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COMPUTE! The Journal for Progressive Computing ISSN 0194-357X

COMPUTE! began publishing in Nov/Dec 1979 (when it was called COMPUTE.). It was started after acquiring The PET Gazette in 1979, and absorbing Pet User Notes and 6502 User Notes. It acquired Recreational Computing in November 1981 and Home and Educational Computing (formerly PCC Newspaper) in March 1982. COMPUTE!'s Gazette was spun off as a separate magazine in July 1983, with exclusively VIC-20 and 64 material, and COMPUTE!'s PC was spun off in 1987 with IBM coverage and an included floppy disk. In January or February 1984, COMPUTE! added PC coverage, and in May 1988, COMPUTE! changed its focus to PC clones and stopped publishing type-in programs.

COMPUTE! was bought by Ziff-Davis, then General Media, changed its name to COMPUTE. It took three months (Jul, Aug & Sep) for the re-organization to take place and subscribers were sent issues of OMNI magazine. The August 1990 issue of Omni has 20 page special section (pages 75-94) with details of the new magazine 'Compute' which will start in Oct 1990.

All previous magazines were combined into Compute. Initially multiple versions were printed (Amiga Resource Edition, Gazette Edition). Compute ceased publishing in September 1994 with Vol. 16, No. 9 (Issue 168).

A partial collection of the Compute! disk collection is also available for download. Do you have any to contribute?

6 Amiga Resource Issues were also published when the magazine started back in Oct 1990.

Issue 159 (Vol 15 No. 12, 1993 December) was the last to have the gazette section, after that it was disk only starting the following month (Jan 1994).

					Issue 01 Vol 1 No. 1 1979 Fall 108 pages
Issue 02 Vol 2 No. 1 1980 Jan-Feb 128 pages	Issue 03 Vol 2 No. 2 1980 Mar-Apr 126 pages	Issue 04 Vol 2 No. 3 1980 May-Jun 128 pages	Issue 05 Vol 2 No. 4 1980 Jul-Aug 112 pages	Issue 06 Vol 2 No. 5 1980 Sep-Oct 126 pages	Issue 07 Vol 2 No. 6 1980 Nov-Dec 156 pages
Issue 08 Vol 3 No. 1 1981 Jan 152 pages	Issue 09 Vol 3 No. 2 1981 Feb 148 pages	Issue 10 Vol 3 No. 3 1981 Mar 170 pages	Issue 11 Vol 3 No. 4 1981 Apr 182 pages	Issue 12 Vol 3 No. 5 1981 May 166 pages	Issue 13 Vol 3 No. 6 1981 June 166 pages
Issue 14 Vol 3 No. 7 1981 Jul 186 pages	Issue 15 Vol 3 No. 8 1981 Aug 168 pages	Issue 16 Vol 3 No. 9 1981 Sep 168 pages	Issue 17 Vol 3 No. 10 1981 Oct 192 pages	Issue 18 Vol 3 No. 11 1981 Nov 188 pages	Issue 19 Vol 3 No. 12 1981 Dec 198 pages
Issue 20 Vol 4 No. 1 1982 Jan 214 pages	Issue 21 Vol 4 No. 2 1982 Feb 212 pages	Issue 22 Vol 4 No. 3 1982 Mar 230 pages	Issue 23 Vol 4 No. 4 1982 Apr 214 pages	Issue 24 Vol 4 No. 5 1982 May 196 pages	Issue 25 Vol 4 No. 6 1982 June 198 pages
Issue 26 Vol 4 No. 7 1982 Jul 214 pages	Issue 27 Vol 4 No. 8 1982 Aug 198 pages	Issue 28 Vol 4 No. 9 1982 Sep 230 pages	Issue 29 Vol 4 No. 10 1982 Oct 248 pages	Issue 30 Vol 4 No. 11 1982 Nov 266 pages	Issue 31 Vol 4 No. 12 1982 Dec 298 pages
Issue 32 Vol 5 No. 1 1983 Jan 254 pages	Issue 33 Vol 5 No. 2 1983 Feb 286 pages	Issue 34 Vol 5 No. 3 1983 Mar 284 pages	Issue 35 Vol 5 No. 4 1983 Apr 296 pages	Issue 36 Vol 5 No. 5 1983 May 298 pages	Issue 37 Vol 5 No. 6 1983 June 314 pages
Issue 38 Vol 5 No. 7 1983 Jul 282 pages	Issue 39 Vol 5 No. 8 1983 Aug 276 pages	Issue 40 Vol 5 No. 9 1983 Sep 312 pages	Issue 41 Vol 5 No. 10 1983 Oct 348 pages	Issue 42 Vol 5 No. 11 1983 Nov 346 pages	Issue 43 Vol 5 No. 12 1983 Dec 398 pages
Issue 44 Vol 6 No. 1 1984 Jan 224 pages	Issue 45 Vol 6 No. 2 1984 Feb 196 pages	Issue 46 Vol 6 No. 3 1984 Mar 204 pages	Issue 47 Vol 6 No. 4 1984 Apr 196 pages	Issue 48 Vol 6 No. 5 1984 May 194 pages	Issue 49 Vol 6 No. 6 1984 June 166 pages
Issue 50 Vol 6 No. 7 1984 Jul 170 pages	Issue 51 Vol 6 No. 8 1984 Aug 154 pages	Issue 52 Vol 6 No. 9 1984 Sep 168 pages	Issue 53 Vol 6 No. 10 1984 Oct 194 pages	Issue 54 Vol 6 No. 11 1984 Nov 204 pages	Issue 55 Vol 6 No. 12 1984 Dec 228 pages
Issue 56 Vol 7 No. 1 1985 Jan 182 pages	Issue 57 Vol 7 No. 2 1985 Feb 170 pages	Issue 58 Vol 7 No. 3 1985 Mar 170 pages	Issue 59 Vol 7 No. 4 1985 Apr 172 pages	Issue 60 Vol 7 No. 5 1985 May 136 pages	Issue 61 Vol 7 No. 6 1985 June 138 pages
Issue 62 Vol 7 No. 7 1985 Jul 102 pages	Issue 63 Vol 7 No. 8 1985 Aug 104 pages	Issue 64 Vol 7 No. 9 1985 Sep 134 pages	Issue 65 Vol 7 No. 10 1985 Oct 138 pages	Issue 66 Vol 7 No. 11 1985 Nov 168 pages	Issue 67 Vol 7 No. 12 1985 Dec 154 pages
Issue 68 Vol 8 No. 1 1986 Jan 136 pages	Issue 69 Vol 8 No. 2 1986 Feb 136 pages	Issue 70 Vol 8 No. 3 1986 Mar 136 pages	Issue 71 Vol 8 No. 4 1986 Apr 140 pages	Issue 72 Vol 8 No. 5 1986 May 140 pages	Issue 73 Vol 8 No. 6 1986 June 136 pages
Issue 74 Vol 8 No. 7 1986 Jul 136 pages	Issue 75 Vol 8 No. 8 1986 Aug 136 pages	Issue 76 Vol 8 No. 9 1986 Sep 138 pages	Issue 77 Vol 8 No. 10 1986 Oct 136 pages	Issue 78 Vol 8 No. 11 1986 Nov 106 pages	Issue 79 Vol 8 No. 12 1986 Dec 116 pages
Issue 80 Vol 9 No. 1 1987 Jan 120 pages	Issue 81 Vol 9 No. 2 1987 Feb 106 pages	Issue 82 Vol 9 No. 3 1987 Mar 142 pages	Issue 83 Vol 9 No. 4 1987 Apr 140 pages	Issue 84 Vol 9 No. 5 1987 May 142 pages	Issue 85 Vol 9 No. 6 1987 June 142 pages
Issue 86 Vol 9 No. 7 1987 Jul 138 pages	Issue 87 Vol 9 No. 8 1987 Aug 144 pages	Issue 88 Vol 9 No. 9 1987 Sep 126 pages	Issue 89 Vol 9 No. 10 1987 Oct 124 pages	Issue 90 Vol 9 No. 11 1987 Nov 124 pages	Issue 91 Vol 9 No. 12 1987 Dec 140 pages
Issue 92 Vol 10 No. 1 1988 Jan 114 pages	Issue 93 Vol 10 No. 2 1988 Feb 116 pages	Issue 94 Vol 10 No. 3 1988 Mar 108 pages	Issue 95 Vol 10 No. 4 1988 Apr 108 pages	Issue 96 Vol 10 No. 5 1988 May 104 pages	Issue 97 Vol 10 No. 6 1988 June 96 pages
Issue 98 Vol 10 No. 7 1988 Jul 102 pages	Issue 99 Vol 10 No. 8 1988 Aug 102 pages	Issue 100 Vol 10 No. 9 1988 Sep 98 pages	Issue 101 Vol 10 No. 10 1988 Oct 112 pages	Issue 102 Vol 10 No. 11 1988 Nov 126 pages	Issue 103 Vol 10 No. 12 1988 Dec 118 pages
Issue 104 Vol 11 No. 1 1989 Jan 120 pages	Issue 105 Vol 11 No. 2 1989 Feb 110 pages	Issue 106 Vol 11 No. 3 1989 Mar 98 pages	Issue 107 Vol 11 No. 4 1989 Apr 100 pages	Issue 108 Vol 11 No. 5 1989 May 96 pages	Issue 109 Vol 11 No. 6 1989 June 96 pages
Issue 110 Vol 11 No. 7 1989 Jul 90 pages	Issue 111 Vol 11 No. 8 1989 Aug 88 pages	Issue 112 Vol 11 No. 9 1989 Sep 96 pages	Issue 113 Vol 11 No. 10 1989 Oct 162 pages	Issue 114 Vol 11 No. 11 1989 Nov 162 pages	Issue 115 Vol 11 No. 12 1989 Dec 174 pages
Issue 116 Vol 12 No. 1 1990 Jan 156 pages	Issue 117 Vol 12 No. 2 1990 Feb 144 pages	Issue 118 Vol 12 No. 3 1990 Mar 192 pages	Issue 119 Vol 12 No. 4 1990 Apr 136 pages	Issue 120 Vol 12 No. 5 1990 May 126 pages	Issue 121 Vol 12 No. 6 1990 June 124 pages
1990 Jul 118 pages	1990 Aug 120 pages	1990 Sep 126 pages	Issue 122 Vol 12 No. 10 1990 Oct 164 pages	Issue 123 Vol 12 No. 11 1990 Nov 164 pages	Issue 124 Vol 12 No. 12 1990 Dec 240 pages
Issue 125 Vol 13 No. 1 1991 Jan 204 pages	Issue 126 Vol 13 No. 2 1991 Feb 148 pages	Issue 127 Vol 13 No. 3 1991 Mar 148 pages	Issue 128 Vol 13 No. 4 1991 Apr 148 pages	Issue 129 Vol 13 No. 5 1991 May 204 pages	Issue 130 Vol 13 No. 6 1991 June 210 pages
Issue 131 Vol 13 No. 7 1991 Jul 192 pages	Issue 132 Vol 13 No. 8 1991 Aug 184 pages	Issue 133 Vol 13 No. 9 1991 Sep 198 pages	Issue 134 Vol 13 No. 10 1991 Oct 222 pages	Issue 135 Vol 13 No. 11 1991 Nov 212 pages	Issue 136 Vol 13 No. 12 1991 Dec 212 pages
Issue 137 Vol 14 No. 1 1992 Jan 192 pages	Issue 138 Vol 14 No. 2 1992 Feb-Mar 192 pages		Issue 139 Vol 14 No. 3 1992 Apr 192 pages	Issue 140 Vol 14 No. 4 1992 May 184 pages	Issue 141 Vol 14 No. 5 1992 June 186 pages
Issue 142 Vol 14 No. 6 1992 Jul 174 pages	Issue 143 Vol 14 No. 7 1992 Aug 178 pages	Issue 144 Vol 14 No. 8 1992 Sep 172 pages	Issue 145 Vol 14 No. 9 1992 Oct 188 pages	Issue 146 Vol 14 No. 10 1992 Nov 204 pages	Issue 147 Vol 14 No. 11 1992 Dec 246 pages
Issue 148 Vol 15 No. 1 1993 Jan 212 pages	Issue 149 Vol 15 No. 2 1993 Feb 194 pages	Issue 150 Vol 15 No. 3 1993 Mar 184 pages	Issue 151 Vol 15 No. 4 1993 Apr 184 pages	Issue 152 Vol 15 No. 5 1993 May 172 pages	Issue 153 Vol 15 No. 6 1993 June 178 pages
Issue 154 Vol 15 No. 7 1993 Jul 168 pages	Issue 155 Vol 15 No. 8 1993 Aug 166 pages	Issue 156 Vol 15 No. 9 1993 Sep 168 pages	Issue 157 Vol 15 No. 10 1993 Oct 180 pages	Issue 158 Vol 15 No. 11 1993 Nov 242 pages	Issue 159 Vol 15 No. 12 1993 Dec 222 pages
Issue 160 Vol 16 No. 1 1994 Jan 216 pages	Issue 161 Vol 16 No. 2 1994 Feb 150 pages	Issue 162 Vol 16 No. 3 1994 Mar 148 pages	Issue 163 Vol 16 No. 4 1994 Apr 146 pages	Issue 164 Vol 16 No. 5 1994 May 132 pages	Issue 165 Vol 16 No. 6 1994 Jun 140 pages
Issue 166 Vol 16 No. 7 1994 Jul 132 pages	Issue 167 Vol 16 No. 8 1994 Aug 132 pages	Issue 168 Vol 16 No. 9 1994 Sep 124 pages	This was attached to the front and back cover of Issue 168, the last ever published. How Ironic!! 4 pages