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A UK Amstrad magazine for the CPC{| align="center" valign="top"[[Image:CWTA_UK_LOGO.png|center|150px]]|}
The last One of the UK Amstrad magazines for the CPC, issued monthly from January 1985 (Vol 1, No 1) to December 1988 (Vol 4 , No 12) - lasting almost 4 years. The magazine started off catering for just the CPC 464, then the rest of the CPC range and eventually expanded to cover the Amstrad PCW/PC range as well - until the PCW/PC parts were spun off into a separate magazines as detailed below. The magazine peaked at 118 pages in size. The magazine covered everything from games reviews, large type-in listings (programs or games), the famous 10-liner type-ins, game hints / tips and more. In October 1986, the magazine updated it's cover logo and in May 1987 [[Amtix]]! was [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:AMTIX_Welcome.png rolled into the magazine], as evidenced by the Incorporating Amtix! logo on the front cover for the next 16 issues change (until August 1988). [[Image:CWTACPCwAMTIX!.jpg|center|150px]]May 1987's issue contained essentially the first edition of [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:CWTAPCWMag.jpg Computing with the Amstrad PCW] which then in June 1987 split off to form its own separate magazine (also by Database Publications) - hence why CWTA had [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:CWTA_magazine_changes.jpg CPC added to the end of it's name to become CWTA CPC]. All Amstrad PC content was also spun off to form a new magazine called [http: //cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:PersonalComputingWithTheAmstrad.jpg Personal Computing with the Amstrad]. So from June onwards it was back to being purely a CPC magazine. [[Image:CPCCOMPUTELOGO.jpg|left|25px]]In September 1988, the magazine title became the shorter name "CPC Computing" (the top left corner of the magazine said 'The new name for Computing with the Amstrad CPC') and underwent a slight makeover. All Amtix! & Amtips references vanished but essentially it was the same magazine. It ran for 4 issues before being 'merged' into [[Amstrad Computer User]]in January 1989.This was evident, by ACU [http://cpcwiki.eu/index.php/File:ACU_Welcome.png welcoming its new readers] and having the 'with CPC Computing' logo on the cover of the magazine for the next 6 issue before disappearing in July 1989 as part of a magazine overhaul. There has also been a [[Computing With The Amstrad - Australian Edition]] which ran from August 1986 until December 1987 under license from Database Publications. Things like 10-liners and listings were re-printed exactly along with other content. {|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}| ''Issue'' || ''Name''|-| 1 - 28 || Computing with the Amstrad|-| 29 || Computing with the Amstrad, Incorporating [[Amtix]]!|-| 30 - 44 || Computing with the Amstrad CPC, Incorporating [[Amtix]]!|-| 45 - 48 || CPC Computing|-| January 1989 || Merged into ACU|}
== Covers ==
<gallery caption="Computing with the Amstrad- Vol 1 No 1-12 (1985)">Image:CWTA 01.jpg|Issue 01, Jan 1985Image:CWTA 02.jpg|Issue 02, Feb 1985Image:CWTA 03.jpg|Issue 03, Mar 1985Image:CWTA 04.jpg|Issue 04, Apr 1985Image:CWTA 05.jpg|Issue 05, May 1985Image:CWTA 06.jpg|Issue 06, Jun 1985Image:CWTA 07.jpg|Issue 07, Jul 1985Image:CWTA 08.jpg|Issue 08, Aug 1985Image:CWTA 09.jpg|Issue 09, Sep 1985Image:CWTA 10.jpg|Issue 10, Oct 1985Image:CWTA 11.jpg|Issue 11, Nov 1985Image:CWTA 12.jpg|Issue 12, Dec 1985</gallery>
Image:CWTA 01.jpg|Issue 01Image:CWTA 02.jpg|Issue 02Image:CWTA 03.jpg|Issue 03Image:CWTA 04.jpg|Issue 04Image:CWTA 05.jpg|Issue 05Image:CWTA 06.jpg|Issue 06Image:CWTA 07.jpg|Issue 07Image:CWTA 08.jpg|Issue 08Image:CWTA 09.jpg|Issue 09Image:CWTA 10.jpg|Issue 10Image:CWTA 11.jpg|Issue 11Image:CWTA 12.jpg|Issue <gallery caption="Computing with the Amstrad - Vol 2 No 1-12(1986)">Image:CWTA 13.jpg|Issue 13, Jan 1986Image:CWTA 14.jpg|Issue 14, Feb 1986Image:CWTA 15.jpg|Issue 15, Mar 1986Image:CWTA 16.jpg|Issue 16, Apr 1986Image:CWTA 17.jpg|Issue 17, May 1986Image:CWTA 18.jpg|Issue 18, Jun 1986Image:CWTA 19.jpg|Issue 19, Jul 1986Image:CWTA 20.jpg|Issue 20, Aug 1986Image:CWTA 21.jpg|Issue 21, Sep 1986Image:CWTA 22.jpg|Issue 22, Oct 1986Image:CWTA 23.jpg|Issue 23, Nov 1986Image:CWTA 24.jpg|Issue 24, Dec 1986Image:CWTA 25.jpg|Issue 25Image:CWTA 26.jpg|Issue 26Image:CWTA 27.jpg|Issue 27Image:CWTA 28.jpg|Issue 28Image:CWTA 29.jpg|Issue 29Image:CWTA 30.jpg|Issue 30Image:CWTA 31.jpg|Issue 31Image:CWTA 32.jpg|Issue 32Image:CWTA 33.jpg|Issue 33Image:CWTA 34.jpg|Issue 34Image:CWTA 35.jpg|Issue 35Image:CWTA 36.jpg|Issue 36Image:CWTA 37.jpg|Issue 37Image:CWTA 38.jpg|Issue 38Image:CWTA 39.jpg|Issue 39Image:CWTA 40.jpg|Issue 40Image:CWTA 41.jpg|Issue 41Image:CWTA 42.jpg|Issue 42Image:CWTA 43.jpg|Issue 43Image:CWTA 44.jpg|Issue 44</gallery>
<gallery caption="Computing with the Amstrad - Vol 3 No 1-12 (1987)">
Image:CWTA 25.jpg|Issue 25, Jan 1987
Image:CWTA 26.jpg|Issue 26, Feb 1987
Image:CWTA 27.jpg|Issue 27, Mar 1987
Image:CWTA 28.jpg|Issue 28, Apr 1987
Image:CWTA 29.jpg|Issue 29, May 1987
Image:CWTA 30.jpg|Issue 30, Jun 1987
Image:CWTA 31.jpg|Issue 31, Jul 1987
Image:CWTA 32.jpg|Issue 32, Aug 1987
Image:CWTA 33.jpg|Issue 33, Sep 1987
Image:CWTA 34.jpg|Issue 34, Oct 1987
Image:CWTA 35.jpg|Issue 35, Nov 1987
Image:CWTA 36.jpg|Issue 36, Dec 1987
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<gallery caption="Computing with the Amstrad - Vol 4 No 1-8 (1988)">
Image:CWTA 37.jpg|Issue 37, Jan 1988
Image:CWTA 38.jpg|Issue 38, Feb 1988
Image:CWTA 39.jpg|Issue 39, Mar 1988
Image:CWTA 40.jpg|Issue 40, Apr 1988
Image:CWTA 41.jpg|Issue 41, May 1988
Image:CWTA 42.jpg|Issue 42, Jun 1988
Image:CWTA 43.jpg|Issue 43, Jul 1988
Image:CWTA 44.jpg|Issue 44, Aug 1988
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<gallery caption="CPC Computing - Vol 4 No 9-12 (1988)">
Image:CWTA 45.jpg|CPCC - Issue 45, Sep 1988
Image:CWTA 46.jpg|CPCC - Issue 46, Oct 1988
Image:CWTA 47.jpg|[[CPCC - Issue 47, Nov 1988]]
Image:CWTA 48.jpg|CPCC - Issue 48, Dec 1988
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[http://users.durge.org/~nich/cpcmags/cwta/index.html Cover scans of every issue]
== Type-Ins == [http://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/CWTA_Type_Ins Computing With The Amstrad Type-Ins]   [[Category:MagazinesCPC Press]]
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