Your Computer (British magazine)

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Your Computer
Yourcomputer brit dec1984.jpg
December 1984 cover
Categories Home computing
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1981
Final issue
Number
1988
Vol. 8 no. 8/9
CompanyIPC Electrical-Electronic Press
CountryUnited 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.

Contents

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

Hardware reviews by issue
IssueDateComputesOther hardware
Vol 1 No 1June/July 1981 ZX81, Atari 400/800
Vol 1 No 2August/September 1981 VIC-20
Vol 1 No 3October 1981 Tandy Color Computer, Tangerine Microtan 65
Vol 1 No 4November 1981 TI-99/4
Vol 1 No 5December 1981 Sinclair ZX Printer
Vol 2 No 1January 1982 BBC Micro
Vol 2 No 6June 1982 ZX Spectrum
Vol 2 No 8August 1982 Dragon 32
Vol 2 No 10October 1982Sanyo PHC-10, Sanyo PHC-20, Sanyo PHC-25, Multitech Microprofessor II, EG2000 Colour Genie, Commodore 64
Vol 2 No 11November 1982 Jupiter Ace
Vol 3 No 2February 1983 Camputers Lynx, Oric-1
Vol 3 No 4April 1983Texet TX-8000
Vol 3 No 5May 1983 Compact Computer 40
Vol 3 No 9September 1983 Acorn Electron
Vol 3 No 12December 1983Printer review
Vol 4 No 1January 1984 Dragon 64, Atari 800XL
Vol 4 No 2February 1984 Coleco Adam
Vol 4 No 5May 1984 Triumph-Adler Alphatronic, Tandy Color Computer 2, Advance 86
Vol 4 No 6June 1984 Sinclair QL, Amstrad CPC 464
Vol 4 No 6November 1984 MSX, ZX Spectrum+ (in news)
Vol 5 No 2February 1985 Enterprise 64
Vol 5 No 6June 1985 Amstrad CPC 664, Atari 130XE, Commodore 128
Vol 5 No 7July 1985 Atari 520ST, Apricot Computers F1E
Vol 5 No 9September 1985 Amstrad CPC 6128
Vol 5 No 10October 1985 Amstrad PCW 8256
Vol 6 No 3March 1986 BBC Master 128, ZX Spectrum 128
Vol 6 No 4April 1986 Atari 1040ST
Vol 6 No 5May 1986 Amstrad PCW 8512
Vol 6 No 9September 1986 Acorn M19
Vol 6 No 10October 1986 Spectrum +2, Amstrad PC1512, Tatung Einstein 256
Vol 6 No 12December 1986 Tandy 1000
Vol 7 No 11November 1987 Amstrad PCW 9512

References

  1. "Your computer issue 1". Material from David Harrison. Retrieved 7 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. "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.