Micro Cornucopia
Director: David J. Thompson
In:
USA (Bend)
First issue: 1981
Last issue: 1990
Issues: 53
Language: English
Micro Cornucopia, sometimes abbreviated as Micro C, was a 1980s magazine for microcomputer hobbyists and enthusiasts. It was published in Bend, Oregon, by former Tektronix engineer David J. Thompson.
The magazine, conceived as a newsletter for users of the Ferguson Big Board (a single-board CP/M computer), was published bimonthly beginning in July 1981. It soon expanded its coverage to other board-level computers, the Kaypro computer, and general hobbyist/experimental computing, with special areas of interest in robotics, interfaces, embedded systems, and programming languages. The magazine routinely published circuit diagrams and source code.
Micro C published articles on a wide range of topics, some system-specific and newsletter-like, but also covering (at the time) off-the-beaten-path topics, such as 3D graphics, artificial intelligence, or the special needs of disabled users.