''Commodore Disk User'', also referred to as ''CDU'', was a magazine for the Commodore range of computers, including the

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and

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. Each issue had a cover-mounted disk containing software.

History

It was published in the UK by Argus Specialist Publications which also published the ''

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''. It was aimed at Commodore users who had a

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disk drive and did not want to have to type in program listings. It also meant that larger programs could be included with the magazine. Initially, an issue of the magazine was published every two months but after two years, it became monthly. The magazine survived until the end of 1991. The last issue (number 36) was cover dated October 1991. Copies were scanned into

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in 2011.

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