A lot of computing history is captured in old magazines. i had a small collection from the 80s, that had been passed down to me many years ago. To de-clutter I’ve sold off most of them to collectors who would get more value from them than me.

Most retro magazines have been scanned and are available to read online,

• Suprisingly https://archive.org has collected many. e.g. https://archive.org/details/australiancommodoreamigareview
• There are also collectors like https://commodore.bombjack.org/, e.g. https://commodore.bombjack.org/commodore/magazines/the-australian-commodore-review/the-australian-commodore-review.htm

This is one I had lying around that does not seem to be in either collection.

The Australian Commodore Review Amiga Annual 1998

Here are a few interesting pages:

The Cover

“ANYONE WHO HAS JUST PURCHASED A CONVENTIONAL PC HAS MY SYMPATHY”.

Some Pricing

The machines:

• A500: AUD$999
• A1000: AUD$2499
• A2000: AUD$2999

Development Tools:

• Commodore 68k Assembler: AUD$199
• Metacomo 68k Assembler: AUD$250
• Aztec C: AUD$499+

A Samurai Selling a Dot Matrix Printer

Interestingly, Star are still in the buisness of selling dot matrix printers.