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Magazines
    300 Baud
    80 Micro
    80-US Journal
    Barons Microcomputing Reports
    Bits and Bytes
    Byte
    CLOAD
    Computer Age
    Creative Computing
    Enter
    H and E Computronics
    Hardware Hacker
    Interface Age
    Kilobaud
    Micro-80
    MMSForth Newsletter
    Northern Bytes
    PC Database Analyst
    PC Network Advisor`
    PC Support Advisor
    PC Today
    Radio Shack Microcomputer News
    SoftGold
    SoftSide
    The 80 Notebook
    The Alternate Source
    The Computer Journal Archive
    The LDOS Quarterly
    The MISOSYS Quarterly
    The S-8ighty
    TRS-80 Computing
    TRS8BIT
    TRSTimes
    Z Newsletter (Zedcor Inc)
    ZNews (Ariel Publishing)
Exchange Newsletters
    1000 Oaks Personal Computer Club
    Adelaide Computer Club inc
    Akron-Canton PC Users Group
    Alaska Computer Society
    Bellaggio Computer and Technology Club
    Big Bear Computer Club
    Boca Raton Computer Society
    Boeing Employees' Computing Society
    Bowling Green Area Microcomputer UG, Inc
    Bowling Green Area Microcomputer User Group
    Bristol Village Computer Club
    Brookdale Computer Users Group
    Byte Bandits of America TRS-80 Users Group
    Caddo-Bossier Windows User Group
    Cajun Clickers Computer Club
    Canberra Micro 80 UG
    Canton Alliance Massillon User Group
    Capital PC User Group
    Central Florida Computer Society
    Central Iowa Comp. User Group
    Chalmette Computer Users Group
    Channel Islands PC Users Group
    Charlotte County Computer Group
    Chautauqua Cyber Club
    Chicago Computer Society
    Christchurch 80 Users Group
    Colorado River Computer Club
    Colorado Senior Network Users Group
    Computer Club of Green Valley
    Computer Club of Menifee Valley
    Computer Club of Oklahoma City
    Computer Operators of Marysville & Port Huron
    Computer Users Group of Redding
    Computer Users of Erie
    Computers Are Easy Users Group
    Computers West
    Crystal River Users Group
    Danbury Area Computer Society
    Dayton Microcomputer Assn
    Diablo Valley PC Users Group
    Exton PC Council
    Fairfield County Computer Users Group
    Fayetteville TRS-80 Users Group
    Fox Valley PC Association
    Fredericksburg PC Users Group
    Greater South Bay PC Users Group
    Henry Ford Village Computer Club
    Hilton Head Island Computer Club
    Huntsville PC User Group, Inc
    Kentucky-Indiana PC Users Group
    Kings Country TRS-80 Users Group
    Lake County Area Computer Enthusiasts
    Lake Monticello Computer User Group
    Las Vegas PC User Group
    Lehigh Valley Computer Group
    Little Blue PC Club
    Long Beach IBM Users Group
    Long Island Computer Association
    Lorain County Computer Users Group
    Los Angeles Computer Society
    Mid-Cities Tandy - Radio Shack User's Group
    Mid-Hudson Computer User Group
    MOAA User Group
    Monterey Bay Users Group-PC
    Mountain Computer User Group
    Napa Valley Personal Computer Users Group
    New Orleans PC Club
    North Orange County Computer Club
    North Texas PC Users Group
    Northeast Ohio PC Club
    Northwest Louisiana Personal Computer User Group
    Oakmont PC Users Group
    Orange Coast IBM PC User Group
    Orange County IBM PC Users Group
    PC Community
    PC-NATGUG
    Pikes Peak Computer Application Society
    Pine Mountain Lake Computer Users Group
    Plateau PC Users Group
    Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society-Arlington
    Princeton PC User Group
    Quad Cities Computer Society
    Sacramento Microcomputer Users Group
    San Gabriel Valley Tandy User's Group SAGATUG
    Sandwich Computer Users Group
    Santa Barbara PC Users Group
    Santa Clarita Valley Computer Club
    Sauk Computer User Group
    SCPD [Let’s Compute] Computer Club
    Sierra Vista PC Users Group
    South Bay TRS-80 Users Group (SBUG)
    SouthEastern Michigan Computer Organization
    Southwest International PC Club
    Southwestern IN Personal Computer Users Group
    Sun City Anthem Computer Club
    Sun City Grand Computers
    Sunflower Computer Club
    Sunland Village East Computer Club
    Tampa PC Users Group
    Tandy Business Users Group
    Tandy Hobart Users Group
    Temecula Valley Computer User Group
    Tidewater TRS-80 Users Group
    TRS-80 System 80 Computer Users Group Inc
    TRS-Link
    Valley TRS-80 Hackers Group
    Warwick Valley PC Users Group
    Western New York Computer Society
    Windows on the Rockies User Group
    Winnipeg PC User Group
    Brevard Users Group
    Computers Are Easy Users Group
    The Gr Victoria PC Users Assn
Reference Books
Hardware
Software

Current Library Summary at 19 Jan 2019

  • Magazines - 4,300+ from 83 series - 537,138 pages (77.5 GB)
  • Exchange Newsletters - 6,380+ from 140 clubs - 117,237 pages (12.8 GB)
  • Hardware - 642 manuals, 330 pictures (drives, TRS-80s, printers) - 33,790 pages (2.6 GB)
  • Books - 523 (Programming techniques, BASIC programs, ROM info) - 131,185 pages (6.6 GB)
  • Software - 1,571 manuals, 788 images (Business, Games, Utilites) - 79,500+ pages (4.5 GB)

Recent Updates and additions

22 Feb 2019 - Linux compatible menus for SYDTRUG News archive finished

19/09/2018 - Web site moved to Linux host at Crazy Domains

Update and Addition History

19/08/2015 - Added more Magazines
             Silicon Chip - 44 issues between 2005 and 2009
             Your Computer (Brit.) - 71 issues between 1981 and 1988
             80 Micro - 3 more issues added, 42 file listings in LOAD 80/Reload 80
             Byte - 8 more issues added

01/08/2015 - Update menus for Hardware and Reference Book sections

06/06/2015 - Exchange newsletters added
             Milwaukee Area Tandy Users Group - 13 issues between 1986 and 1987
             MOAA User Group - 17 issues between 2013 and 2015
             SouthEastern Wisconsin Windows User Group - 58 issues between 2001 and 2006
             Twin Cities PC User’ Group\ - 51 issues between 2011 and 2015
             Winnipeg PC User Group - 60 issues between 1997 and 2006

31/05/2015 - Exchange newsletters added
             Plateau PC Users Group (Perth) - 26 issues between 2013 and 2013
             Sarasota PC Users Group - 294 issues between 1982 and 2015

30/05/2015 - Exchange newsletters added
             New Orleans PC Club - 124 issues between 2001 and 2011
             North Texas PC Users Group - 389 issues between 1983 and 2015

24/05/2015 - Exchange newsletters added
             Interactive Computer Owners Network (ICON) - 73 issues between 2008 and 2015
             Lehigh Valley Computer Group - 33 issues between 2003 and 2015
             Licking County Computer Society - 25 issues between 2008 and 2015
             Lorain County Computer Users Group - 81 issues between 2007 and 2015
             Los Angeles Computer Society - 48 issues between 2005 and 2014

23/05/2015 - Exchange newsletters added
             Fox Valley PC Association - 104 issues between 2006 and 2013
             Fredericksburg PC Users Group - 11 issues between 2014 and 2015
             Idaho Technology Users Group - 155 issues between 2000 and 2014

17/05/2015 - Exchange newsletters added
             Computer Users of Erie - 89 issues between 2005 and 2013
             Danbury Area Computer Society - 16 issues between 2014 and 2015
             Durham PC Users Club - 13 issues between 2014 and 2015
             Fairfield County Computer Users Group - 140 issues between 1980 and 1992

16/05/2015 - Exchange newsletters added
             Adelaide Computer Club - 80 issues between 1998 and 2015
             Akron-Canton PC Users Group - 14 issues between 1998 and 2015
             Big Bear Computer Club - 88 issues between 2005 and 2015
             Boca Raton Computer Society - 99 issues between 2005 and 2015
             Bristol Village Computer Club - 71 issues between 2007 and 2012
             Calgary Color Computer Club - 73 issues between 1986 and 1994
             Columbus Computer Society - 87 issues between 1999 and 2008

10/05/2015 - Magazines added
             Computer News 80 - 118 issues between 1988 and 2004
             80 Micro - 18 issues between 1980 and 1986 (14 still to get)

29/01/2015 - Software section menu operational
             provides access to manuals, guides, programs and useage tips

17/12/2014 - Reference Book section menu operational
             provides access to books for tutorial, design, educational, sample programs
             and hardware customising

18/10/2014 - Hardware section menu operational
             provides access to service manuals, schematics, design info for
             computers, peripherals and add-ons

28/09/2014 - Exchange newsletters added
             Fairfield County Computer Users Group - 221 issues between 1992 and 2010

11/09/2014 - Exchange newsletters added
             Brevard Users Group - 139 issues between 2002 and 2013
             Computers Are Easy Users Group - 118 issues between 2001 and 2014
             The Gr Victoria PC Users Assn - 97 issues between 1984 and 2009

18/08/2014 - Exchange newsletters added
             Potomac Area Technology and Computer Society-Arlington - 31 issues between 2011 and 2014
             National Capital Technology and Computer Users Group - 79 issues between 2002 and 2012
             Washington Area Computer User Group - 94 issues between 2004 and 2011
             Northern Neck Computer Users Group - 62 issues between 2009 and 2014
             Fredericksburg PC Users Group - 170 issues between 1999 and 2014
             Princeton PC Users Group - 122 issues between 1998 and 2009
             Central Maryland User Group - 30 issues between 2006 and 2008

06/08/2014 - Exchange newsletters added
             Barlows Newsletter - 13 issues between 2007 and 2014

03/08/2014 - Exchange newsletters added
             Danbury Area Computer Society - 183 issues between 1998 and 2014

10/06/2014 - Exchange newsletters added
             Central Florida Computer Society - 104 issues between 2003 and 2014
             Canton Alliance Massillon User Group - 14 issues between 2012 and 2014
             Brookdale Computer Users Group - 121 issues between 2004 and 2014
             Bowling Green Area Microcomputer UG, Inc - 123 issues between 2001 and 2014
             Boca Raton Computer Society - 62 issues between 2009 and 2014
             Bellaggio Computer and Technology Club - 28 issues between 2012 and 2014

22/06/2014 - Menu system for Magazines added
             956 magazines from 1975 to 2014 now viewable

07/06/2014 - Menu system for Exchange Newsletters added
             1,612 newsletters from 1978 to 2014 now viewable

06/03/2014 - Creative Computing Magazine added
             92 issues between 1976 and 1985 as searchable PDF

04/03/2014 - Computer Age Magazine added
             First 16 issues from 1979 to 1981 as searchable PDF
           - 300 Baud (Retro Computing)
             First 3 issues from 2010 as searchable PDF

03/03/2014 - Interface Age Magazine added
             16 issues between 1977 and 1983 as searchable PDF
           - Hardware Hacker (Don Lancaster column) added
             Volumes 1 to 5 as searchable PDF
           - CLOAD Magazine added
             76 issues between 1978 and 1984 as searchable PDF

08/02/2014 - Byte Magazine added
             177 issues between 1975 and 1995 as searchable PDF

02/02/2014 - 80 US Journal/Basic Computing added
             48 issues between 1978 and 1984 as searchable PDF

28/01/2014 - Enter magazine added
             17 issues between 1983 and 1985 as searchable PDF

27/01/2014 - H and E Computronics magazine added
             20 issues between 1978 and 1983 as searchable PDF

22/01/2014 - Radio Shack Microcomputer News added
             78 issues between 1977 and 1984 as searchable PDF

21/01/2014 - Kilobaud/ Kilobaud Microcomputing/ Microcomputing magazine added
             62 issues between 1977 and 1985 as searchable PDF

07/01/2014 - magazine section Web page design completed

06/01/2014 - Micro-80 magazine
             (all 43 issues) replaced with searchable PDF version

05/01/2014 - TRS8Bit magazine
             Volumes 1 to 7 added to library
           - 80 Micro magainze
             another 21 issues added to library, now 74 on-line (in colour)
           - newsletters added to library from :-
             Tandy Hobart Users Group, PC-NATGUG,
             Lorain County Computer Users Group
             Central Florida Computer Society
           - latest newsletters from :-
             Quad Cities Computer Society, Mountain Computer User Group,
             Lehigh Valley Computer Group, Computer Club of Green Valley,
             Bristol Village Computer Club and Boca Raton Computer Society
             Dayton Microcomputer Assn

29/12/2013 - 150 more TRS-80 cassette tape images added
           - cassette program info and downloads Web page design completed