Creative Computing
| Creative Computing
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| language | English |
| publishing company | Creative Computing Press / Ziff Davis |
| First edition | Nov / Dec 1974 |
| attitude | 1985 |
| Frequency of publication | bi-monthly / monthly |
| ISSN (print) | 0097-8140 |
| CODEN | CCOMD |
Creative Computing was one of the first US computer magazines to deal with the emerging home computer market. The magazine was published between 1974 and 1985. The magazine dealt with the range of topics between home computers and personal computers . It used a simpler form and language than the competitor product Byte , which was much more technical.
The magazine was founded by David H. Ahl , who sold it to Ziff-Davis Verlag in the 1980s. In the last few years of publication the magazine focused on the professional computer market but was unsuccessful and then stopped publishing.
Ted Nelson , known as the inventor of hypertext , was brief editor-in-chief of the magazine.
The book series BASIC-Computer-Spiele by David H. Ahl, which contains programs from Creative Computing and was the first computer book to sell more than a million copies, is also known. This was also sold in Germany.
Web links
- Text of almost all editions as well as best of editions of Creative Computing at Atariarchives.org
- Image of the last issue of the magazine ( Memento from July 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- Extensive English article on the magazine from 1984
