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I was a computer journalist from 1983 and have edited a number of popular newsstand magazines, including PC Plus and What Micro. I have had articles covering various aspects of the computer industry published in many other titles, such as the Financial Times and the Computing section of the Guardian newspaper. I published my first book in 2014 and my first novel in 2021.

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	When Computing Got Personal: A history of the desktop computer 4.15 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Future Publishing: The Somerton Years

Matt Nicholson remembers the early days of Amstrad Action and the birth of PC PLUS First published in Issue 8, the Christmas Special 2022 edition of Pixel Addict magazine It was early 1986 and I’d been working at VNU Publishing in the centre of London for a few years as editor of What Micro, which […]

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