i bought computer shopper at a corner shop newsagent near where i worked. a staff member stopped me one day and asked about as she couldn't believe how big and heavy it was.
so i had to explain that it was a gathering of every computer advert from every company with a tiny magazine scattered throughout it's pages. i showed her that that month it went index, 50 or so pages of adverts, news section, 50 pages of adverts, reviews, 50 pages of adverts. articles on minor platforms between blocks of adverts and then columns followed by some more adverts.
it was dead handy for finding obscure hardware and software in a time before the internet. and as the internet is filling with a.i. slop i hope someone finds a way to make a profitable curated list which is as useful as computer shopper was in it's heyday.
so i had to explain that it was a gathering of every computer advert from every company with a tiny magazine scattered throughout it's pages. i showed her that that month it went index, 50 or so pages of adverts, news section, 50 pages of adverts, reviews, 50 pages of adverts. articles on minor platforms between blocks of adverts and then columns followed by some more adverts.
it was dead handy for finding obscure hardware and software in a time before the internet. and as the internet is filling with a.i. slop i hope someone finds a way to make a profitable curated list which is as useful as computer shopper was in it's heyday.