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*COMPUTE!'s Gazette* premiered in July 1983.

COMPUTE!'s Gazette (ISSN 0737-3716) was a computer magazine of the 1980s, directed at users of Commodore's 8-bit home computers. Publishing its first issue in July 1983, the Gazette was a Commodore-only daughter magazine of the computer hobbyist magazine COMPUTE!.

An example of MLX type-in program code as printed in *COMPUTE!'s Gazette.*

COMPUTE!'s Gazette contained both standard articles and type-in programs. Many of these programs were quite sophisticated and lengthy. To assist in entry, Gazette published several utilities. "The Automatic Proofreader" provided checksum capabilities for BASIC programs, while machine language listings could be entered with "MLX". Starting in May 1984, a companion disk containing all the programs from each issue was available to subscribers for an extra fee. Perhaps Gazette's most popular and enduring type-in application was the SpeedScript word processor.

Towards the end of the 1980s, the magazine's size steadily decreased due to the increasing switch from 8-bit to 16-bit home computers. The last stand-alone issue of COMPUTE!'s Gazette was published in June,1,1990. At that point, the COMPUTE! brand, including Gazette, was sold to the publishers of Omni and Penthouse. After a three-month publication hiatus, Gazette restarted publication, this time as an insert into the newly-consolidated COMPUTE! rather than as a separate magazine. It continued in this vein until December 1993, after which it switched to a disk-only format. Due to the declining Commodore userbase, publication ceased entirely after February 12,1995.

External links

COMPUTE!'s Gazette Index – At the Classic

Computer Magazine Archive, assembled by Kevin Savetz

COMPUTE!'s Gazette PDF Index – Retroputing's downloadable PDF archive (watermarked)
COMPUTE!'s Gazette at DHL's Commodore Archive website

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 ''COMPUTE!'s Gazette'' contained both standard articles and [[type-in program]]s. Many of these programs were quite sophisticated and lengthy. To assist in entry, ''Gazette'' published several utilities. "The Automatic Proofreader" provided checksum capabilities for [[BASIC programming language|BASIC]] programs, while [[Machine code|machine language]] listings could be entered with "[[MLX (software)|MLX]]". Starting in May 1984, a companion [[floppy disk|disk]] containing all the programs from each issue was available to subscribers for an extra fee. Perhaps ''Gazette'''s most popular and enduring type-in application was the ''[[SpeedScript]]'' word processor.
-Towards the end of the 1980s, the magazine's size steadily decreased due to the increasing switch from 8-bit to [[16-bit]] home computers. The last stand-alone issue of ''COMPUTE!'s Gazette'' was published in June,1,1990. At that point, the ''COMPUTE!'' brand, including ''Gazette'', was sold to the publishers of ''[[Omni (magazine)|Omni]]'' and ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]''. After a three-month publication hiatus, ''Gazette'' restarted publication, this time as an insert into the newly-consolidated ''COMPUTE!'' rather than as a separate magazine. It continued in this vein until December 1993, after which it switched to a [[disk magazine|disk-only format]]. Due to the declining Commodore userbase, publication ceased entirely after February,12,1995.
+Towards the end of the 1980s, the magazine's size steadily decreased due to the increasing switch from 8-bit to [[16-bit]] home computers. The last stand-alone issue of ''COMPUTE!'s Gazette'' was published in June,1,1990. At that point, the ''COMPUTE!'' brand, including ''Gazette'', was sold to the publishers of ''[[Omni (magazine)|Omni]]'' and ''[[Penthouse (magazine)|Penthouse]]''. After a three-month publication hiatus, ''Gazette'' restarted publication, this time as an insert into the newly-consolidated ''COMPUTE!'' rather than as a separate magazine. It continued in this vein until December 1993, after which it switched to a [[disk magazine|disk-only format]]. Due to the declining Commodore userbase, publication ceased entirely after February 12,1995.
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 [[Category:Commodore 64|Compute's Gazette]]
 [[Category:Commodore VIC-20|Compute's Gazette]]
+[[Category:Magazines established in 1983]]
+[[Category:Magazines disestablished in 1995]]
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