http://www.trs-80.org/computer-user/ TRS-80.org is a source for information about the Radio Shack TRS-80 line of computers, hardware, and software, with articles, interviews, and more! Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:40:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.trs-80.org/computer-user/comment-page-1/#comment-42474 David Pounds Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:18:14 +0000 http://www.trs-80.org/computer-user/#comment-42474 I was the art director for the magazine when it first launched. Bob Jones made an agreement with Tandy Radioshack to get a customer mailing list. That's where the 316,000 readership number came from. As I recall the plan was to send out the first few issues for free, but the plan ran into snags right away when it was discovered after mailing that much of the list was old and inaccurate. Many, many issues were returned by the post office. The financial burden eventually led to the demise of both Computer User and Interface Age. I was the art director for the magazine when it first launched. Bob Jones made an agreement with Tandy Radioshack to get a customer mailing list. That’s where the 316,000 readership number came from. As I recall the plan was to send out the first few issues for free, but the plan ran into snags right away when it was discovered after mailing that much of the list was old and inaccurate. Many, many issues were returned by the post office. The financial burden eventually led to the demise of both Computer User and Interface Age.

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