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 ====== Computer Currents ======
-Originally published as Computer Classifieds in California in 1983.  The magazine was renamed Computer Currents in 1984.  It was a initially distributed in northern California but spread across the country through a franchise system.  By 1987 there were editions being published for southern California, Atlanta, Austin, New York, and Boston.  There were also versions made for Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston (1988), and Chicago (1993).
+Originally published as Computer Classifieds in California in 1983.  The magazine was renamed Computer Currents in 1984.  It was a initially distributed in northern California but spread across the country through a franchise system.  By 1987 there were editions being published for southern California, Atlanta, Austin, New York, and Boston.  There were also versions made for Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston (1988), and Chicago (1993). It was published biweekly in the San Francisco bay area and monthly in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Texas, and Atlanta.  The media kit for the magazine reported an audited monthly circulation of 612,000 readers.  In 2000 the magazine was acquired and merged into Computer User ending a very impressive run. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Currents|Wikipedia Article]]
-The magazine was being published biweekly in the San Francisco bay area and monthly in Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Texas, and Atlanta.  The media kit for the magazine reported an audited monthly circulation of 612,000 readers.
+Surprisingly while the magazine appears to have been very successful there is almost no trace of it currently found online.  This may be in part to the large size of the magazine (slightly over 12" x 10").  Meaning it must be scanned with a large format scanner which most people are not going to have access to.
-In 2000 the magazine was acquired and merged into Computer User. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Currents|Wikipedia Article]]
+I was fortunate to find a small batch of the Boston version of the magazine, published from 1991-1992, which are now available on [[https://archive.org/details/texts?tab=collection&query=%22computer+currents%22&and%5B%5D=collection%3A%22magazine_rack%22|archive.org]].  Hopefully more can be located to archive in the future.  If you have physical issues you would like to donate to be scanned or are able to provide more background on this magazine please [[swizzle@demu.org|contact me]].
-Surprisingly while the magazine appears to have been very successful there is almost no trace of it currently found online.  This is likely because of the large size of the magazine. Measuring slightly over 12" x 10" meaning it must be scanned with a large format scanner.  It was also printed on newsprint instead of glossy paper.
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-I was fortunate to find a small batch of the Boston version of the magazine, published from 1991-1992, which are now available on [[https://archive.org/details/texts?tab=collection&query=%22computer+currents%22&and%5B%5D=collection%3A%22magazine_rack%22|archive.org]].  Hopefully more can be located to archive in the future.