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

Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explainedalthough the official WACCI explanation was that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International.[[Jeff Walker]], who was the original founder, said he always thought the name would be good for a magazine and that he used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all. In [[Amstrad Addict]]'s "The WACCI days of the CPC" article, published in 2023, the next editor [[Steve Williams]] said:<blockquote>'''What about the name?'''

According ''WACCI'' was meant to [[stand for the Worldwide Amstrad Computer Club International which, if you think about it, didn't really make much sense. Surely Worldwide means International so why is it in the name twice? Well, because Jeff once told me that the anachronism initially stood for Walker]]'s Amstrad Computer Club International but he swore me to secrecy so we'll keep it just between you and me, who was the original founder.eh? No one else will ever know!</blockquote>

He had always thought that name would be good for As well as a (more or less) regular paper-based magazine , WACCI also provided a [[PD library]] (of mostly [[CP/M]] software) and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at allalso had a 'homebrew' library.

Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]] (The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World John Kennedy), were contributors to early WACCIs and one of Amstrad Computer Club InternationalAction's finest journalists, [[ChaRleyTroniC]] (Richard Fairhurst), was its final editor.

As well as The decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (petering out of mostly CP/M software) the publication and a 'homebrew' librarythe last issue - number 140 - was published in the Summer of 2003.

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 A spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.

The following first three issues have been scanned (PDF 200x200 are available in .DSK format):*[[Media:Wacci 82 200x200.pdf|September/October 1994]]*[[Media:Wacci 83 200x200.pdf|November 1994]]*[[Media:Wacci 84 200x200.pdf|December 1994]]*[[Media:Wacci 85 200x200.pdf|January 1995]]*[[Media:Wacci 86 200x200.pdf|February 1995]]*[[Media:Wacci 87 200 x 200.pdf|March 1995]]<!-- wasn't concentrating when put space characters The final two issues are available in filename -->*[[Media:Wacci 103 200x200HTML format.pdf|August 1996]]*[[Media:Wacci 104 200x200.pdf|September 1996]]*[[Media:Wacci 105 200x200Some others are available in PDF format, as set out below.pdf|October 1996]]*[[Media:Wacci 107 200x200A few of the cover scans are missing.pdf|December 1996]] == Covers == 

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