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Micro Cornucopia
EditorDavid J. Thompson
CategoriesComputer magazines
First issueJuly 1981
Final issue
Number		May 1990[1]
53
CountryUnited States
Based inBend, Oregon
LanguageEnglish
ISSN0747-587X

Micro Cornucopia, sometimes shortened to Micro C, was a 1980s magazine for microcomputer hobbyists and enthusiasts. It was published in Bend, Oregon by former Tektronix engineer David J. Thompson.

The magazine, conceived as a newsletter for users of the Ferguson Big Board (a single-board CP/M computer), was published bi-monthly beginning in July 1981. It soon expanded its coverage to other board-level computers, the Kaypro computer, and general hobbyist/experimental computing, with special interest areas being robotics, interfacing, embedded systems and programming languages. The magazine routinely published circuit diagrams and source code.

Micro C carried articles on a wide range of subjects, some system-specific and newsletter-like, but also covering (then) off-mainstream topics, e.g. 3D graphics, artificial intelligence, or the special needs of disabled users. They published a 32-page catalog of CP/M and MS-DOS software, cover date Fall/Winter 1986, describing it as the second, the first having been the Spring issue.

The publishers of Micro C organized free annual user conference dubbed "SOG" (Semi-Official Get-together) in Oregon.

Final issue

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In issue 53, May 1990, Thompson wrote, "I'm closing down Micro C and I don't know what I'll be doing next."[1] He explained his loss of interest in the magazine, and subscribers were offered the choice to switch to one of several other magazines, including Computer Language.

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b Thompson, David J. (May 1990). "The Last Hoorah" (PDF). Micro Cornucopia. Around the bend (53). Bend, Oregon, USA: Micro Cornucopia Inc.: 4, 74–76, 78–80. ISSN 0747-587X. Retrieved 2022-04-01. [1][2][3]
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Periodical literature

(May 1990). "Micro Cornucopia: The Micro Technical Journal" (PDF). Micro Cornucopia. Around the bend. No. 53. Bend, Oregon: Micro Cornucopia Inc. pp. front

Ferguson Big Board

2019-03-30. Micro Cornucopia. "More Goodies from Micro Cornucopia". Micro Cornucopia (June 1983) No. 12. p. 68. Catalog (July 1984). Micro, Volume 73,

CP/M

Microprocessors - 8080, 8086, Or 8088?" (PDF). Micro Cornucopia. No. 27. Bend, Oregon, US: Micro Cornucopia Inc. pp. 4–7. ISSN 0747-587X. Archived (PDF)

Xerox 820

100,000 820s in two years, but reportedly failed to do so in four; Micro Cornucopia reported in October 1983 that a dealer had thousands of 820 motherboards

Kaypro

Buccaci. Another popular magazine that covered Kaypro computers was Micro Cornucopia, published in Bend, Oregon. Arthur C. Clarke used a Kaypro II to write

NEC V20

USA. "The New NEC Microprocessors - 8080, 8086, Or 8088?" (PDF). Micro Cornucopia. No. 27. Bend, Oregon, USA. pp. 4–7. ISSN 0747-587X. Archived (PDF)

List of defunct American magazines

Michigan Hunting & Fishing, PRIMEDIA ( –2001) Micro Cornucopia (1981–1990) Microsystems (1980–1984) MicroTimes, PRIMEDIA Haas Publishing Co. ( –2001) The

NS32000

Rand (August–September 1985). "The Definicon DSI-32 Coprocessor". Micro Cornucopia. Datasheets Data book NS32000 family (1986) NS32532 NS32C032 NS32381