''Commodore Power/Play'' was one of a pair of computer magazines published by

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in the United States in support of their

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home computer lines of the 1980s. The other was called ''Commodore Interface'', changed to just ''Commodore'' in 1981, ''Commodore Microcomputer'' in 1983, and finally to ''Commodore Microcomputers'' in 1984 and for the rest of its run. The two magazines were published on an alternating, bimonthly schedule.

History and profile

''Power/Play'' was started in 1982 as a quarterly publication. The magazine was targeted at the home computer user, emphasizing

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, educational and hobbyist uses of the Commodore 64/

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and

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models. ''Commodore Microcomputers'' initially served Commodore's business customers using the

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and

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lines but as the business market segments standardized on CP/M and later

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, the coverage of the two magazines essentially overlapped, until the November 1986 issue, when both magazines were switched from a bi-monthly to a monthly schedule and retitled ''Commodore Magazine''.Issue 2672
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Oct/Nov 1985 issue
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