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Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!godzilla.eecg!leblanc
From: leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu (Marcel LeBlanc)
Subject: Transactor history (was Re: Transactor subscription p)
Message-ID: <1989Jun12.145820.18860@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
Keywords: PET
Organization: EECG, University of Toronto
References: <89061112455780@masnet.uucp> <2882@csd4.milw.wisc.edu>

In article <2882@csd4.milw.wisc.edu> jgreco@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Joe Greco) writes:
>In comp.sys.cbm article <89061112455780@masnet.uucp>, john.wink@canremote.uucp (JOHN WINK) wrote:
>]Does the transactor deal at all with the PET or VIC lines?
>
>The T deals with whatever machines worthy articles are sent in about.
>It was originally for the PET (T as in personal electronic
>TRANSACTIONS).  They have dealt with every other C= 8 bitter as well,

Actually, I think PET stands for Personal Electronic _TRANSACTOR_.  This is
why Commodore called the magazine 'The Transactor'.  When the original
magazine went out of business (after publishing volumes 1, 2, and 3),
Canadian Micro Distributors (CMD) of Milton, Ontario got permission from
Commodore to use the name, and starting Publishing from Vol 4.

Here's a quote from the editorial page of Vol 4, Issue 1 (reproduced without
permission):

	Oct '82
	"Back in April of this year, Commodore Canada, the original
	publisher, decided to discontinue The Transactor in favour of the
	Commodore U.S. magazine.  To fulfill subscription obligations, two
	more issues were assembled and the mail list program was prepared
	for its final output.  It seemed that The Transactor would suffer
	the same fate as several other original PET publications, gobbled up
	by the "Mega-Mags".	"

	" ... The microcomputer industry seems to be one of the few that is
	unaffected by the economy.  It would be a crime to suppress the 
	exposure of any fine quality item that enhances the microcomputer
	market.		"

If you're still reading this, you'll probably be interested in the article
on page 47: "The Commodore 64: A Preliminary Review".

Marcel A. LeBlanc	  | University of Toronto -- Toronto, Canada
leblanc@eecg.toronto.edu  | also: LMS Technologies Ltd, Fredericton, NB, Canada
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