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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.
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The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and catered mostly for serious users. Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained. According to Jeff Walker, who was the original founder, 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. (The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)
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As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and a 'homebrew' library. Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]], were contributors to early WACCIs. However, the decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of publication. The last issue was summer 2003, issue 140.
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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. [[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. In [[Amstrad Addict]]'s "The WACCI days of the CPC" article, published in 2023, the next editor [[Steve Williams]] said:
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'''What about the name?'''
  
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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'' was meant to stand for the Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club International which, if you think about it, didn't really make much sense. Surely Worldwide means International so why is it in the name twice? Well, because Jeff once told me that the anachronism initially stood for Walker's Amstrad Computer Club International but he swore me to secrecy so we'll keep it just between you and me, eh?  No one else will ever know!
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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.
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Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]] (John Kennedy), were contributors to early WACCIs and one of Amstrad Action's finest journalists, [[ChaRleyTroniC]] (Richard Fairhurst), was its final editor.
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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.
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A spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.
  
 
== WACCI editors ==
 
== WACCI editors ==
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* [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]]
 
* [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]]
  
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== Web links ==
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==Issues==
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The first three issues are available in .DSK format. The final two issues are available in HTML format. Some others are available in PDF format, as set out below. A few of the cover scans are missing.
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<gallery caption="WACCI">
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Image:Wacci 001.jpg|[[WACCI issue 1 (October 1986)]] - disc image
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Image:Wacci 002.jpg|[[WACCI issue 2 (November 1986)]] - disc image
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Image:Wacci 003.jpg|[[WACCI issue 3 (December 1986)]] - disc image
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-|WACCI issue 4
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-|WACCI issue 5
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-|WACCI issue 6
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-|WACCI issue 7
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-|WACCI issue 8
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-|WACCI issue 9
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Image:Wacci 010.jpg|[[WACCI issue 10 (July 1987)]]
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-|WACCI issue 11
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-|WACCI issue 12
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-|WACCI issue 13
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-|WACCI issue 14
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-|WACCI issue 15
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Image:Wacci 016.jpg|[[WACCI issue 16 (January 1988)]]
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-|WACCI issue 17
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-|WACCI issue 18
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-|WACCI issue 19
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Image:Wacci 020.jpg|[[WACCI issue 20 (May 1988)]]
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-|WACCI issue 21
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-|WACCI issue 22
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-|WACCI issue 23
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-|WACCI issue 24
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-|WACCI issue 25
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-|[[WACCI issue 26 (November 1988)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 027.jpg|[[WACCI issue 27 (December 1988)]]
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Image:Wacci 028.jpg|[[WACCI issue 28 (January 1989)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 029.jpg|[[WACCI issue 29 (February 1989)]]
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-|[[WACCI issue 30 (March 1989)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 031.jpg|[[WACCI issue 31 (April 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 032.jpg|[[WACCI issue 32 (May 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 033.jpg|[[WACCI issue 33 (July 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 034.jpg|[[WACCI issue 34 (August 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 035.jpg|[[WACCI issue 35 (September 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 036.jpg|[[WACCI issue 36 (October 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 037.jpg|[[WACCI issue 37 (November 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 038.jpg|[[WACCI issue 38 (December 1989)]]
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Image:Wacci 039.jpg|[[WACCI issue 39 (January 1990)]]
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Image:Wacci 040.jpg|[[WACCI issue 40 (February 1990)]]
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Image:Wacci 041.jpg|[[WACCI issue 41 (March 1990)]]
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Image:Wacci 042.jpg|[[WACCI issue 42 (April 1990)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 043.jpg|[[WACCI issue 43 (May 1990)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 044.jpg|[[WACCI issue 44 (June 1990)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 045.jpg|[[WACCI issue 45 (September 1990)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 046.jpg|[[WACCI issue 46 (December 1990)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 047.jpg|[[WACCI issue 47 (March 1990)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 048.jpg|WACCI issue 48
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Image:Wacci 049.jpg|WACCI issue 49
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Image:Wacci 050.jpg|[[WACCI issue 50 (January 1992)]]
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Image:Wacci 051.jpg|[[WACCI issue 51 (February 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 052.jpg|[[WACCI issue 52 (March 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 053.jpg|[[WACCI issue 53 (April 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 054.jpg|[[WACCI issue 54 (May 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 055.jpg|[[WACCI issue 55 (Jun 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 056.jpg|[[WACCI issue 56 (July 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 057.jpg|[[WACCI issue 57 (August 1992)]]
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Image:Wacci 058.jpg|[[WACCI issue 58 (September 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 059.jpg|[[WACCI issue 59 (October 1992)]]
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Image:Wacci 060.jpg|[[WACCI issue 60 (November 1992)]]
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Image:Wacci 061.jpg|[[WACCI issue 61 (December 1992)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 062.jpg|[[WACCI issue 62 (January 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 063.jpg|[[WACCI issue 63 (February 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 064.jpg|[[WACCI issue 64 (March 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 065.jpg|[[WACCI issue 65 (April 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 066.jpg|[[WACCI issue 66 (May 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 067.jpg|[[WACCI issue 67 (June 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 068.jpg|[[WACCI issue 68 (July 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 069.jpg|[[WACCI issue 69 (August 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 070.jpg|[[WACCI issue 70 (September 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 071.jpg|[[WACCI issue 71 (October 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 072.jpg|[[WACCI issue 72 (November 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 073.jpg|[[WACCI issue 73 (December 1993)]]
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Image:Wacci 074.jpg|[[WACCI issue 74 (January 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 075.jpg|[[WACCI issue 75 (February 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 076.jpg|[[WACCI issue 76 (March 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 077.jpg|[[WACCI issue 77 (April 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 078.jpg|[[WACCI issue 78 (May 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 079.jpg|[[WACCI issue 79 (June 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 080.jpg|[[WACCI issue 80 (July 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 081.jpg|[[WACCI issue 81 (August 1994)]]
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Image:Wacci 082.jpg|[[WACCI issue 82 (September/October 1994)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 083.jpg|[[WACCI issue 83 (November 1994)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 084.jpg|[[WACCI issue 84 (December 1994)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 085.jpg|[[WACCI issue 85 (January 1995)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 086.jpg|[[WACCI issue 86 (February 1995)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 087.jpg|[[WACCI issue 87 (March 1995)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 088.jpg|[[WACCI issue 88 (April 1995)]]
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Image:Wacci 089.jpg|[[WACCI issue 89 (May 1995)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 090.jpg|[[WACCI issue 90 (June 1995)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 091.jpg|[[WACCI issue 91 (July 1995)]]
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Image:Wacci 092.jpg|[[WACCI issue 92 (August/September 1995)]]
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Image:Wacci 093.jpg|[[WACCI issue 93 (October 1995)]]
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Image:Wacci 094.jpg|[[WACCI issue 94 (November 1995)]]
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Image:Wacci 095.jpg|[[WACCI issue 95 (December 1995)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 096.jpg|[[WACCI issue 96 (January 1996)]]
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Image:Wacci 097.jpg|[[WACCI issue 97 (February 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 098.jpg|[[WACCI issue 98 (March 1996)]]
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Image:Wacci 099.jpg|[[WACCI issue 99 (April 1996)]]
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Image:Wacci 100.jpg|[[WACCI issue 100 (May 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 101.jpg|[[WACCI issue 101 (June 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 102.jpg|[[WACCI issue 102 (July 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 103.jpg|[[WACCI issue 103 (August 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 104.jpg|[[WACCI issue 104 (September 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 105.jpg|[[WACCI issue 105 (October 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 106.jpg|[[WACCI issue 106 (November 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 107.jpg|[[WACCI issue 107 (December 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 108.jpg|[[WACCI issue 108 (January 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 109.jpg|[[WACCI issue 109 (February 1996)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 110.jpg|[[WACCI issue 110 (March 1997)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 111.jpg|[[WACCI issue 111 (April 1997)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 112.jpg|[[WACCI issue 112 (May 1997)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 113.jpg|[[WACCI issue 113 (June 1997)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 114.jpg|[[WACCI issue 114 (July 1997)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 115.jpg|[[WACCI issue 115 (August/September 1997)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 116.jpg|[[WACCI issue 116 (October 1997)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 117.jpg|[[WACCI issue 117 (November/December 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 118.jpg|[[WACCI issue 118 (January 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 119.jpg|[[WACCI issue 119 (February 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 120.jpg|[[WACCI issue 120 (March/April 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 121.jpg|[[WACCI issue 121 (May 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 122.jpg|[[WACCI issue 122 (June 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 123.jpg|[[WACCI issue 123 (July/August 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 124.jpg|[[WACCI issue 124 (September 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 125.jpg|[[WACCI issue 125 (October 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 126.jpg|[[WACCI issue 126 (November/December 1998)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 127.jpg|[[WACCI issue 127 (January 1999)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 128.jpg|[[WACCI issue 128 (February/April 1999)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 129.jpg|[[WACCI issue 129 (May 1999)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 130.jpg|[[WACCI issue 130 (July 1999)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 131.jpg|[[WACCI issue 131 (August/September 1999)]]
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Image:Wacci 132.jpg|[[WACCI issue 132 (July 2000)]]
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Image:Wacci 133.jpg|[[WACCI issue 133 (August 2000)]]
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Image:Wacci 134.jpg|[[WACCI issue 134 (October 2000)]]
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Image:Wacci 135.jpg|[[WACCI issue 135 (January 2001)]]
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Image:Wacci 136.jpg|[[WACCI issue 136 (July/August 2001)]] - HTML
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Image:Wacci 137.jpg|[[WACCI issue 137 (September/October 2001)]] - HTML
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Image:Wacci 138.jpg|[[WACCI issue 138 (January/February 2002)]] - HTML
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Image:Wacci 139.jpg|[[WACCI issue 139 (Spring 2003)]] - PDF
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Image:Wacci 140.jpg|[[WACCI issue 140 (Summer 2003)]] - PDF
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</gallery>
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==See also==
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*[[WACCI BBS]]
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== Links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080124105649/http://www.wacci.org.uk:80/ WACCI homepage (wacci.org.uk via archive.org)]
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* [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/general-discussion/wacci-issues/ CPCWiki forum: "WACCI issues" (thread started by Gryzor, 19 April 2016)]
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* [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/applications/wacci-pd-library-list-of-software/ CPCWiki forum: "WACCI PD Software and Book Library - list of software discs and books" (thread started by ComSoft6128, 24 July 2018)]
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* [https://www.cpcwiki.eu/forum/general-discussion/wacci-issues-1-3-october-to-december-1986-on-disc/ CPCWiki forum: "WACCI issues 1-3 (October to December 1986) on disc" (thread started by Jonathan, 6 January 2025)]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050212202852/http://www.wacci.demon.co.uk/ "WACCI The CPC User Group" website (wacci.demon.co.uk via archive.org)]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000309134932/http://users.ox.ac.uk/~chri0264/wowww.html "WoWWW: WACCI on World Wide Web" (users.ox.ac.uk/~chri0264 via archive.org)]
  
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* [http://www.wacci.org.uk WACCI homepage]
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* [https://acpc.me/ACME/?FANZINES/FANZINES_PAPIER/%5BENG%5DENGLISH/WACCI(001-140)%5BINCOMPLETE%5D acpc.me: Various front covers and full magazine scans]
  
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[[Category:Fanzines]] [[Category:Papermag]]

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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 although the official WACCI explanation was that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International. 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. In Amstrad Addict's "The WACCI days of the CPC" article, published in 2023, the next editor Steve Williams said:

What about the name?

WACCI was meant to stand for the Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club International which, if you think about it, didn't really make much sense. Surely Worldwide means International so why is it in the name twice? Well, because Jeff once told me that the anachronism initially stood for Walker's Amstrad Computer Club International but he swore me to secrecy so we'll keep it just between you and me, eh? No one else will ever know!

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 (John Kennedy), were contributors to early WACCIs and one of Amstrad Action's finest journalists, ChaRleyTroniC (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 first three issues are available in .DSK format. The final two issues are available in HTML format. Some others are available in PDF format, as set out below. A few of the cover scans are missing.

See also

Links

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