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The Amstrad User

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'''1991 - Name Change'''
After issue 71 (Dec 1990), it became known as "The PC Mag plus The Amstrad User" (Jan 1991 was the first issue @ $4.50 per issue) - issues were no longer numbered. It still contained Amstrad CPC/PCW/PC content and was obviously trying to appeal to the broader PC clone market (IBM Compatible owners) - rather than specifically the Amstrad. This was a hard decision the Editor said (In Issue 71) - Amstrad Australia in Sydney had dropped the CPC range (along with the PCW8512) by 1989 was and was refusing to import them even though the parent company in the UK was still releasing models still. They decided instead to concentrate on the PC compatibles.
It ran until September 1991 (9 issues in total) with Strategy Publications ceasing operations to produce the magazine around then due to obviously declining magazine sales and popularity of Amstrad machines. It is unknown if Strategy Publications completely ceased operations, changed their name or merged with another publisher.
'''Note on the scans:''' Only the relevant CPC sections of these magazines has been scanned and uploaded (to cut down on the manual labour). So all advertising, PCW & PC content is not included (unless some CPC content spills over).
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