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Sinclair User
Cover of Sinclair User from 1987
Editor
Categories	Computer magazines
Frequency	Monthly
First Issue	April 1982
Final Issue — Date — Number	April 1993 134^[1]
Company	ECC Publications, EMAP
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website	www.sincuser.f9.co.uk
ISSN	0262-5458

Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum. Published by EMAP, it was printed in the UK between 1982 and 1993, and was the longest running Sinclair-based magazine. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (714x1000, 192 KB) Cover of Sinclair User, a UK computing mag for the ZX Spectrum. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (714x1000, 192 KB) Cover of Sinclair User, a UK computing mag for the ZX Spectrum. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Computer magazine be merged into this article or section. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four with the length of 30 days. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... EMAP plc (LSE: EMA) is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... ISSN, or International Standard Serial Number, is the unique eight-digit number applied to a periodical publication including electronic serials. ... Sinclair Research Ltd was a home computer company founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England. ... Children playing on a Amstrad CPC 464 in the 1980s. ... The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd. ... EMAP plc (LSE: EMA) is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

Like many similar magazines, it contained sections of news, game reviews, previews, tips, help guides, columnists, readers' letters, and cover-mounted game demos. Demo disc released with a magazine. ...

In May 1992 the former rival publication CRASH was notionally subsumed into Sinclair User but in practice this meant little more than the addition of the Crash! logo to the magazine's cover page. 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... CRASH was a magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum home computer. ...

Many readers thought the inclusion of the cartoon character Kamikaze Bear to the magazine in the mid-80's marked its change from a semi-serious magazine to something aimed more at children.

External links

SUMO — Sinclair User Magazine Online, an unofficial online archive of the Sinclair User
Sinclair User @ WOS — Images of scanned pages of Sinclair User at World of Spectrum
Mag-Slag — A humorous analysis of a typical Sinclair User review.

World of Spectrum is a website devoted to cataloging and archiving material for the ZX Spectrum home computer pupular in the 1980s. ...

References

^ April 1993, Issue 134. ysincuser.f9.co.uk. Sinclair User Magazine Online. Retrieved on 2006-11-15.

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Planet Sinclair: The Sinclair Industry: Magazines: Sinclair User (402 words)
	At the end of 1986 under the editorship of David Kelly, Sinclair User underwent a dramatic redesign to position it firmly as a games magazine, with Your Sinclair clearly being seen as its main target.
	In 1988, SU, Crash and Your Sinclair began a vicious circulation war as the readership of 8-bit magazines crumbled with the rise of the Atari ST and Commodore Amiga.
	Sinclair User's last design change occured at the end of 1990 under Garth Sumpter's editorship, although the magazine was now little more than a vehicle for the cover tape.

Sinclair Research Ltd - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2801 words)
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