Draft:Compute!'s Atari ST Disk & Magazine

*Compute!'s Atari ST Disk & Magazine*
Frequency	Bimonthly
Publisher	ABC Publishing (1986–1988)
First issue	October 1986
Final issue	June/July 1988
Country	United States
Based in	New York City
ISSN	0888-8442

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Compute!'s Atari ST Disk & Magazine (ISSN 0888-8442), often stylized as COMPUTE!'s Atari ST, was an American home computer magazine that was published from 1986 to 1988 focusing on users of the Atari ST line of computers^[1]. The magazine was an Atari ST-only daughter magazine of the computer hobbyist magazine Compute!^[2]. The premier issue made its debut in October 1986 with a retail price of $12.95.^[3]

The magazine featured standard articles and step by step tutorials along with an accompanying 3½ inch floppy disk that included a range of programs from applications to games and utilities including (in some issues) a “Special Bonus” program like a complete Atari Users' Group list^[4].

COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine was the first magazine in the history of the publishing industry to go into national distribution as an integral magazine/disk product.^[5]

Monthly features & columns that appeared in every issue during COMPUTE!’s Atari ST’s print run included:

- The Editor’s Page
- The Ear: News, rumors, and gossip heard around the ST community
- ST News & Notes
- Readers’ Feedback
- New Products
- Reviews

In addition to the monthly features, columns and programs, COMPUTE’s Atari ST also featured contests like the “$10,000.00 Atari ST Programming Contest!” which awarded cash prizes from $500 to $5,000.00.^[6]

The last issue of COMPUTE’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine published was the June/July 1988 issue^[7].

Notable Programs Featured In The Disk

Laser Chess by Mike Duppong (First Prize in COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine’s $10,000 ST Programming Contest) – A two player game based on traditional chess but featuring new twists^[8]
Art-ST by Robert M. Birmingham (Second Prize in COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine’s $10,000 ST Programming Contest) – A general purpose drawing program with advanced features to create animated slide shows^[9]
3-D Edit by Mike Kerekes (Honorable Mention in COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine’s $10,000 ST Programming Contest) – A hybrid graphics editor and computer aided design program (CAD) that allows a user to create three dimensional shapes, rotate them for viewing at any angle, modify them in numerous ways, and saving the graphic in NEOchrome or DEGAS format for further art work^[10]
ST-Shell by Richard Smereka (Honorable Mention in COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine’s $10,000 ST Programming Contest) – An operating system shell that simulated a UNIX command line interpreter^[11]
STates & Capitals by Robert P. Dolan - An updated Atari ST version of States & Capitals originally released for the Atari 400/800 computers in 1980 by Atari^[12]

Staff

Publisher:

James A. Casella

Editors of the magazine included:

Robert C. Lock
Tom R. Halfhill
Todd Heimarck

Senior Editor:

Richard Mansfield

Managing Editor:

Kathleen Martinek

Executive Editor:

Selby Bateman

Features Editor:

Keith Ferrell

Columnists:

Shelby Bateman
McKendre Haynes
Sheldon Leemon
Arlan R. Levitan
Joseph Kutz
Philip I. Nelson

Reviews:

Rhett Anderson
Selby Bateman
Thomas M. Castle
Andy Eddy
David Florance
Tom R. Halfhill
Todd Heimarck
David Hensley Jr.
Arthur Leyenberger
James W. Maki
Richard Mansfield
George Miller
Philip I. Nelson
David Plotkin
Neil Randall
Tony Roberts

References

^ "ISSN Portal Record: Compute!'s Atari ST disk & magazine)". ISSN Portal.
^ "Compute's Atari ST Disk and Magazine by Compute Magazine)". Internet Archive. 1986.
^ "Premier Issue COMPUTE!'s Atari ST Disk & Magazine $12.95 (October 1986, Issue 1, Volume 1, Number 1, Cover Page)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "Compute's Atari ST)". Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "The Editor's View: A Major First, Robert C. Lock, Editor in Chief (October 1986, Issue 1, Volume 1, Number 1, Page 3)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "$10,000.00 Atari ST Programming Contest! (October 1986, Issue 1, Volume 1, Number 1, Page 77)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "COMPUTE's Atari ST DISK & MAGAZINE (June/July 1988)" (PDF). COMPUTE’s Atari ST.
^ "Laser Chess: First Prize $5,000 Winner Atari ST Programming Contest (April 1987, Issue 4, Volume 2, Number 2, pages 4 - 9)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "Art-ST: Second Prize Contest Winner (August 1987, Issue 6, Volume 2, Number 4, pages 4 - 6)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "3-D Edit: Honorable Mention Contest Winner (October 1987, Issue 7, Volume 2, Number 5, pages 7 - 9)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "ST-Shell, Richard Smereka (December 1986, Issue 2, Volume 1, Number 2, pages 24 - 31)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.
^ "STates & Capitals (October 1987, Issue 7, Volume 2, Number 5, pages 27 - 29)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[1] "ISSN Portal Record: Compute!'s Atari ST disk & magazine)". ISSN Portal.

[2] "Compute's Atari ST Disk and Magazine by Compute Magazine)". Internet Archive. 1986.

[3] "Premier Issue COMPUTE!'s Atari ST Disk & Magazine $12.95 (October 1986, Issue 1, Volume 1, Number 1, Cover Page)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[4] "Compute's Atari ST)". Compute!'s Atari ST.

[5] "The Editor's View: A Major First, Robert C. Lock, Editor in Chief (October 1986, Issue 1, Volume 1, Number 1, Page 3)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[6] "$10,000.00 Atari ST Programming Contest! (October 1986, Issue 1, Volume 1, Number 1, Page 77)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[7] "COMPUTE's Atari ST DISK & MAGAZINE (June/July 1988)" (PDF). COMPUTE’s Atari ST.

[8] "Laser Chess: First Prize $5,000 Winner Atari ST Programming Contest (April 1987, Issue 4, Volume 2, Number 2, pages 4 - 9)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[9] "Art-ST: Second Prize Contest Winner (August 1987, Issue 6, Volume 2, Number 4, pages 4 - 6)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[10] "3-D Edit: Honorable Mention Contest Winner (October 1987, Issue 7, Volume 2, Number 5, pages 7 - 9)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[11] "ST-Shell, Richard Smereka (December 1986, Issue 2, Volume 1, Number 2, pages 24 - 31)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

[12] "STates & Capitals (October 1987, Issue 7, Volume 2, Number 5, pages 27 - 29)" (PDF). Compute!'s Atari ST.

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