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<p>Small System Services was an American publisher of <a href="/facts/Computing/Kghtm9fX">computing</a> books and magazines. </p><p>Small Systems Services was founded by Robert C. Lock in 1979 and had its headquarters in <a href="/facts/Greensboro,_North_Carolina/FcWCY6PC">Greensboro, North Carolina</a>. It published the popular monthly magazines <i><a href="/facts/COMPUTE!/CXvNGgQL">COMPUTE!</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/COMPUTE!%27s_Gazette/7dmVhdmh">COMPUTE!'s Gazette</a></i>, as well as around a dozen books through its COMPUTE! Books subdivision. </p><p>In 1983 the company was acquired by <a href="/facts/American_Broadcasting_Company/WGxg4vRX">American Broadcasting Company</a>. It continued to operate as a division of <a href="/facts/ABC_Publishing/WGxg4vRX">ABC Publishing</a> under the name COMPUTE! Publications. COMPUTE! Books remained a separate company from the magazine group. </p>