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[[Image:Wacci139_9.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A page from WACCI issue 139]]
 
[[Image:Wacci139_9.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A page from WACCI issue 139]]
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The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and catered mostly for serious users. Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained. According to Jeff Walker, who was the original founder, he had always thought that name would be good for a magazine and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all. (The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)
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The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and catered mostly for serious users.
  
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As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and a 'homebrew' library. Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]], were contributors to early WACCIs. However, the decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of publication. The last issue was summer 2003, issue 140.
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Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained.
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According to Jeff Walker, who was the original founder.
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He had always thought that name would be good for a magazine and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.
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(The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)
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As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and a 'homebrew' library.
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Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]], were contributors to early WACCIs.
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However, the decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of publication.
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The last issue was summer 2003, issue 140.
  
 
Though WACCI was solely a paper fanzine, a spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.
 
Though WACCI was solely a paper fanzine, a spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.
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* [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]]
 
* [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]]
  
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== Web links ==
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== Covers ==
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<gallery caption="WACCI">
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Image:Wacci 001.jpg|Issue 001
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Image:Wacci 002.jpg|Issue 002
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Image:Wacci 003.jpg|Issue 003
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Image:Wacci 010.jpg|Issue 010
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Image:Wacci 016.jpg|Issue 016
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Image:Wacci 020.jpg|Issue 020
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Image:Wacci 027.jpg|Issue 027
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Image:Wacci 029.jpg|Issue 029
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Image:Wacci 031.jpg|Issue 031
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Image:Wacci 032.jpg|Issue 032
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Image:Wacci 033.jpg|Issue 033
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Image:Wacci 034.jpg|Issue 034
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Image:Wacci 035.jpg|Issue 035
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Image:Wacci 036.jpg|Issue 036
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Image:Wacci 037.jpg|Issue 037
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Image:Wacci 038.jpg|Issue 038
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Image:Wacci 039.jpg|Issue 039
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Image:Wacci 040.jpg|Issue 040
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</gallery>
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== Links ==
  
 
* [http://www.wacci.org.uk WACCI homepage]
 
* [http://www.wacci.org.uk WACCI homepage]
  
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[[Category:CPC Press]] [[Category:Magazines]]
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[[Category:CPC Press]] [[Category:Fanzines]]

Revision as of 05:21, 1 May 2008

A page from WACCI issue 139

The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and catered mostly for serious users.

Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained.

According to Jeff Walker, who was the original founder.

He had always thought that name would be good for a magazine and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.

(The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)

As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and a 'homebrew' library.

Some of the CPC's best writers, such as Auntie John, were contributors to early WACCIs.

However, the decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of publication.

The last issue was summer 2003, issue 140.

Though WACCI was solely a paper fanzine, a spin-off disczine, EuroWACCI, existed for six issues.

WACCI editors

Covers

  • WACCI

  • Issue 001

  • Issue 002

  • Issue 003

  • Issue 010

  • Issue 016

  • Issue 020

  • Issue 027

  • Issue 029

  • Issue 031

  • Issue 032

  • Issue 033

  • Issue 034

  • Issue 035

  • Issue 036

  • Issue 037

  • Issue 038

  • Issue 039

  • Issue 040

Links

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