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From: JimP
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:48

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On 2 Mar 2018 11:21:40 GMT, maus <ma...@mail.com> wrote:

>Writing of magazines, back then, the UK market had a magazine called
> "Computer Shopper", NOT the US one, the UK one was developed by a man 
>called "* Dennis", whose previous point of interest was as have being
> prosecuted for being associated with a porn charge. As far as I remember,
>the judge more or less let him off, as he thought that Mr. D. was of
>"Low intelligence "
>
>He next produced the above magazine, which was first printed on very
>low quality paper, but had great articles about every sort of computer,
>including the LYNX. As the years passed, the quality of the paper went
> up, but the content collapsed to the point where it was hard to find 
>actual articles among the dross. By that time, Mr. Dennis was gone with
> lotsofcash.

I used to buy the US version. Very useful, but heavy. When they became
a slick Wintel mag, I stopped buying them.

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