ScuzzBlog: Diaries March 2023 Entry 7th March 2023: Post 1: Popular Computing Weekly - 1987. Popular Computing Weekly - 1987. 1987 was a busy year for computing what with the Amiga launching the Amiga 500, Atari posting big profits and Alan Sugar riding high a year on after acquiring Sinclair. For me I had just moved house and bought an Amstrad PCW9512 as a dedicated word processor to aid me with my architecture. All was well in the world I have to say. I read with interest posts on forums from those commenting on the history and times of computing. Much is blurred by time and you sense a weird generalising of facts, and an over simplified view of things. If you want to get a good handle on how things were in the day look no further than the publications from the period. I was a keen reader of Popular Computing from its early years. It was so frequent in release and littered with news items. This month I found a few that I didn't have of the magazine and was doubly pleased to get them as they featured the three big guns of the time, what with Amiga, Atari and Amstrad all doing well. I particularly liked the battle stance of Amiga v Atari which rang out very loud in the day. I also was very interested in the words of Alan Sugar from the actual day. It is so important to get a balanced understanding of facts before making generalisations. So many times I have seen a comment repeated to the point of becoming a truth. Time blurs the edges and renders the truth in often a disjointed way. So if you are keen to fully appreciate the world of home computers then grab a few older publications and read first hand the words as they were written at the time. Just a side note and that is to comment on how wonderful it was in the day to have so many shows to attend. In March and April you could go to the Electron and BBC Micro Show, Dragon Computer Show and the Atari Show. If only I had a time machine. Popular Computing Weekly - 1987.

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