[HN Gopher] Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Wil...
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       Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on
       Retro Computing
        
       Author : dbelson
       Score  : 82 points
       Date   : 2025-04-13 11:01 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.computesgazette.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.computesgazette.com)
        
       | dgfitz wrote:
       | I only clicked the link because the title didn't spell out
       | "years" and having clicked the link, I don't get it at all. I
       | need to click a second link inside the website, hopeful I click
       | the right one?
        
         | zahlman wrote:
         | I think the correct link should be
         | https://www.computesgazette.com/iconic-computes-gazette-maga...
        
       | le-mark wrote:
       | Iirc the "gazette" version of Compute! Was focused on Commodore
       | machines, whereas Compute was a polyglot of several popular US
       | machines. Theses magazines were a lifeline to a lot of us in the
       | 80's pre internet. It reminds me how amazing this age is, with
       | regard to freely available information.
        
         | pryelluw wrote:
         | Not only information access but the distribution model. In
         | middle school, I had a little side business selling shareware
         | on diskettes. My school had gotten brand spanking new 386/486
         | machines. My older brother had copied a bunch of games and
         | programs from his friends into a stack of diskettes. I was king
         | and made some good cash. Enough to buy a bike.
         | 
         | I miss physical media.
        
         | massysett wrote:
         | Yes, Gazette was published as a standalone magazine, as
         | COMPUTE's Gazette. Later, it was published as a supplement to
         | COMPUTE, the main COMPUTE had some Gazette pages printed in the
         | back or something.
         | 
         | I subscribed for at least a few years. I did the type-in
         | programs. I think I got the BASIC ones to work but I never got
         | one of the assembly language ones working. Understandably
         | topping them in did not forgive errors, though each line of
         | assembly came with a checksum, this didn't save me.
         | 
         | And typing them was mind-numbing besides.
        
       | empressplay wrote:
       | I can't find any evidence that they've acquired or licensed the
       | name / trademarks from Ziff Davis, the last known holder of
       | Compute's IP, so I would be wary of giving them any money.
       | 
       | Also the content gives off strong AI vibes
        
         | beej71 wrote:
         | I want it to be true. There's really not much information out
         | there on it or the CEO that I can find.
         | 
         | My first question was if there's was enough retro material for
         | a monthly.
        
           | jnagle78641 wrote:
           | Edwin Nagle here. I believe there's definitely enough
           | material to support a monthly, especially with a focus on the
           | general retro community rather than solely on C64/128.
        
             | ddingus wrote:
             | I agree with that.
             | 
             | Why GAZETTE rather than just COMPUTE! ?
             | 
             | Big fan of the project here BTW.
        
         | jnagle78641 wrote:
         | I registered the trademark through USPTO, you can verify it
         | there. There is some AI involved right now, but not for
         | anything content related.
        
           | hedora wrote:
           | Fwiw, I didn't find the ai images problematic at all, and the
           | writing doesn't seem generated at all to me.
           | 
           | I like the switch drm writeup, but wonder if they're just
           | moving pirates towards downloading from the store + dumping
           | the bits.
        
       | robterrell wrote:
       | I worked for Compute! magazine when I was in high school (an
       | excellent job, porting games for one PC to another) and so maybe
       | it's just a me thing, but it seems weird to name this "Compute's
       | Gazette" when there's no connection to the original magazine,
       | besides fandom.
        
         | amichail wrote:
         | What was your most and least favorite computer to port games
         | to?
        
           | robterrell wrote:
           | TI-99/4a was the worst for me, but I think the entire reason
           | I was hired was that everyone else hated porting to the Apple
           | //.
        
             | DidYaWipe wrote:
             | Undoubtedly because the Apple II's graphics and sound
             | sucked royally.
        
       | chuckadams wrote:
       | No desire to fire up MLX and type in raw hex from printed source,
       | nope. I got some nostalgia feels when I browsed CG's back catalog
       | on archive.org, but nothing that would make me want ever to do
       | that kind of thing again.
        
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