Historic Microtan publications
Publications
Historic Microtan magazines, reviews, projects and program articles preserved as scans.
Tansoft Gazette
The Tansoft Gazette was published by Tangerine to maintain contact with Tangerine users, a function previously undertaken by the Tangerine Users Group.
Microtan World
Microtan World was published by Microtanic Computer Systems after it bought the rights to the Microtan from Tangerine. Written by Microtan users, it contained articles about using the system and building add-ons, together with hardware and software reviews.
The legacy archive contains issues 1 and 3–6. Issue 2 is not present.
Computing Today and Electronics Today International
Computing Today covered hardware and software reviews, programming tutorials and program listings for many popular computers. The archive preserves its Space Invasion and Life Gun articles.
Its sister magazine, Electronics Today International, concentrated on hardware articles and projects; the 64K DRAM project is preserved here.
Your Computer
The archive also contains an October 1981 Your Computer review of the Microtan 65.
Attribution follows the information recorded by the legacy index and visible in the scans. Republication of these historic magazine scans and magazine articles has been confirmed as permitted.
Publication covers
Magazine scans
| Download | Filename | Format | Size | Platform or compatibility | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tansoft Gazette issue 1 | Tansoft_Gazette.pdf |
PDF scan | 836.0 KiB | PDF reader | October/November 1981; published by Tangerine. |
| Microtan World issue 1 | Microtan_World_Issue_1.pdf |
PDF scan | 436.4 KiB | PDF reader | April/May 1983; published by Microtanic Computer Systems. |
| Microtan World issue 3 | Microtan_World_Issue_3.pdf |
PDF scan | 983.8 KiB | PDF reader | August/September 1983; issue 2 is absent from the legacy archive. |
| Microtan World issue 4 | Microtan_World_Issue_4.pdf |
PDF scan | 1.13 MiB | PDF reader | October/November 1983. |
| Microtan World issue 5 | Microtan_World_Issue_5.pdf |
PDF scan | 1.21 MiB | PDF reader | December 1983/January 1984. |
| Microtan World issue 6 | Microtan_World_Issue_6.pdf |
PDF scan | 1.63 MiB | PDF reader | February/March 1984. |
Magazine articles and projects
| Download | Filename | Format | Size | Platform or compatibility | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Space Invasion | Space_Invasion.pdf |
PDF scan | 285.7 KiB | PDF reader | Computing Today article for the Space Invaders clone included in Game Pack 1. |
| Life Gun | life_gun.pdf |
PDF scan | 93.8 KiB | PDF reader | Computing Today extension to the Life program from the Microtan 65 manual. |
| 64K DRAM Project | 64k_DRAM_Project.pdf |
PDF scan | 471.3 KiB | PDF reader | Electronics Today International hardware project. |
| Microtan 65 review | YourComputerOct1981.pdf |
PDF scan | 1.56 MiB | PDF reader | Published in Your Computer, October 1981. |