The BBC and Master Computer Public Domain Library
The Micro User/Acorn Computing Scans
The collection is now complete. Covers Scanned by SarahB and Stephan Richardson. PDF scans by Chris Fox, SarahB and Mark Ferns
Matt Cocker's website for The Micro User. (LINK DEAD)
Below are thumbnails of the scans, click on them to see the full image.
Thanks to Stephan Richardson for some cover scans from v10-n8 onwards.
Most magazine covers with accompanying PDF scanned by SarahB.
Thanks to Mark Ferns for scanning the following: v9-n11-n12 v10-n1 v12-n6 v12-n9
Thanks to David Cooper from the Retro Computer Museum for these scans: v9-n2
Thanks to Retropdf for TMU096 097 099-106 110-115
Thanks to Chris Fox for Searchable PDFs of the final 18 missing scans (most of numbers 116 to 144).
June 1983 saw the magazine renamed from BBC Micro User to The Micro User
October 1992 Saw the magazine renamed to Acorn Computing.
If you have any objection to these scans and PDFs appearing here, please contact 8BS using the link on the main page of this website.
PDF downloads with an asterisk also contain:
*April 1983 Programmers Handbook
*June 1983 Guide to Software
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| 1983 | 001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | 007 | 008 | 009 | 010 | |||
| 1984 | 011 | 012 | 013 | 014 | 015 | 016 | 017 | 018 | 019 | 020 | 021 | 022 | |
| 1985 | 023 | 024 | 025 | 026 | 027 | 028 | 029 | 030 | 031 | 032 | 033 | 034 | |
| 1986 | 035 | 036 | 037 | 038 | 039 | 040 | 041 | 042 | 043 | 044 | 045 | 046 | |
| 1987 | 047 | 048 | 049 | 050 | 051 | 052 | 053 | 054 | 055 | 056 | 057 | 058 | |
| 1988 | 059 | 060 | 061 | 062 | 063 | 064 | 065 | 066 | 067 | 068 | 069 | 070 | |
| 1989 | 071 | 072 | 073 | 074 | 075 | 076 | 077 | 078 | 079 | 080 | 081 | 082 | |
| 1990 | 083 | 084 | 085 | 086 | 087 | 088 | 089 | 090 | 091 | 092 | 093 | 094 | |
| 1991 | 095 | 096 | 097 | 098 | 099 | 100 | 101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | |
| 1992 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110 | 111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | |
| 1993 | 119 | 120 | 121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130 | 131 |
| 1994 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140 | 141 | 142 | 143 | 144 |
| 1995 | 145 | 146 |