I miss CS, too.I hated when they downsized it from the giant format to a standard magazine format.

I still have one of the "giant format" issues; I kept it for nostalgic reasons 😀

Stiletto wrote:

I still have one of the "giant format" issues; I kept it for nostalgic reasons 😀

So do I. I have the one with the Atari Mega ST and SLM804 Laser printer on the cover because I was big into Atari at that time.

Had to happen sooner or later:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Computer-Shopper-Maga … =item2ecede932f

In a fit of madness, I might consider $15 to take a trip down memory lane, but DAMN that shipping is nuts. I think I will not worry about it.
Is it just me, or did the business/management weenies ruin computers? It used to be you could find all kinds of programming and hardware articles in Byte, then it got to be nothing but Windows and MS Office crap. Computer Shopper had its fair share of that too, but it was more or less always that way. It got worse when it went to the small format, though.

CS was great for the advertisements before we have the internet to look things up. I subscribed to the CS when it was a phonebook but tossed them all a few years later (they take up so much space). I used to mail order parts all the time using mail order catalogs pre internet.

I totally miss my CS magazines (Phonebooks)...it was my favoraite computer publications. For a while, they only cost about 99 cents (most likely becasue it was packed with advertisements). CS is what really got me into computers in the first place. It was my primary source of information for PC's and I spent so much time drooling over Gateway and Micron systems in the glossy ad inserts.

Compudyne, Zeos and Zenith Data Systems were some systems I drooled over as well.

It wasn't all just ads though. I really liked the simple but detailed articles too.

It was the only magazine I religiously purchased from the newstand every two weeks (or was it monthly? I can't remember). I regret recycling all of my back issues about 10 years ago...I had so many issues which adorned a shelf that wrapped all around my parent's garage.

I wish I had every issue back. Even though many trees were sacrificed for my enjoyment, it was well worth it. I really do truly miss CS. Great topic snorg!!!

Unknown_K wrote:

CS was great for the advertisements before we have the internet to look things up. I subscribed to the CS when it was a phonebook but tossed them all a few years later (they take up so much space). I used to mail order parts all the time using mail order catalogs pre internet.

I used to flip past the articles and went right to the red pages in the back that had all the liquidations. I can still remember, they had the normal advertising in the back but there was always one section that had red borders around the pages and that was where all the really good deals were to be found.