''Micro Cornucopia'', sometimes shortened to ''Micro C'', was a 1980s magazine for microcomputer hobbyists and enthusiasts. It was published in

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engineer David J. Thompson. The magazine, originally conceived as a newsletter for users of the Ferguson Big Board (a single-board CP/M computer), was published bi-monthly beginning in July 1981. It soon expanded its coverage to other board-level computers, the

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computer, and general hobbyist/experimental computing, with special interest areas being

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, interfacing,

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s. The magazine routinely published circuit diagrams and

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. ''Micro C'' carried articles on a wide range of subjects, some system-specific and newsletter-like, but also covering (then) off-mainstream topics, e.g. 3D graphics,

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, or the special needs of disabled users. They published a 32-page catalog of CP/M and MS-DOS software, cover date Fall/Winter 1986, describing it as the second, the first having been the Spring issue. The publishers of ''Micro C'' organized free annual user conference dubbed "SOG" (Semi-Official Gathering) in Oregon.

Final issue

In issue 53, May 1990, Thompson wrote, "I'm closing down ''Micro C'' and I don't know what I'll be doing next." He explained his loss of interest in the magazine, and subscribers were offered the choice to switch to one of several other magazines, including ''Computer Language''.

Personnel

* Publisher: David J. Thompson * Technical Editor: Larry Fogg * Regular contributors & staff: ** Scott Robert Ladd **

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** Tony & Becky Ozrelic

References

External links

* {{Internet Archive, microcornucopia, Micro Cornucopia
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