''Amiga User International'' (or ''AUI'') was a monthly
computer magazine
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published in its later years by AUI Limited, it was the first dedicated
Amiga
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magazine in
Europe
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and in comparison to other Amiga magazines, AUI had a more serious perspective. One of the main features of AUI was the "AUI SuperDisks", which implemented multiple file systems and advanced compression techniques to hold far more data than a standard magazine cover disk.
History
The magazine was first published in November 1986 as an insert to ''
Commodore Computing International
''Commodore Computing International'' was a magazine for the Commodore range of computers, including the Commodore 64, Amiga
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''.
In January 1988 it became an independent magazine.
The last issue of ''Amiga User International'' appeared in May 1997.
A total of 127 issues was published.
''Amiga User International'' was published by different companies during its existence. The magazine was started by Croftward Limited and published by the company until October 1990.
Then Maxwell Specialist Magazines published it from November 1990 to 1992.
Headway, Home & Law was the publisher between 1992 and 1994.
From 1994 to its demise in 1997 the magazine was published by AUI Limited.
See also
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Amiga Survivor
''Amiga Survivor'' was a monthly computer magazine published by Crystal Software. The first issue was published in June/July 1998. This publication originally started as a black and white A5 size fanzine
A fanzine (blend of '' fan'' and ''magaz ...
''
References
External links
* - Relaunched June 2010
Musings from Tony HorganDavid Viner - UK computer magazinesArchived Amiga User International magazines
on the Internet Archive
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