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Compute!'s Atari ST Disk & Magazine
FrequencyBimonthly
PublisherABC Publishing (1986–1988)
First issueOctober 1986
Final issueJune/July 1988
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
ISSN0888-8442

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

The last issue of COMPUTE’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine published was the June/July 1988 issue[6].

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  • Laser Chess by Mike Duppong (First Prize in COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine’s $10,000 ST Programming Contest) [7]
  • Art-ST by Robert M. Birmingham (Second Prize in COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine’s $10,000 ST Programming Contest) [8]
  • 3-D Edit by Mike Kerekes (Honorable Mention in COMPUTE!’s Atari ST Disk & Magazine’s $10,000 ST Programming Contest) [9]
  • STates & Capitals by Robert P. Dolan (an updated Atari ST version of States & Capitals originally released for the Atari 400/800 computers)[10]

Staff

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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 Batman
  • 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

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