ANALOG Computing was an American computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit family of home computers. It was published from 1981 until 1989. In addition to reviews and tutorials, ANALOG printed multiple programs in each issue for users to type in. The magazine had a reputation for machine language games—much smoother than those written in Atari BASIC—and which were uncommon in competing magazines. Such games were accompanied by the assembly language source code. The title began as an acronym for Atari Newsletter And Lots Of Games, but that was only spelled out in the first two issues. Originally the title as printed on the cover was A.N.A.L.O.G. 400/800 Magazine, but by the eighth issue it changed to A.N.A.L.O.G. Computing. Though the dots remained in the logo, it was simply referred to as ANALOG or ANALOG Computing inside the magazine. ANALOG also sold commercial games, two books of type-in software, and access to a custom bulletin-board system. After the Atari ST was released, coverage of the new systems eventually moved to a separate publication: ST-Log. While the program listings were covered under the magazine's copyright protections, users were granted the right to type them into their computer for personal use, so long as they were not sold or copied. History ANALOG was co-launched by Lee H. Pappas and Michael DesChesnes who met at a Star Trek convention in 1978. The first issue of the magazine was January / February 1981. It was published bi-monthly through the November / December 1983 issue and then monthly beginning with the January 1984 issue. When the Atari ST was announced in 1985, it was initially covered in ANALOG, and a supplementary section, ST-Log, was eventually included within ANALOG. With its 10th issue, ST-Log became a separate magazine with ANALOG fully devoted to the Atari 8-bit computer line. (This paralleled STart magazine being spun off from Antic.) In 1988, Pappas announced in an ST-Log editorial that both it and ANALOG Computing were under new ownership of LFP Inc. and the offices moved from Worcester, Massachusetts to North Hollywood, California. The relocation resulted in circulation being interrupted between issues 58 and 59 (from October 1987 to March 1988). Subscribers were not told ahead of time; it was announced in the Editorial section of ANALOG issue 59. In the September 1989 issues of both ANALOG and ST-Log, it was announced that the two magazines would be recombined into