80 Microcomputing
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80 Microcomputing

The magazine 80 Microcomputing, also known as 80 Micro, was the most famous of the TRS-80 magazines and the best remembered. It was the first of the platform-specific computer magazines to become very popular, creating a model that many other magazines followed. Harry McCracken, former editor-in-chief of PC World, described PC World as "essentially an 80 Micro clone that happened to be about Windows, not TRS-80’s."

80 Microcomputing published for 101 issues from January 1980 to June 1988, plus one special anniversary issue in 1983. With the combined June/July 1982 issue, 80 Microcomputing was renamed to 80 Micro and the cover date was advanced one month.

80 Microcomputing was created by Wayne Green, the founder of many magazines including 73 and Kilobaud Microcomputing (of which 80 Microcomputing was a spinoff). Wayne Green envisioned 80 Microcomputing as being about the readers and included this appeal in the first issue under the heading "You are the Author": All of my magazines have one thing in common—they are written entirely by the readers, you. If you buy something which should be written about, write about it. If you get some software which is great, write about it. If it is awful, say so. Try to think of 80 Microcomputing as more of an enormous and informal club newsletter than a pontificating magazine."
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Issue #8, Aug 1985

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Issue #12, Dec 1981

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Issue #12, Dec 1983

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Issue #9, Sep 1981

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Issue #9, Sep 1984

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Issue #11, Nov 1985

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Issue #3, Mar 1988

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Issue #9, Sep 1980

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Issue #1, Jan 1982

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Issue #9, Sep 1983

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Issue #4, Apr 1986

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Issue #10, Oct 1985

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Issue #11, Nov 1984

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Issue #2, Feb 1985

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Issue #3, Mar 1982

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Issue #6, Jun 1981

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Issue #3, Mar 1985

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Issue #10, Oct 1980

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Issue #4, Apr 1983

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Issue #10, Oct 1981

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Issue #5, May 1980

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Issue #4, Apr 1982

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Issue #5, May 1982

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Issue #5, May 1983

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Issue #9, Sep 1982

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Issue #1, Jan 1981

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Issue #8, Aug 1981

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Issue #5, May 1987

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Issue #3, Mar 1987

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Issue #2, Feb 1987

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Issue #6, Jun 1985

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Issue #10, Oct 1983

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Issue #12, Dec 1980

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Issue #7, Jul 1981

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Issue #4, Apr 1981

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Issue #8, Aug 1983

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Issue #8, Aug 1987

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Issue #9, Sep 1985

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Issue #11, Nov 1983

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Issue #2, Feb 1983

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Issue #1, Jan 1985

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Issue #1, Jan 1984

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Issue #4, Apr 1980

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Issue #6, Jun 1980

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Issue #2, Feb 1980

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Issue #2, Feb 1982

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Issue #3, Mar 1983

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Issue #2, Feb 1986

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Issue #4, Apr 1987

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Issue #12, Dec 1984

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Issue #7, Jul 1985

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Issue #5, May 1985

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Issue #6, Jun 1982

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Issue #8, Aug 1982

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Issue #6, Jun 1983

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Issue #11, Nov 1982

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Issue #10, Oct 1982

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Issue #7, Jul 1983

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Issue #12, Dec 1982

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Issue #12, Dec 1985

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Issue #1, Jan 1987

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Issue #4, Apr 1985

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Review Guide

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Issue #5, May 1981

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