'''The Amstrad User (TAU)''' was published in Australia by Strategy Publications, with the first issue coming out in February 1985 (@ $3.00 per issue).
To start with, it soley covered the Amstrad CPC range464, but as more then the CPC 664 & CPC 6128. As other Amstrad computers were introduced by Amstrad, it expanded to cover released the magazine covered them all. Eventually it would cover At its peak, the range the magazine covered was: CPC, PCW PCW8256, PCW8512, PCW9512, PC1512, PC1640, PPC512, PPC640, PC2086, PC2286, PC2386, PC20, PC1286, PC1386, ALT286, ALT386SX, PC3086, PC3286 and PC range of Amstrad computersPC386SX.
It was an independent publication, originally sourcing and writing all it's own articles and content from writers mostly within Australia.
'''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 was refusing to import them even though the parent company in the UK was 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 around then due to obviously declining magazine sales and popularity of Amstrad machines.
'''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).