Radio Shack s policy of not allowing other companies to distribute their products through their stores while other stores would not carry the products as Radio Shack customers did not visit them 80 Micro became the most accessible venue for small companies to advertise their TRS 80 products 4 5 Despite a Tandy executive writing a column for the magazine 6 Tandy also prohibited the Radio Shack stores it owned from selling or displaying 80 Micro so as to not lose sales to the magazine s advertisers 7 5 and Green who claimed that most stores kept a copy hidden from company spies asked readers to persuade franchise and other non Tandy owned stores to sell the magazine 8 80 Micro s success encouraged other publishers to start platform specific computer magazines 4 Harry McCracken described PC World as essential an 80 Micro clone that happened to be about Windows not TRS 80 s In May 1983 CW Communications purchased 80 Micro and most of Green s other magazines As Tandy introduced other computers 80 Micro also covered them but in 1983 it discontinued coverage of the Model II 12 16 and moved coverage of the Color Computer to the separate Hot CoCo In January 1988 80 Micro began only covering Tandy s MS DOS computers such as the 1000 The change failed and the magazine published its last issue in June 1988 1 Features editProgramming contests for young children were featured annually and were noted by both the Scholastic Corporation 9 and the Boy Scouts of America 10 The magazine challenged readers to write complete games sometimes including scoring on just one line of BASIC code Creativity was remarkable and included techniques to allow for a slightly longer line of code than originally envisioned The magazine featured program listings for the machine primarily written in BASIC and occasionally Z80 assembly language These programs were printed in the magazine but could be purchased on cassette tape and diskette media under the name Load 80 to save some typing The magazine also featured articles letters reviews and humor including from January 1980 through July 1983 the monthly Kitchen Table International satire parody column References edit a b c Reed Matthew 80 Microcomputing TRS 80 org Retrieved March 8 2015 80 Microcomputing advertisement Kilobaud Microcomputing September 1980 p 211 Retrieved June 23 2014 Information Intelligence Online Libraries and Microcomputers google books Information Intelligence Online Libraries and Microcomputers Vol 1 2 Information Intelligence Inc 1983 Information Intelligence Online Libraries and Microcomputers Volumes 1 2 a b Bartimo Jim December 10 1984 Magazines Woo Users InfoWorld Vol 6 no 50 pp 35 36 Retrieved March 14 2011 a b White Ron August 1987 The Tandy Story It all started 10 years ago in a converted used car showroom 80 Micro pp 50 64 Retrieved May 18 2019 Juge Ed August 1981 Inside 80 80 Micro pp 8 10 Retrieved May 28 2019 Green Wayne August 1981 Tandy Growth Retarded 80 Micro p 10 Retrieved May 28 2019 Green Wayne December 1981 80 Remarks 80 Microcomputing p 6 Retrieved March 21 2011 Roberts Jack L ed September 1984 Newsboard Contests Programming Contest Electronic Learning 4 1 New York NY Scholastic 15 ISSN 0278 3258 Retrieved December 9 2022 via Internet Archive Stuckey Scott August 1984 Hood Robert E ed Hobby News Boys Life Irving TX Boy Scouts of America 14 ISSN 0006 8608 Retrieved December 9 2022 via Google Books External links edit80 Micro at the Internet Archive Magazines 80 Microcomputing Main Page Ira Goldklang s TRS 80 Revived Site Archived from the original on August 25 2017 Retrieved December 18 2007 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 80 Micro amp oldid 1127637207, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
