ANALOG Computing
ANALOG Computing stands for Atari Newsletter and Lots of Games. It was a computer journal devoted to the Atari 8-bit home computer line. The magazine was published from 1981 to 1989 when it was closed. The magazine published multiple programs in each issue for users to type in along with tutorials and reviews. ANALOG Computing had quite the reputation for listings of machine language games. Those language games were much better than those that were written in Atari BASIC. Those kinds of games were attended by the meeting language source code. At first the title of the magazine was printed on the cover as A.N.A.L.O.G. 400/800. However, after the eight print it was changed to A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing. Aside from the fact that the dots remained in the title, it was simply referred as ANALOG Computing.
Even though the listings of machine languages were under copyright protections under the magazine, the readers had the right to type them into their computer. However, it must be for a personal use. They could type the magazines in their computers as long as they weren’t planning on selling them.
History
ANALOG Computing was launched by Michael DesChesnes and Lee H. Pappas. Michael and Lee met in 1978 at a Star Trek convention. The first print of the magazine took place in January/February 1981. The magazine was published bi-monthly until November/December 1983. With the start of 1984, the magazine was published on monthly basis. In 1985, Atari ST was officially announced. In the magazine it was initially covered in the earlier 8-bit-only magazine. Soon after that, Lee, started an Atari ST-specific magazine named ST-Log. 3 years later, in 1988, Lee officially announced in the ST-Log magazine, that both ANALOG Computing and ST-Log were under new ownership and the offices were relocated.
It was announced that both magazines would be merged into one Atari resource in 1989. However, after a month later, both of the magazines were dropped and the employees merged into another publication that was owned by Lee. The publication was called Video Games & Computer Entertainment. It was noted that the last print of the magazine took place in December 1989. The full number of issues was 79.











