''ComputorEdge Magazine'' was first published on May 16, 1983 as ''The Byte Buyer'' in
San Diego, California
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. It was one of the first local free distribution magazines in the United States devoted to the microcomputer. In 1988, in a dispute with the now defunct ''
Byte Magazine'', the magazine name was changed to ''ComputorEdge''.
In its first years, the magazine published every other week. By the mid-1990s, it was publishing weekly, which led to a situation in which many of the businesses that advertised in ''ComputorEdge'', angered by having to pay more to have their ads in each issue (since there were now twice as many issues per year), encouraged the launch of several competing computer magazines in San Diego. None of them survived.
The first person hired by the publishers to serve as editor was
Dan Gookin, who later wrote the best-selling "DOS for Dummies" tutorial books. Another editor was R. Andrew Rathbone, who wrote the "Windows for Dummies" books as
Andy Rathbone. Other editors included
Ken Layne
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, later an editor and writer at
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blogs including
Wonkette
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.
Ryan Tate of
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and
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to the larger
San Diego Convention Center
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.
After more than 24 years of publishing in San Diego, the last paper issue of the magazine was printed on December 28, 2007. The magazine continued in electronic form until March 27, 2015, when it ceased weekly activity.
References
;Notes
* Murphy, Linda, ''Computer Entrepreneurs: People Who Built Successful Businesses Around Computers'', Computer Publishing Enterprises, 1990, Page 101
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External links
ComputorEdge Home Page(now a blog by the former publisher)
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