''8000 Plus'' (renamed ''PCW Plus'' early in 1992) was a monthly

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dedicated to the

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. It was one of the earliest magazines from

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, and ran for just over ten years, the first issue being dated October 1986 and the last (as ''PCW Plus'') being issue 124, dated Christmas 1996.

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wrote a regular column for ''8000/PCW Plus'', which ran (albeit not continuously) for the magazine's entire lifespan.

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