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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p><i>ANALOG</i> was co-launched by <a href="/facts/Lee_H._Pappas/Sr8Qv6hS">Lee H. Pappas</a> and Michael DesChesnes who met at a <i><a href="/facts/Star_Trek/kKGkVK5y">Star Trek</a></i> convention in 1978.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The first issue of the magazine was January / February 1981. It was published bi-monthly through the November / December 1983 issue and then monthly beginning with the January 1984 issue.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>Following the <a href="/facts/Atari_ST/9GsYSlaM">Atari ST</a> announcement in early 1985, <i>ANALOG</i> expanded its scope to include the new computer line. Starting with the April 1986 issue, ST coverage was consolidated into a supplementary section titled <i>ST-Log</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> With its 10th issue, in January 1987 <i>ST-Log</i> became a separate magazine and <i>ANALOG</i> returned to being fully devoted to the Atari 8-bit computers.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> (This paralleled <i><a href="/facts/STart/ar2ArYr7">STart</a></i> magazine being spun off from <i><a href="/facts/Antic_(magazine)/2d3TsGqg">Antic</a></i>.) </p><p>In the April 1988 issues of <i>ST-Log</i> and <i>ANALOG Computing</i>, Pappas announced that both magazines were under new ownership and the offices moved from Worcester, Massachusetts to North Hollywood, California.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Circulation was interrupted between issues 58 and 59 (from October 1987 to March 1988). Details of the acquisition were not mentioned in the editorial, but the masthead showed the publisher as L.F.P., Inc. (for <a href="/facts/Larry_Flynt_Publications/hvSo0FHm">Larry Flynt Publications</a>). Subscribers were not told ahead of time. </p><p>In the September 1989 issues of both <i>ANALOG</i> and <i>ST-Log</i>, it was announced that the two magazines would be recombined into a single Atari resource under the <i>ANALOG</i> name, beginning with the November issue.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> Two issues of the combined magazine were published before L.F.P., Inc. shut it down. <i>STart</i> magazine reported this, incorrectly claiming that both magazines were dropped less than a month after the announcement, but correctly reporting that production staff merged into another publication owned by Pappas, <i><a href="/facts/Video_Games_%2526_Computer_Entertainment/WSCAWSSH">Video Games & Computer Entertainment</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> The final issue of <i>ANALOG Computing </i> was December 1989, #79. There was no mention that this would be the last issue. </p> <h2 id="additional-products">Additional products</h2> <h3>ANALOG Software</h3> <p>In its early years, <i>ANALOG Computing</i> sold games via mail order under the name ANALOG Software.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> Several of these were written by magazine staff members. Some games were advertised, but never completed or published, such as <i>Sunday Driver</i><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> and <i>Titan</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> </p><p>Released games </p> <ul><li><i>Crash Dive</i> (different from the <a href="/facts/Brian_Moriarty/jGsENJ3H">Brian Moriarty</a> text adventure printed as a type-in listing)</li> <li><i>Star Sentry</i></li> <li><i>Buried Bucks</i>, later published by <a href="/facts/Imagic/FtUtVLsI">Imagic</a> as <i><a href="/facts/Chopper_Hunt/eFwjA7Ye">Chopper Hunt</a></i></li> <li><i>Race in Space</i>, later printed as a type-in listing in the magazine</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Carnival_(video_game)/P2MhfkuE">Carnival</a></i>, licensed from <a href="/facts/Sega/f9TY2kyl">Sega</a></li></ul> <h3>Books</h3> <p><i>ANALOG</i> published two books of program listings and tutorials. The <i>ANALOG Compendium</i> (1983) contains "the best Atari home computer programs from the first ten issues."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> <i>An Atari 8-bit Extra from ANALOG Computing</i> (1987) contains previously unpublished programs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> </p><p>The <i>ANALOG Computing Pocket Reference Card</i> was published in 1985 and sold for US$7.95.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> It contains a summary of <a href="/facts/Atari_BASIC/aSleVCgU">Atari BASIC</a> commands, player/missile memory layout, hardware register and operating system addresses, <a href="/facts/ATASCII/d3xS85B4">ATASCII</a> characters, graphics modes, and other information.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p> <h3>Bulletin board</h3> <p>The ANALOG Computing Telecommunications System, or ANALOG Computing TCS, was a custom <a href="/facts/Bulletin_board_system/22d9c9s2">bulletin board system</a> accessible only through paid subscription. After the TCS launched in May 1985, an 8-page <i>ANALOG Computing TCS Guide</i> was bound into an issue of the magazine.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="analog-computingwriters"><i>ANALOG Computing</i> writers</h2> <h3>Staff</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Lee_H._Pappas/Sr8Qv6hS">Lee Pappas</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Tom_Hudson_(programmer)/XErYpjdt">Tom Hudson</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Brian_Moriarty/jGsENJ3H">Brian Moriarty</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Clayton_Walnum/LMDHDqId">Clayton Walnum</a></li></ul> <h3>Contributors</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Charles_Foster_Johnson/Bg85npjP">Charles F. Johnson</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Russ_Wetmore/BgqSxJXw">Russ Wetmore</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Antic_(magazine)/2d3TsGqg">Antic</a></i>, the other major Atari magazine in the US</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Atari_User/8ALnmx0o">Atari User</a></i>, a British Atari magazine</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Page_6/aw9EbWex">Page 6</a></i>, one of the longest running Atari magazines</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.atarimagazines.com/analog/"><i>ANALOG Computing</i></a> at Classic Computer Magazine Archive</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051222203334/http://www.cyberroach.com/analog/"><i>ANALOG Computing</i></a> archive at Cyberroach.com (archive.org)</li> <li><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=ANALOG%20Computing%20magazine&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22texts%22"><i>ANALOG Computing</i></a> on the <a href="/facts/Internet_Archive/PHStU8Lo">Internet Archive</a></li> <li><a href="https://lbaeza.neocities.org/analog_magazine_index"><i>ANALOG Computing</i> full index</a> at Neocities.org</li> <li><a href="http://www.atarimagazines.com/st-log/"><i>ST-Log</i></a> at Classic Computer Magazine Archive</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Gaw, Diane L. "A History of ANALOG Computing". ANALOG Computing. No. 51. p. 15. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-51/page/n15/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-51/page/n15/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Reader Comment". ANALOG Computing (2): 4. March 1981. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-02/page/n5" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-02/page/n5</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Pappas, Lee (January 29, 2015). "A.N.A.L.O.G.: A Brief History in Time". GearRant. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180720192718/http://www.gearrant.com/atari/a-n-a-l-o-g-a-brief-history-in-time/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180720192718/http://www.gearrant.com/atari/a-n-a-l-o-g-a-brief-history-in-time/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Gaw, Diane L. "A History of ANALOG Computing". ANALOG Computing. No. 51. p. 15. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-51/page/n15/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-51/page/n15/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Pappas, Lee (January 29, 2015). "A.N.A.L.O.G.: A Brief History in Time". GearRant. Archived from the original on July 20, 2018. Retrieved December 22, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180720192718/http://www.gearrant.com/atari/a-n-a-l-o-g-a-brief-history-in-time/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20180720192718/http://www.gearrant.com/atari/a-n-a-l-o-g-a-brief-history-in-time/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Gaw, Diane L. (April 1986). "Editorial". ANALOG Computing (41). ANALOG 400/800 Corp.: 4. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Gaw, Diane L. (January 1987). "Editorial". ANALOG Computing (50). ANALOG 400/800 Corp.: 3. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Pappas, Lee H. (January 1987). "Editorial". ST-Log (10). ANALOG 400/800 Corp.: 4. <a href="/wiki/Lee_H._Pappas" target="_blank">/wiki/Lee_H._Pappas</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Pappas, Lee (April 1988). "Editorial: ST-Log under new ownership". ST-Log (18): 4. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>L.F.P. Inc. (Larry Flynt Publications) (September 1989). Analog Computing Magazine, Issue 76 (Program the XF551 Drive). L.F.P. Inc. (Larry Flynt Publications). <a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-76" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-76</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>ANALOG Publishing (September 1, 1989). ST Log Magazine Issue 35b, September 1989 (35th issue, but duplicate issue number). L.F.P., Inc. (Larry Flynt Publications). <a href="https://archive.org/details/ST_Log_Magazine_Issue_35b" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ST_Log_Magazine_Issue_35b</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Byron, Tom (November 1990). "The Editor's Desktop". Start. 5 (3). <a href="http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv5n3/editorial.html" target="_blank">http://www.atarimagazines.com/startv5n3/editorial.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Pappas, Lee (May 12, 2014). "ANALOG Software". GearRant. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2015. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142835/http://www.gearrant.com/atari/analog-software/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142835/http://www.gearrant.com/atari/analog-software/</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Games from ANALOG Software". Atari Mania. <a href="http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-analog-software_publisher_1078_8_G.html" target="_blank">http://www.atarimania.com/list_games_atari-400-800-xl-xe-analog-software_publisher_1078_8_G.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"Sunday Driver". Atari Mania. <a href="http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-sunday-driver_6243.html" target="_blank">http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-sunday-driver_6243.html</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"Titan". Atari Mania. <a href="http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html" target="_blank">http://www.atarimania.com/game-atari-400-800-xl-xe-titan_6337.html</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>The ANALOG Compendium. 1983. ISBN 978-0-914177-00-5. <a href="978-0-914177-00-5" target="_blank">978-0-914177-00-5</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>An Atari 8-bit Extra. ANALOG Computing. 1987. ISBN 978-0-914177-01-2. <a href="978-0-914177-01-2" target="_blank">978-0-914177-01-2</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"ANALOG Computing Pocket Reference Card" (PDF). Atari Mania. ANALOG Computing. 1985. <a href="http://www.atarimania.com/documents/Analog_Pocket_Reference_Card.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.atarimania.com/documents/Analog_Pocket_Reference_Card.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"ANALOG Computing Pocket Reference Card" (PDF). Atari Mania. ANALOG Computing. 1985. <a href="http://www.atarimania.com/documents/Analog_Pocket_Reference_Card.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.atarimania.com/documents/Analog_Pocket_Reference_Card.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Hudson, Tom. "ANALOG Computing Telecommunications System (TCS Guide)". archive.org. ANALOG Computing. <a href="https://archive.org/details/AnalogComputingTCSGuide" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/AnalogComputingTCSGuide</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Johnson, Charles F. (October 1985). "G: A printing device for Epson or Gemini printers". ANALOG Computing. No. 35. p. 81. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-35" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-35</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Wetmore, Russ (May 1985). "On-Line (column)". ANALOG Computing. No. 30. p. 28. <a href="https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-30/page/n29/mode/2up" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/analog-computing-magazine-30/page/n29/mode/2up</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>