At 07:17 am 12/08/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>At 22:39 12/08/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>>Quick question: Can anyone remember what year QL User merged with QL World
>>and became the latter?
>
>February 1986 and earlier, the magazine front cover stated
>"Sinclair's Supermicro QL User" (I only have June 1985 et seq, so
>cannot say when the magazine started; they didn't bother with little
>niceties as volume number or issue). In March 1986, the front cover
>became "Sinclair QL World Incorporating QL User" (no more "Sinclair's
>Supermicro").
As early as that? I had thought it was late '86 (well, late '8? until now
:) that they'd changed. Unfortunately, I don't keep my collection here, so
I can't tell...
>It continued that way through 1986 and January 1987.
>In February 1987, the "incorporating ..." was dropped and the
>magazine proclaimed itself as exclusively "Sinclair QL World" for the
>first time.
I was sad to see the old QLU go, especially when compared to the earlier
QLW; so it was nice that the merger effectively stayed with the QLU style.
>>Also, was there a September 198? issue, and which was it (QLU or QLW)?
>
>Yes. September 1985. QLU. September 1986 & later: QLW. Don't know
>about September 1984.
>
Great - Somehow, I never received the September 1986; and although I forget
why for the moment, at the time I was deeply annoyed. It was probably
because they were half-way through a PROGS program, and I missed either a
middle or end chunk.
Fortunately, I've picked up Aug-Dec '86 for a few quid, so with a little
luck I'll be able to (finally!) complete my collection. (Sep '86 - it must
be that one, it was during the changeover - is the only QLU/QLW I haven't
got. I've even got the original 1st issue, which had that text adventure
game as it's type-in program; the first thing I ever keyed into a QL (and
it never did work properly!). Back in those days, it took me about an hour
to type in each page - hunt & peck...
Cheers!
Ade.
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