Commodore Power Play – December 1984/January 1985 The Mimic Systems Spartan was an interesting and unique piece of hardware. It has often been referred to as an Apple II/II+ emulator for the Commodore

Exotic cooling solutions for computers are not just a modern phenomena. Most 8-bit computers didn't have any fans and may or may not have included heatsinks on the CPU or other chips. Nevertheless, in

Core was an offshoot of Hardcore Computist Magazine and was only published for three issues. This was a magazine dedicated to the Apple II line of computers and included mostly type-in programs and other

This particular ad is from the premiere issue of inCider from January 1983. inCider was a magazine dedicated to the Apple II line of computers. Back in the day, there were tons of computer mail order places

The Movie Monster Game was originally released by Epyx in 1986 for the Apple II and Commodore 64. It lets every kid realize their fantasy...at least if their fantasy is to control their favorite movie

Hardcore Computing was a technically oriented magazine primarily for Apple II users. It was controversial for its emphasis on circumventing copy protection. The first issue includes: Publisher's Message

"Fore the serious user of the Apple II" was the slogan of Computist. It did tend to emphasize technical articles and was particularly focused on circumventing disk based copy protection that

Hardcore Computing started life primarily as a magazine that provided information on circumventing disk based copy protection (mostly for the Apple II) though it did contain some other, mostly technical,

Hardcore Computist was a technically oriented magazine that mostly covered the Apple II. It was controversial for its emphasis on circumventing the disk-based copy protection of the time. The August 1988

VersaWriter is a drawing tool that was released for the Apple II and other computers sometime in 1983. It consists of software and a tablet with an articulating arm to aid in drawing or tracing. All of

Hardcore Computist was a long running magazine dedicated to the Apple II. It was relatively technical in content and was especially known for publishing details for circumventing disk based copy protection.

As it says at the top on the cover, Hardcore Computist was primarily about "How to backup, unlock, or modify copy-protected software." As such, it was pretty controversial for most of its life.

"For The Serious User of Personal Computers" This magazine was primarily for Apple II users and was controversial for its emphasis on circumventing copy protection. While there were other technical

Speech synthesis seemed to be all the rage in the early to mid 1980s. S.A.M. is one of a variety of speech synthesis products available during that time. S.A.M. is short for Software Automatic Mouth and

Computist (later Hardcore Computist) was a long running magazine for the Apple II line of computers. It was technically oriented and much of its coverage involved how to remove copy protection from commercial

A+ was a long running and probably the most popular Apple 2 magazine for most of that computers life. The August 1984 issue was 188 pages and includes: Cover Story Go For The Gold - Helping U.S. athletes

Whereas computer games mostly stayed around the same price point throughout the 8-bit era, application software varied much more. For instance, this word processor, The Write Stuff, for the Apple II is

Hardcore Computist, later just Computist, was a magazine dedicated to the Apple II that was published between 1981 and 1993. It covered various technincal aspects of the Apple II but was primarily dedicated

In the 8-bit computer era, TSR was probably best known for their partnership with SSI in bringing Dungeons & Dragons games to computers. Those "gold box" games were some of my favorites on

Hardcore Computist was a long running technically oriented Apple II magazine. It was somewhat controversial because it was mostly dedicated to circumventing copy protection. Issue number 16 from 1985 includes