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The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and catered mostly for serious users.
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The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and it catered mostly for serious users.
  
Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained.
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Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained although the official WACCI explanation was that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International.
  
According to [[Jeff Walker]], who was the original founder.
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However, [[Jeff Walker]], who was the original founder, said he always thought the name would be good for a magazine and that he used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.
  
He had always thought that name would be good for a magazine and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.
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As well as a (more or less) regular paper-based magazine, WACCI also provided a [[PD library]] (of mostly [[CP/M]] software) and it also had a 'homebrew' library.
  
(The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)
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Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]], were contributors to early WACCIs and one of Amstrad Action's finest journalists, [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]], was its final editor.
  
As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a [[PD library]] (of mostly [[CP/M]] software) and a 'homebrew' library.
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The decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of the publication and the last issue - number 140 - was published in the Summer of 2003.
  
Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]], were contributors to early WACCIs.
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A spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.
 
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However, the decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of publication.
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The last issue was summer 2003, issue 140.
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Though WACCI was solely a paper fanzine, a spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.
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== WACCI editors ==
 
== WACCI editors ==

Revision as of 05:11, 24 March 2016

The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and it catered mostly for serious users.

Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained although the official WACCI explanation was that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International.

However, Jeff Walker, who was the original founder, said he always thought the name would be good for a magazine and that he used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.

As well as a (more or less) regular paper-based magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and it also had a 'homebrew' library.

Some of the CPC's best writers, such as Auntie John, were contributors to early WACCIs and one of Amstrad Action's finest journalists, Richard Fairhurst, was its final editor.

The decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of the publication and the last issue - number 140 - was published in the Summer of 2003.

A spin-off disczine, EuroWACCI, existed for six issues.

WACCI editors

Issues

The following issues have been scanned (PDF 200x200 format):

Covers

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