About the Classic Computer Magazine Archive About the Classic Computer Magazine ArchiveThe site was launched July 27, 1996 with the name "Digital Antic Project" and the goal of putting the full text of Antic magazine online. We met that goal on September 17, 2000, then turned our attention to Antic's sister magazine, STart. In July 2001, we finished putting the full text of STart magazine online, and began work on Creative Computing. We have also received permission to include articles from Compute!, Hi-Res, Antic Amiga Plus, Whiz Kids, II Computing, and other classic computer magazines. It was clear that the name "Digital Antic Project" was becoming increasingly inaccurate, so in July 2001, the name of the project was changed to Classic Computer Magazine Archive.
The head of the project, Kevin Savetz, has received permission from the magazines' publishers to make the material available on the Internet for free.
If you'd like to help by scanning, HTMLizing, proofreading or doing something else, send me mail! If you wrote for any of these magazines, we want to hear from you.
This archive is being created by scanning and OCRing (Optical Character Recognition) the magazines. You may find that the OCR process has introduced typos into the text.
STart magazine was dedicated primarily to Atari ST computers, with some emphasis on Atari 8-bit computers in later issues. It was published from 1986 to 1991.
Creative Computing, published from 1974 until 1985, was a wonderful magazine for computer hobbyists that covered every platform. This archive currently offers the full text of 35 issues, spanning Creative Computing's final three years. (Images are program code are not yet available.) This portion of the archive is still very much under construction - want to volunteer to help?
Creative Computing Video & Arcade Games magazine was a short-lived spin-off from Creative Computing, with only two issues published, in 1983. But they were both packed with great information about home and arcade games. The full text of both issues is available here.
Hi-Res was a short-lived magazine dedicated to Atari and Commodore 8-bit computers. It was published from 1983 to 1984 - only four issues were published.
Compute! was published from 1979 through September 1994. It covered every major platform until it became a PC-only publication in May 1988. We adopted this part of the archive from someone else, and it needs a lot of work to match the look and features of the rest of the site. Full text is available for only a few articles.
Compute II, subtitled "The Single-Board Compute", was a sort-lived spin-off from Compute! magazine that only published two issues in 1980. It focused on KIM, AIM, SYM, and OSI single-board computers. The full text of both issues is available here.
Compute!'s Gazette was a spin-off of Compute! magazine, dedicated to Commodore computers. Compute's Gazette was published from July 1983 to February 1995. We adopted this part of the archive from someone else, and it needs a lot of work to match the look and features of the rest of the site. Full text is available for only a few articles.
Tandy Computer Whiz Kids was a series of comic books published by Radio Shack from 1984 until 1991. It featured kids engaged in exciting adventures, information about the world of computers, and frequent mentions of Radio Shack products. All WHIZ KIDS materials reproduced under license from Radio Shack Corporation.