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Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse5 4 . 9 XD-Picture Card 1.00/2.0G.2 9 . 9 / 3 6 . 9 9
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Logitech Cordless G15 Gaming Keyboard7 9 . 9 9
IS761GX 3D Video 0/B (Open PCI-E Video card s l o t Logitech Lx710 wireless Desktop Laser Keyboard+Mouse....64.9 (Support Photo,Music Photo&Music Movie, Calender, Alarm)
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500GB S-ATA2 32MB Cache Hard Drive
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6 Channel 5.1 Sound Card 0/B 6 Channel 5.1 Sound Card 0/B Microsoft USB Optical Mouse IEEE1394 Firewire Ports
Logitech Deluxe 250 desktop combo Logitech Deluxe 250 desktop combo Microsoft PS2 Keyboard Microsoft USB Optical Mouse
(Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) (Keyboard + Optical Wheel Mouse) 17" P4-ATX USB2.6-Front Case Microsoft P52 Keyboard
17" P4-ATX USB2.0-Front Case 17" P4-ATX USB2.0-Front Case 17" P4-ATX USB2.0-Front Case
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19" LG W1942TQ Wide Screen Flat LCD
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ASUS P5SD2-VM-SE/P5KPL-AM 6 4 . 9 9 / 7 9 . 9 9 TP-Link USB Adapter Wireless G/wireless N2 7 . 9 9 / 4 8 . 9 9 Creative SB X-FI Elite Pro3 2 9 . 9
Asus P5E3-WS-Pro/P5E3-PremiumlWF3 5 9 . 9 9 / 3 4 9 . 9 9 D -Link Wireless DI624 ExtremG 108Mb Router4 9 . 9 9 Creative Labs MuVo T100 Slim MP3 Player 2.0G2 8 . 9 9
ASUS P5N-D/P5K1 6 9 . 9 9 / 1 3 9 . 9 D -Link DIR-625 Wireless-N Router7 9 . 9 2.1 Speaker with subwoofer/2 pc Speaker 1 1 . 9 / 5 . 9 9
ASUS P5N-T-Deluxe NF78012 6 4 . 9 9 D -Link DWA552 Extern N Wireless Rangebooster PCI 6 9 . 9 Altec Lansing VS3251 5.1 Spk. w/Wireless remote7 4 . 9 9
ASUS P5NT-WS/P5N72-T-Premium2 5 4 . 9 / 2 5 9 . 9 D -Link DWL-G630 54Mb PCMCIA LAN Wireless3 4 . 9 Logitech X5408 4 . 9 9
ASUS P5N73-AM 7 4 . 9 9 D -Link wireless LAN PCI DWL-G510 54Mb4 5 . 9 Logitech Z5500 THX 1000W 5.1 Speakers 2 9 9 . 9
ASUS P5Q/P5Q-Deluxe/P5QL-Pro 1 5 9 . 9 9 / 2 5 4 . 9 9 / 11 9 . 9 9 D -Link wireless LAN PCI DWL-G520 108Mb5 2 . 9 RJTECH RJ-800055 5.1Soundbar Pro actor2 9 8 . 9
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ASUS P5Q-Premium/P503-DX-WF2 7 5 . 9 9 / 2 7 9 . 9 9 D -link 24 Port DES-1024D9 9 . 9 IDE (Parallel-ATA) 7200RPM Hard drive with 2MB buffer cache:
ASUS P5Q SE/P5QL/P5Q31 3 8 . 9 9 / 1 1 2 . 9 9 / 1 8 9 . 9 9 D -Link Switch 8 port DSS-8+/16 port DSS-16+4 9 / 7 8 80G/250G.$ 4 9 . 9 9 / 6 6 . 9 9
ASUS P5Q-Turbo/P5Q-turbo-Pro 1 6 4 . 9 9 / 1 7 4 . 9 9 D -Link Gigabit Switch 5 port DGS-1005D 4 9 . 9 IDE (Parallel-ATA) 7200RPM Hard drive with 8MB buffer cache:
Asus P6T/P6T-Deluxe/P6T Deluxe-OC 304.99/374.99/414.99 D -Link Gigabit Switch 8 port M S -1008D 6 9 . 9 160/320/400/500G6 4 . 9 9 / 7 9 . 9 9 / 8 4 . 9 9 / 1 0 4 . 9 9
ASUS P6T-Deluxe-V2/P6T-WS-Pro 3 6 4 . 9 9 / 4 0 9 . 9 9 D -Link Gigabit Switch 16 port DGS-1016D 1 9 9 . 9 9 WD Black Dual-processor 32m cache 500G/1T8 2 . 9 9 / 1 4 4 . 9 9
Asus RAMpage Intel X48 Chipset/EXT 3 6 9 . 9 / 3 4 9 . 9 9 D -Link Gigabit Switch 24 port DGS-1024D 2 3 9 . 9 9 SATA 8M 80G/160G/250G4 4 . 9 9 / 5 1 . 9 9 / 5 9 . 9 9
Asus RAMpagell Intel X48 Chipset-EXT/GE4 8 4 . 9 9 / 3 0 8 . 9 9 Linksys 8 port Gigabite Switch SD20088 9 . 9 9 SATAI6M 320/5006 2 . 9 9 / 7 4 . 9 9
ASUS Strikerll NF78013 3 4 . 9 Linksys 16 port Gigabite Switch SR20162 1 9 . 9 9 SATA 32M 500G/750G/1TB7 9 . 9 9 / 1 0 9 . 9 9 / 1 2 4 . 9 9
ASUS Striker!! EX/NSE3 0 9 . 9 / 3 3 4 . 9 Linksys 24 port Gigabite Switch SR20242 8 9 . 9 9 SATA 32M Cache 1.5TB 1 7 9 . 9 9
945GZT-M/945P-A(3.0)7 8 / 8 9 . 9 Linksys wireless PCI card WMP54G5 4 . 9 WD Rapter 10000rpm 150G300G.2 4 8 . 9 / 3 4 4 . 9
Foxconn 760GXK8MC-RS/K8M890-M2MA6 9 / 7 9 Linksys WUSB54G wireless USB card4 4 . 9
PC Partner 915PAS7-A47 i915 chipset Fireware7 9 Linksys WRT54G2 54Mb wireless G router 5 9 . 9 VIDEO
Gagibyte GA-M61SME-S2 Am2 6 4 . 9 9 Linksys WRT300N wireless -N Router1 1 4 . 9 9 Asus PCI-E EAH4550 512M DDR3 DVI/HDMI $ 7 9 . 9 9
Gigabyte GA-X48-DQ6/X48-DS42 9 9 . 9 9 / 2 5 4 . 9 Linksys WMP300N wireless -N PCI Adapter8 4 . 9 9 Asus DDR2 RAM EAH4650 512M9 4 . 9 9
Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S26 4 . 9 Linksys WUSB300N wireless U S B Adapter8 4 . 9 9 Asus DDR3 RAM EAH4850 512M/1G 1 9 9 . 9 9 / 2 4 4 . 9 9
Gigabyte GAM57SLI-S4/GAM595SLI-S51 2 4 / 2 0 9 Linksys WPC300N wireless -N PCMCIA Adapter8 4 . 9 9 Asus DDR5 RAM EAH4870 512M/1.0G2 5 9 . 9 9 / 2 9 9 . 9 9
MSI P35-NEO-CF/X48C- Platinum9 9 9/259 9 Netgear 10/100MB Switch 16 port FS116NA7 9 . 9 9 Asus DDR5 RAM EAH4870 4870x2 2.0G 6 1 9 . 9 9
MSI K9N-Diamond/K9N-SLI-Platium 1 9 9 / 1 4 5 Netgear Gigabit switch GS105NA/GS108NA5 9 99/89 99 Asus ENGTX280 OC 1.0G DDR34 3 9 . 9 9
MONITOR N e t g e a r Gigabit switch JGS516NA/JGS524NA209.99/289.99 Asus ENGTX285 TOP 1.0G DDR34 8 9 . 9 9
Cable Assembly 3/6/10/15ft4 / 5 / 6 / 6 . 9 Asus ENGTX295 1.0G DDR36 4 9 . 9 9 .
Acer LCD 17" X173WB/AL1717FBD$ 1 5 6 . 9 / 1 7 2 . 9 Cable Assembly 25/50/75/100ft 9 / 1 4 / 1 9 / 2 4 AT AGP TV-put DVI 512M 1650Pro8 9 . 9 9
Acer 19" LCD X193WB/20" X203WB1 5 4 . 9 / 1 7 9 . 9 CAT5e Cable 50/75/100/1000ft9 / 1 2 / 1 5 / 7 9 AT AGP 8X HD2600 512M DDR2 DVI 9 9 . 9 9
Acer 20" P201WD2 0 4 . 9 AT AGP 8X HD3650 512M DDR3 DVI 1 1 9 . 9 9
Acer 22" X223WBD1 8 9 . 9 P R I N T E R / S C A N N E R AT AGP 8X HD3850 512M DDR3 DVI 1 7 4 . 9 9
Acer 24" X243WBD/26" X263WBD3 1 9 . 9 / 3 7 9 . 9 Brother 240C/440CN/465CN$ 8 9 . 9 / 1 2 9 . 9 / 1 2 9 . 9 AT HD4550 512M DDR3/DVI/HDMI7 9 . 9 9
Acer LCD TV 32" AT3220A 1366x768 8ms DV5 9 9 . 9 Canon IP1800/3500/4500/1P1002 4 . 9 9 / 8 4 . 9 / 1 3 9 . 9 / 2 7 9 . 9 AT HD4850 DDR3 512M/1.0G.1 9 9 . 9 9 / 2 1 9 . 9 9
Daytek LCD Touch Screen 15"/17"5 9 9 / 7 6 9 Canon 1P6700D/Pro9000/Pro9500 1 9 9 . 9 / 4 7 9 . 9 / 8 4 9 . 9 AT HD4870 DDR5 512M/1.0G.2 4 9 . 9 9 / 2 8 9 . 9 9
KDS 19" K-92MDWB 1000:1 5ms Wide screen1 6 9 . 9 Large format IPF5100/6100/IPF81002 2 9 9 / 3 1 4 9 / 6 4 9 9 AT HD4870x2 2.0G DDR5/DVI/TV-out 5 8 9 . 9 9
KDS 22" K22B2W 1000:1 5ms 2 1 9 . 9 9 Large Format IPF500/IPF610/1PF7101 6 9 9 / 2 5 4 9 / 4 1 6 9 eVGA GF6200 256M DVI TV-out AGPx85 8 . 9 9
KDS 22" K2237MDWB 1000:1 5ms DVI2 0 9 . 9 Canon MP-140/210/9603 8 . 9 9 / 4 8 . 9 9 / 3 8 9 . 9 9 eVGA PCI-E 7200GS TV-out, DVI 256M 4 4 . 9
KDS 24" K-24MDWB4 0 9 . 9 Canon MFC 3240 Laser Printer,Scanner,Copier, Fax 1 1 9 . 9 9 eVga
PCI-E GF9500GT DDR2 512M/1G.9 2 . 9 9 / 9 9 . 9 9
KDS 26" K-2626MDHWB 1000:1, 5ms 4 1 9 . 9 Canon MFC Print/Copy/Scan/Fax MP530/MX300....78.99/59.99 eVGA GF9600GT 512M 1 3 8 . 9
LG L1942T 4:3 1280x1024 2ms 8000:1 VGA/DVI1 9 9 . 9 9 Epson CD printer R280/1900/24001 0 4 . 9 / 4 9 9 . 9 / 7 2 9 eVga E-GeF9800 GTX 512M 2 1 9 . 9 9
LG 19" W1942TQ 2ms 8000:1 VGA/DVI I1 5 4 . 9 9 Epson CX4450/7450/84006 9 . 9 / 8 9 . 9 / 1 0 4 . 9 eVga GTX260 896M DDR32 9 9 . 9 9
LG 20"WL2042TQ 1680x1050 2ms 8000:11 8 4 . 9 Brother Laser HL-2140 2400x600 dpi 23ppm6 8 . 9 9 eVGA E-GFGTX285 1.0G.4 4 4 . 9
LG 22" W2242TQ 1680x1050 8000:1 2ms 1 8 9 . 9 9 Brother HL 2070N/5250DN1 0 9 . 9 / 2 4 9 . 9 eVGA E-GFGTX295 1.0G.6 4 9 . 9
LG 24" L246WH 1920x1200 5ms 2000:1HDMI3 5 9 . 9 Brother Color Laser 4040CN/4050CDN3 4 9 . 9 / 4 2 9 . 9 Palit HD4870x2 2.0G DDR56 1 9 . 9 9
Samsung 17" 723N LCD 8000:1 5ms1 7 9 . 9 Okidata Color Laser C3400N/C5650N3 3 9 . 9 / 4 2 9 . 9 Palit GTX280 1.0G DDR35 3 9 . 9 9
Samsung 19" 920WM 700:1 5ms1 8 9 . 9 Okidata Color Laser C5800LDN/C6050N7 5 9 . 9 / 4 7 9 TV Tuner w/Remote2 9 . 9 9
Samsung 19" 943B2 8 8 . 9 Okidata DOT Martrix 186/186S/320T2 6 9 / 3 1 9 / 3 4 9 Gigabite GT-PTV-AF-RH-GB1 Global TV Card4 8 . 9 9
Samsung LCD 943N 2 1 9 . 9 Samsung Laser 2010/3051N/3561N6 9 . 9 / 1 7 4 . 9 / 6 1 9 . 9 External USB TV-Tuner5 9 . 9
Samsung LCD 920WM1 8 9 . 9 Samsung Color Laser CLP-350N 256M Ethernet2 1 9 . 9 9 Diret TV Box watch TV without computer6 9 . 9
Samsung LCD 22" 2220WM 5ms 1000:12 1 9 . 9 Brother Toner TN 250/350/460/5602 9 . 9 / 5 9 / 5 9 / 5 9 Hauppauge WinTV-USB2/PVR-1508 9 . 9 / 8 9 . 9
Samsung LCD 24" 2443BW 20000:1, 5ms w/HAS3 2 4 . 9 9 Canon Toner w/Drum E40/A30/S35/FX-36 9 / 6 9 / 5 4 / 5 4 Hauppauge WinTV-PVR-150/PVR-150N6 9 . 9 / 6 9 . 9
Samsung LCD 24" 245T 1500:1 6ms6 3 8 . 9 9 HP Toner w/Drum C7115A/C7115X/Q2612A4 9 / 5 4 / 5 9 Hauppauge WinTV-HVR1600/HVR-160R1 0 8 . 9 / 1 2 8 . 9
Samsung LCD 27" 275T Plus 3000:1 6ms8 6 9 . 9 9 HP Toner w/Drum C92298A/C3903A/C4092A4 9 / 4 9 / 4 9 Hauppauge WinTV-PVR500(2xTuner)/HVR9501 7 8 . 9 9 / 9 9 . 9
Samsung 30" 305T 100:1 6ms 2560x16001 2 6 4 . 9 Panasonic Toner FA76/UG3313/UG33501 9 . 9 / 7 5 / 7 5 Zotac NVIDIA GF 9500GT 1.0G DDR2 PCI-E9 9 . 9 9
ViewSonic 17" VA70313/19" VA1903WMB1 6 9 . 9 / 1 6 9 . 9 9 Samsung Toner w/Drum ML1610D/1210/1710D6 4 . 9 Zotac NVIDIA GF 9600GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E1 3 4 . 9 9
ViewSonic 19" VA1926W1 8 9 . 9 Samsung Toner Drum SF4500/SF5100/SCX4216D6 4 . 9 Zotac NVIDIA GF 9600GT 1GB DDR3 PCI-E1 5 9 . 9 9
ViewSonic LCD 19" VP95ONG1930WM 2 9 9 / 2 3 5 Samsung Toner Drum SCX-4521D36 9 Zotac NVIDIA GF 8800GT 1.0G DDR3 PCI-E 1 5 9 . 9 9
ViewSonic LCD 19" VX1940WNX2035WM1 7 8 . 9 / 2 6 9 S O F T W A R E Zotac NVIDIA GF 9800GT 512MB DDR3 PCI-E1 5 9 . 9 9
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ViewSonic 28" VX2835WM6 2 9 . 9 McAfee Internet Security Suite 2009 2 8 . 9 9 Zotac NVIDIA GTX295 1.792G DDR3 PCI-E 5 9 9 . 9 9
HDMI 4 Port Switch w/Wireless Remote Controller4 9 . 9 9 Norton Antivirus 20092 6 . 9 9 HDMI 4 Port Switch w/Wireless Remote Controller4 9 . 9 9
RJtech 8" LCD Digital Photo Frame5 4 . 9 9 Norton Internet Security 20092 9 . 9 9 RJtech 8" LCD Digital Photo Frame5 4 . 9 9
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 Glory Days
Our advertisers consistently told us about the impact of the paper, customers would
Now I think I'm going down to the well tonight come in clutching the latest issue, asking for the latest and greatest technological
And I'm going to drink till I get my fill . gadget. They would specify custom systems, part for part, from articles in The
And I hope when I get old I don't sit around thinking about it Computer Paper.
But I probably will Over the years, we made a concerted effort to encourage our advertisers to move
Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture beyond simple list style advertising, to include more graphic'elements. In those days,
A little of the glory of well time slips away we were creating most of the ads in the paper, because not all of our advertisers
had desktop publishing capabilities. This often led to last-minute changes and the
And leaves you with nothing mister but occasional error. I recall one ad getting printed that promoted "floppy dicks" for sale.
Boring stories of glory days As the publication grew across the country, our relevance took on new stature.
Beginning in Vancouver in 1988, we launched an Alberta edition in mid-1989. In
- Glory Days by Bruce Springsteen 1990, an office was opened in Winnipeg to launch a Prairie edition, with distribution
in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Our Toronto edition, when it rolled off the presses in
My apologies if these turn out to be boring stories, I've told some of them before, 1993, started to get us real attention with the national advertisers, but they still
but I was asked to reflect on my days as the editor (and publisher) of The wanted more, a truly national publication. An Eastern edition was started in 1994,
Computer Paper. with Ottawa, Montreal and Atlantic sections, finally giving us national scope. With five
editions in place, we started to have regular advertising by the big players of the day
Industry Impact like IBM, Microsoft and Corel. Through the mid-90s and into the new millennium, The
Even as we were just starting up The Computer Paper in Vancouver in the late Computer Paper became a truly national publication.
1980s, we knew we were having an impact on the industry. Articles by one of our This monthly circulation didn't include our purchase of Toronto Computes! in
writers, Roedy Green were particularly popular. His articles were always very in February of 1994. The year of our entry into the Toronto market, we were able to
depth, but still very understandable and people were actually reading them. In purchase our major competitor from owner,David Carter. Despite rumors that we
particular, I remember one month he took issue with a particular brand of hard drive. might shut this publication down, our intention was the opposite. We wanted to have
Apparently the people had been raging over the high failure rates on this particular more frequency, and so pushed the two publications' distribution dates apart by two
hard drive. He trash-talked the drives and sales dropped off substantially. Later, one weeks and started publishing versions of the Computes! titles twice monthly in the
of our major advertisers told us that they had been stuck with a warehouse full of major markets. (Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa and Montreal).
these drives because of our article. These were the boom times.

Reader Impact
By the end of my term as editor, our circulation of just The Computer Paper had hit
357,000 monthly. With an estimated three readers per copy, we dreamed we might
have a readership of over a million people per month in Canada. Our goal was to
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In those ten years, from the first mockup of The Computer Paper on a kitchen table
Customer Inquiries and Support in December 1987 to my last staff party in September 1997, it is my estimation that
CANADA [email protected] Canada underwent a revolution in its appetite for computer information. Starting from
www.aartech.ca aperiod when perhaps 10 per cent of the population was interested in computers,
by 1997, it seemed that everyone was paying attention. This change paralleled the
C a n a d a ' s Leading S u p p l i e r of development of the Internet, the improving ease of use of software and the
increasing power and storage capabilities of the computers themselves.
S m a r t H o m e Te c h n o l o g y P r o d u c t s In the years since, I have met many people who have talked about what a
significant role The Computer Paper played in educating them about computers.
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Khalsa and Kit Griffin, our resident techies Joshua Paul and Mike Cantelon, and very importantly our accountant
Chris McPhie, who kept us on the straight and narrow. Of course none of the publications would have gotten out
but for the long hours of the production people like Carolyn Howse, Jana Kolar, Helga Stitt and Ernie Stelzer.
The things I don't miss about life at The Computer Paper are the never-ending deadlines, the cross country
travel and living my life in the public eye. The things I do miss are working with some amazingly smart and funny
people and the constant stimulation of an industry inventing itself as it went along.
My era at the helm of The Computer Paper was an optimistic time. We believed we could do no wrong and
everything was bigger and better each issue. The computer industry was still growing rapidly. Every week
brought new and interesting things to look at and write about. The world wasn't deluged by the information
available on the Internet, so we felt special and listened to. We were vaguely aware that we might be cutting
down too many trees, but it hadn't occurred to us that all the rapid product turnover meant a vast swath of used
consumer electronics full of toxic ingredients was heading towards the landfill, or to be dangerously "recycled" in
villages in China. Global warming wasn't on many people's horizon and whatever recessions we hit seemed very
minor.
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an important publication. The computer industry icon, PC Magazine, dropped their print edition in January of this
year and have gone to the web and an electronic edition. I even picked up Masthead Magazine, the Canadian
magazine industry chronicle, the other day and they were announcing that their publication is going all electronic.
Such irony. The Internet has changed everyone's world and publications are making the changes they think are
necessary to survive. I encourage you all to consider a subscription to keep tracking the changes and news in
the Canadian computer industry. I know I am planning to get one.

Douglas Alder,
Founding Editor and Publisher of The Computer Paper

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Keepsakes from the Golden Age of Computing
David Tanaka on his time at The Computer Paper
Ihave a couple of totes gathering dust in the back yard shed. They contain an Sceptre, a floppy disk wallet from Borland... Well, you get the idea. I have a few pens
almost-complete set of The Computer Paper, from Vol. 1 No. 1, right up to last issue and such from Learning Company, Edmark and companies like that. The early '90s
in 2003 when the original TCP was put to pasture. Seemed like a good idea at the was the golden age of educational software development with very good retail titles
time to keep my own personal morgue. continually hitting the market. Suffice it to say I feel a slight twinge of nostalgia when
Iworked for TCP for a little more than 10 years, from the early 1990s to 2003, I see that kind of contents of the "three for $9.99" software dump bins.
moving from news editor to editor to editorial director. What a great time to be
tracking the personal computer industry. You had to be sleepwalking if you couldn't Dot-corn and Y2K
find an interesting story or three every day. The rise of Windows, Moore's Law Aperson with a great sense of humour sent me his antidote to the Y2K fear frenzy.
constantly verified in startlingly short product improvement cycles, the rise of the It was a toque with MY2K? (my toque eh?) knitted into it. Only in Canada would that
World Wide Web, the dot-com bubble, Apple's constant Apple-ness... make sense. I also have large roach broach representing the Y2K "bug."
Ihave another collection of stuff that runs parallel to my time at TCP, which I Alot of dot-coms didn't make it out of the gate, and I have bric-a-brac from various
amassed quite by accident. They came mostly from Comdex and other tech trade companies whose business plans I heard but can can no longer remember. Some
shows. Chachka jars became a fixture at all the exhibitors' booths, filled with mints, survived for a while — if you live in Toronto you might recall empori.com, a hard
gum, pens, and various flashing baubles. If you were a tech journalist you got the goods access point that received stuff you bought online. I have a miniature
deluxe chachkas. I'd often give these things away, but a few I'd keep and over the empori.com shopping cart from the launch event. Others, like eBay just got bigger.
years those few things turned into a box of stuff. The over-sized T-shirt I have from the launch event of eBay.ca presents interesting
Iwent through that box as I wrote this article and I was surprised at the variety of symbolism. I suppose my prize in this category is a pristine coil-bound notebook with
company logos and product brands. I suppose you could group these into a few. the WorldCom logo on the cover.
categories:
Still in the game
The mighty that time passed by Many of the baubles are logo'd with companies that are still around in one form or
Under this category fall the Commodore Amiga solar calculator shaped like a 3.5- another. Microsoft, of course. I have pens, utility knives, clothing, book bags and
inch floppy disk (which still works); a musical keychain from Digital Equipment Corp.; even plush toys (the MSN butterfly) that mark various product introductions. I have a
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includes Acer, Abit, Gigabyte, OKI, Toshiba, Epson and Intel. message that have taken on talisman status. They've accompanied us on our road
trips across the country for more than a decade; we wouldn't leave home without
them. The various bags have continued life as book bags or
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Active companies like Sony, Microsoft, Samsung and Epson
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time to look back because there is still so much in the digital
world that is unfolding.
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saw in them as a great force for personal empowerment. To
torture a McLuhanism, just as mechanical tools are extensions
of our muscles, the computer is an extension of our brains.
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Graeme Bennett looks back on an industry
An Epiphany difficulty with the curves on the letter "C." The night before, I'd been up late, writing
Ihad an epiphany back in 1979. At the time, I was spending my evenings writing out sheet music for a new song. I was tired.
songs and playing keyboards in a band, and paying the bills with a day job as a sign I took a few hours off from work to attend a "New Technologies Trade Show" in
maker. On this particular day, I had been cutting stencils for a large illuminated sign downtown Vancouver. And there, right near the entrance, was a robotic sign-cutter,
for the then-new Insurance Company of British Columbia (ICBC) and had been having finishing a letter "C" with speed and accuracy I would never be able to beat by hand.
I marveled at that robot's mastery of my trade and then turned to the next aisle of
the show-floor, where a man was playing music on a keyboard hooked up to an
Apple II computer and then — what!? — it printed out the sheet music of what he
had just played. I barely remember the rest of the aisles, so shaken was I by
these events.
That was it. I'd seen my future, all at once, and it was suddenly clear that I had
better learn as much as I could about computers. I began to study everything I could
get my hands on about the topic. I•collected vast quantities of computer magazines
and books, brochures, hardware and software manuals and programming reference
guides. I took a course sponsored by the local computer club. The teacher assured
me that, even if I didn't understand the value of learning hexadecimal notation right
now, I soon would. He was right.
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his evenings teaching me everything I thought to ask him about. One day in 1980, he
brought over a Sinclair ZX80, a tiny home computer with a membrane keyboard and
1Kb of RAM. We very quickly taught it to play rudimentary games. This wasn't easy
as the ZX80 blanked the TV screen any time the processor was busy.
Another friend of mine bought a Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer. Certainly,
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 I was more smitten by the colour capabilities and the full-travel keyboard (with lower- And so it was that I was hired as the computer music expert at a musical
case letters, even!) of the Commodore 64. It utilized a 65xx CPU that seemed to be instrument retailer, and tasked with creating and placing the company's ads in
in all the computers that interested me most. It had decent sound. It even had a fully' appropriate publications. In addition to ads placed elsewhere, I soon discovered that
programmable 65xx-series CPU right there in the disk drive controller! ads placed in The Computer Paper generated good results. The Computer Paper
In those days, even a CRT monitor cost several hundred dollars, and a 20-megabyte had been growing in reputation, readership, and size since its inception in February
hard drive cost thousands. One had to choose carefully. I had considered the low- 1988. •
cost Vic 20, but it seemed too toy-like, too limited. At the other end of the spectrum, One fateful day, when TCP's account rep dropped by to pick up my latest ad copy,
the $10,000 Apple Lisa computer was the hot new•technology of the day. Magic he looked at my ad layout and asked me if I'd ever considered doing this full time.
Desk, dubbed "Commodore's answer to Apple's Lisa," launched at CES in 1983. We got to talking and he invited me to drop by the paper's office for a chat with the
Microsoft released Bob, aiming at roughly the same goal for PCs, in 1995. boss. In short, they made me an offer I couldn't refuse, I demonstrated an interest
As the 1980s wore on, I worked with many different models of increasingly and aptitude at writing about computer technologies, and ended up working at The
graphics- and music-centric computers including Commodore 64, Macintosh, Atari Computer Paper for nearly a decade. It was truly the most exciting and interesting
ST,Amiga, and various IBM-compatible machines — which suffered from laughably work experience of my life — a five-year stint at Microsoft since then
archaic graphics and sound (and memory architecture) during this period. Still, the notwithstanding.
IBM-PC and Macintosh increasingly dominated both business and home markets as
the '80s drew on. Graeme Bennett, Managing Editor, Senior Editor and Editorial Director, 1990 - 1999
I'd pretty much given up on Commodore and Atari by 1988/89, having watched
these companies blunder their way into market insignificance during these years. Graeme Bennett currently shares a home in Redmond, Washington with his family,
PCs, since the advent of VGA in 1987, no longer looked so artistically challenged, several musical instruments, and far more computers than he really needs, running
and the millions-of-colours luxury of the Mac II (or the "wicked fast" 40 MHz Mac Ilfx various flavours of Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. A Playstation 3 is more powerful
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 The Word from the TCP Test Lab
Sean Carruthers on his time with The Computer Paper-
My journey with HUB: The Computer Paper actually started up a side road. Thankfully, I found my place in the world of technology television thanks to the folks
I first came to Toronto in 1998 to take a job writing the monthly Test Lab feature for at G4TechTV Canada, who were just in the process of creating a bunch of new
Canada Computer Paper's reseller magazine, Canadian Computer Wholesaler. I had Canadian technology content. That led to a full-time gig creating video content with
been writing a regular column on web site optimization for CCW from my small-town butterscotch.com, which is now staffed with some of my favourite people from both
home in Manitoba, and when the Test Lab position became available, I applied for it G4TechTV and the old Canada Computer Paper team. And to think this all started
thinking there was no way I'd end up with the job. Boy, was I in for a shock! way back when.
Ihad been earning my living up until that point slinging compact discs to disaffected Speaking of which, I do want to take this opportunity to thank Grace Casselman, the
youth and hip adults, while writing about music and computer technology on the editor of Canadian Computer Wholesaler, who took a chance on me back in 1998 on
side. So, writing about technology full time was like a dream come true to me. You the basis of the handful of columns I had turned in to her as a freelancer.
mean they're going to let me play with a bunch of computers and cameras and Unfortunately, Grace passed away in 2006, and I don't think I ever got the chance to
they're going to PAY me, too? Awesome! thank her properly for taking that chance on me, so thank you, Grace. Your
Of course, there was a lot of work involved, too. I soon came to realize that doing a consideration, kindness and patience played a big part in shaping who I am today,
"lab" on a particular category of technology meant running a lot of tests, sometimes and you are missed.
repeatedly, to make sure that the tests were as apples-to-apples as they could
possibly be. Computers would be put through a process called "benchmarking," Sean Carruthers, Test Lab Editor 1998 - 2003
which meant running a whole series of automated tasks using special applications
designed to quantify differences in performance and capabilities. And sometimes the Sean Carruthers is a Senior Producer at butterscotch.com, a technology website
software was a bit cranky, causing entire tests to have to be re-run after waiting dedicated to helping people better understand and use technology. He is also an
overnight for the results. alumni of the G4TechTV Canada shows Call For Help and The Lab with Leo Laporte.
It was fun, but it was certainly a lot more involved than I first thought.
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 The Computer Paper Retrospective
A TCP timeline by Dorian Nicholson
As a relative newcomer to the world of tech journalism, it was a bit imposing to get
my big editorial start with HUB: The Computer Paper in the latter half of 2008. I
started earlier in the year as a web editor, learning the ropes with the help of Andrew
THECOITIPUTER PAP=, Moore-Crispin, who preceded me as editor of the magazine. Things were fast-paced,
as they are at most publications, and I learned more than I ever expected about
li',--::,-±±' T computers, consumer electronics and the business of running a national magazine in
i i PAYiii just my first few months at The Computer Paper.
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unfold in the world of technology in what seems like one of the shortest years of my
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year anniversary of sorts for writing and working for HUB. In this short time, I
witnessed the release of countless computers, cameras and video games, and got
1A7 to meet and speak with people that were involved in the development, testing and
release of those products. For me it was a dream come true. In my teenage years I
had always wanted to know what it was like to test computer products and video
games and to report on all of the latest and coolest gadgetry. It seemed like an
impossible aspiration at the time, a gig that was too cool to actually get. So many
people in my circle of friends and colleagues wanted in on that and wanted to be
doing exactly what The Computer Paper was doing, to be telling people about what
Inside the next earth-shattering development was going to be and why it was important.
NEWSBYTES S I M P LY M A C W O R 1 1 > I feel fortunate to have gotten on board and experienced what it was like to be in
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 predecessors felt when they sat in the editor's chair. However, their stories stretch
back to before I even considered writing for a tech magazine and, in some cases, to
before I was even aware of what a "personal computer" really was. They helped me
and countless other Canadians to figure out why computers and technology were
relevant to our work and personal lives through their work at The Computer Paper,
and it sounds like they had a lot of fun doing it. Here's a bit of what I learned from
talking to them about their experiences.
"In the early days of The Computer Paper, it seemed like about 10 per cent of the
population even knew what a computer was," Doug Alder, the original founder of The
Computer Paper recalls.
"It was a very small community, you would see the same faces at the user groups,
in the stores, using the bulletin boards to talk to each other. These were the
ACCESSING the
hardcore geeks. Remember, in these days you still had to walk to the Internet," Alder
INTERNET with says jokingly. "It was called a library. Every bit of information about computers was
OSI2 Warp snapped up quickly by this hardcore group."
WiltIOINS 95 Alder formed The Computer Paper not long after joining a spiritual group and
& Macintosh converting to Sikhism. In the early 1980s he moved from Toronto out to British
Columbia, where he was raised, and soon committed to a plan to form his own
computer publication. He was already fascinated with the capabilities of the first line
• of Macintosh computers and had bought his own Mac Plus while in school studying
for'his, MBA. A friend who showed him the free technology papers that were being
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"It moved from humble beginnings with basically my wife Kathryn and I creating that
first issue on our kitchen table, to a staff of over 70 people when I left the company
in 1997. It was an amazing time," Alder says. "The people that I met, our customers
and the staff that assembled made most days a joy to show up at work."
It's hard to imagine a more ideal job for someone so enthusiastic about the
potential of technology than the one Alder created for himself when he created The
Computer Paper.

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 made an agreement with going to journalism school and was familiar with the paper even before he took over.
Trader, which was the owner of "I knew The Computer Paper was a big, big thing. In college it was dream of mine
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time, to arrange a buyout."
to work there, and to take the reins was pretty heavy... I lost a lot of sleep. My first •
couple of weeks on the job were stressful, but it's amazing what you can do when
Piccolo says that those years you put your mind to it. You question 'am I ready, can I do this?' and then you just...
were hectic and crazy, but do it."
enjoyable on the whole. And from there Moore-Crispin managed and edited HUB: Digital Living which would
"It's allowed me to be a part of later be re-christened HUB: The Computer Paper. He maintains that while the first
a bit of Canadian history," he two months — the transition period between his taking over editorship from Megan
says. "At this point it's the Johnston — were tough, and the third month without Johnston's help was particularly
longest running and the only difficult, it paid off in the long run.
free computer paper around "I still remember when we moved into our first actual office, right above a bar... a
and I'd like to see it kept alive particularly loud bar," Moore-Crispin recalls. "And right through Thursday and Friday
for 20 more years." night production you would hear really loud music and feel it shaking the floors. My
Shortly after Tanaka stepped office was like a closet, very narrow. It was lined with shelves with games and press
down as editor of The materials and all the stuff that you get with this job. It was also quite dark; Chris
Computer Paper (which had Cole, the Sales Manager at the time, dubbed it my Bat Cave."
now remodelled itself as HUB: Andrew has had a great deal of fun with this paper, as have I, and has have all of
Digital Living). This made way for long-time TCP senior editor Megan Johnston to the former editors, to say nothing of all of the other contributors and those who have
take the reigns, followed by Andrew Moore-Crispin. poured their energies into The Computer Paper and it's incarnations over the years.
"I was editing Total Gamer Magazine at the time which was Piccolo Publishing's first "I think it's been a hell of a ride," Moore-Crispin says. "And while TCP's role has
magazine and my first entry as an editor," Moore-Crispin recounts. "Before that I changed in the 20-plus years it's been published, it's still got something to say that
interned at CanadaComputes.com which was the website for The Computer Paper people want to hear. But now only people that want to hear TCP will.
and the Computes! publications." It's a 20-year legacy that has been through its up and downs and this is just another
I asked Andrew how he did it — much a I did a year ago when I first started — and step in its evolution."
he told me how he managed to deal with the stress of being a new editor of a We've enjoyed our time here, serving you, our readers, and we hope that you've
magazine that has a broad reach and high expectations. enjoyed waiting for each new issue of The Computer Paper to hit the streets each
"Late nights, a lot of late nights," he says with a laugh. "And a lot of help from the month. We all hope you choose to subscribe so we can turn the next page together.
contributors," he adds. "When you get down to it I guess I was young to be running a
magazine... but I'd have been an idiot not to take that opportunity, and it worked out. Keep Computing!
And I think I did a pretty good job." Signed, Dorian Nicholson and the rest of your friends from The Computer Paper, the
Even before-taking the job Moore-Crispin knew what he was getting into. He'd spent regional Computes! series, HUB: Digital Living, www.hubcanada.com and all of the
quite a bit of time reading The Computer Paper while he was in Centennial College other contributors over the years. It's been a blast!

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 Software that Stands the Test of Time
Dr. File Finder on a quarter century of software
of us who work in computers. He decided to dedicate the .ZIP extension and file
format specification to the public domain. That helped the .ZIP file format to become
a truly open standard on a global scale. Phil Katz died in 2000, but his company, his
product and his legacy live on.

Commander Keen
In 1990 four guys with amazing talent were working for Softdisk, a game
manufacturer. They were John Carmack, John Romero, Tom Hall, and Adrian
Carmack. The first game they released was "Commander Keen" which was
distributed through Apogee Software. Commander Keen and the technologies
developed by Carmack and Romero would change both the shareware and the
games market forever. In 1991 they became id Software and the rest, as they say,
is history. The id "engines" power some of the most popular games in the history of
the PC. Games like Doom, Quake, and others have sold staggering numbers and
"Doom" even became a movie. While only John Carmack is still part of id, the games
go on.

WinZip
In 1991, Nico Mak released the first copy of WinZip which was the first copy of "ZIP"
for Windows. Because of the decision by Phil Katz to make it an open standard many
"ZIP" programs followed. None of them, however, got the following that WinZip did.
Nearly every software site you'd visit would recommend you download WinZip to
unpack their program. An amazing thing about WinZip is that they never really
enforced the concept of having to register the program. Despite this fact WinZip
became hugely successful. People paid for it despite the fact that they weren't really
equired to. Ultimately, under Windows, WinZip became the program to use for

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handling ZIP files. A few years ago it was purchased by Corel Corporation and it's The Computer Paper first hit the streets. Hundreds of thousands of software
still going strong. products released since that time. Most of them are gone. The ones that persevere
are the ones that appeal most to the public, that offer the features their users want,
Paint Shop Pro and that find ways to adapt both the software and the way they do business.
In 1992 a retiring airline pilot decided to create a little graphics program. The author
was Bob Voight and the program at that time was called Paint Shop. It grew to By Michael "Dr. File Finder" Callahan
became Paint Shop Pro. Paint Shop Pro became hugely popular because selling
under the shareware marketing model it was very inexpensive compared to products
like Photoshop. As time went on the program grew in functions and features. It grew
in complexity and the company grew with it. A few years ago the company was Carte prof elzitonol /icor plans for your bons
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Smartdraw
In 1994 a fellow named Paul Stannard approached me with his 'shareware" program,
Smartdraw. It was a cool program for creating charts and such. I was the first
reviewer to write a review of Smartdraw. It's interesting to me that my review is still
available on the Smartdraw website. Paul listened to his customers and the company
grew. Fifteen years later Smartdraw has many employees and is used by half of the
Fortune 500 companies.

Longevity
Out of these six programs all ran under DOS. Of these six programs, five were
released under the "shareware" marketing model. Only Lotus 1-2-3 wasn't. Of these
six programs only one was created by more than one person. Namely, Commander
Keen from id Software. These people and these products showed the ability to
adapt. To adapt to the change from DOS to Windows and some even to Linux. To
adapt to the changing market. In the 1980s and early 1990s the Internet wasn't
even a factor. These product changed and adapted to fit new markets and new
Floor Plan Edition
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 Landing a Dream Job
Duane Hass, Webmaster, on the HUB: The Computer Paper metamorphosis

Ilove computers and technology. I have always loved brother owned an Apple store and he always had the products and prices — my favourite pastime had
computers and technology. My first real work coolest new computers. been transformed. I could now browse so much
experience was cutting lawns so that I could save Of course, the love of computers and the love of more information in a much shorter amount of time
enough money for the newly-released Commodore VIC- technology tend to go hand in hand. It is the nature of and not even have to get out of my chair! From that
20. Prior to that, my friend and I would write computer the beast, the yin to the yang, the peanut butter with point on I would anxiously await the next month's
programs in BASIC, which we would then execute ketchup... well, the jury's still out on that last one. Like delivery, making the 30 minute bus trip (one way,
verbally at recess, taking turns being the computer or many kids growing up in the 70s and early 80s, I was with a transfer) in order to pick up my new favourite
user (yes, I am aware how nerdy that sounds.) The VIC- fascinated by the world of consumer electronics and magazine.
20 was replaced when my parents bought me a the increasingly accessible products that came along Sadly, one day I was no longer able to find HUB in its
Commodore 64 which eventually turned into an x86 with it. Many nights were spent building gadgets with regular location. It seemed that my area was no longer
based PC, and so on, and so on. I often used to offer kits from Radio Shack — and then of course being distributed to. Of course, had this story ended
to babysit for a neighbor — not because I was the deconstructing and rebuilding them into there, it would be decidedly tragic. Would I do that to
nurturing, care-giving sort, but rather because his Frankengadgets. you? Of course not.
While some people like to browse During the course of my career as a Web Application
through clothing stores, or home Developer I had come into contact with Scott Piccolo,
decorating stores, or hardware stores who needed some work done on the website
to look at what's available — whether www.hubcanada.com. While gathering the usual
they are in the market to buy or not information from him it didn't take me long to realize
— for me it was computer and that the website he needed work done to was the
electronic stores. I could spend a companion to none other than HUB: The Computer
GOY whole day just popping in and seeing Paper! THIS was how early settlers heading west felt
where hard drive capacities had when they finally saw the blue of the Pacific. THIS was

wiser
ballooned to, or prices had fallen to, how Neil Armstrong felt when his life's work culminated
or what features the newest GPU with one small step. THIS was how Luke felt when
boasted. Even though there were Darth Vader spoke those fateful five words to him... (I

ars,
more and more such stores it could am beginning to think I should quit after two
take a bit of time and energy and comparisons.)
leave a person feeling quite drained The few website touch-ups eventually grew into a full-
at the end of the day. time position for me at Piccolo Publishing. It seemed
And then I found The Computer like a very good fit. I didn't have to learn to like my job
Firefox, O p e r a Paper. One day, while in a mall, I — everything that I liked was my job. Of course it's not
IE and more.. happened by a newspaper stand with all fun and games, and the current transition is an
a stack of magazines proclaiming example of having to grow along with an ever-changing
that they could scratch my itch for world. However we have many great things in the
technological information. I grabbed works for both the paper, and the website which we
11 0 11 � t one, tucked into my backpack and truly believe our loyal readership will find enhances not
went home. Less than one minute in, only their experience as readers, but expands the
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Iwas sold. Cover to cover, this
wonderous publication held my
relationship symbiotically as we try to provide
helpful services that are beyond what people have
40 P e g n : e q interest and gave me hours of come to expect.
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reading. Interesting articles, tech tips, It's not an end, but rather a new beginning.
pLt""hl. cutting edge information and ads.
GYl I k w 114., 6 k u v c a r r n o r , Yes, I said ads. All those local
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 The (really) Last Byte
Andrew Moore-Crispin signs off with a reflection on what TCP means to 'him
The Computer Paper and all its many editions: East, West, week, I started on what turned out to be a fateful path as
Central, Greater Toronto and others too numerous to intern Staff Writer for CanadaComputes.com, approximately
mention. HUB: Digital Living, HUB: The Computer Paper and one year after the dot-com bubble reached critical mass and
its regional editions in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver shortly after the CanadaComputes.com staff that used to
and elsewhere. number in the 20s was slashed to one. Two, if yOu included
By any name, The Computer Paper has touched a lot of this new, unpaid intern. The other member of staff was
people over its more than 20-year history. Not least of all, Jessica Malone, to whom I owe a great deal of thanks... and
me. who I still occasionally meet for lunch to catch up.
Iserved as Editor-in-Chief of HUB: The Computer Paper,, Several years and an untold number of printed pages later,
starting when it was called HUB: Digital Living. In fact, I was I'm happy to be asked back to help out with this The
laid off from Canada Computer Paper when the move from Computer Paper send-off.
The Computer Paper to HUB: Digital Living was first enacted The publication has grown and shrunk, changed and
in, if memory serves, August, 2003. I was brought back on evolved over its 20 plus years. Its covered the growth of
board some nine-months later when Piccolo Publishing got the Internet and the World Wide Web, its covered every
the license to publish the mag. edition of Windows that has come out from 2.0 through
When I first started working with TCP, I was a fresh-faced Windows 7, along with alternative operating systems, many
graduate of the Centennial College Journalism—Print of which it turns out were destined for obscurity. TCP
program. I graduated in the "digital age" but still in the days documented the rise•of the laptop computer from luggable
when you could go to school to study print journalism. On to expensive luxury to business staple to mass market
my resume, which has seen its share of updates over the availability and acceptance. Monitored the rise of the
years, I don't bother with the"—Print" suffix under the BlackBerry from two-way paging curiosity to one of Canada's
Education heading. It's too old-school. Consider the fact that biggest tech successes. The PDA from palm-sized organizer
Igraduated in 2001 and it just goes to show how much to do-it-all smartphone. As both Sean Carruthers and Doug
things have changed in less than a decade. With that in Alder hint elsewhere in this issue, The Computer Paper was
mind, think how much has changed in the more than two the resource for Canadian tech buyers. Before web
decades since The Computer Paper was started. searches, before online became organized and monetized.
Which segues nicely into a discussion of why we're donning The Computer Paper predates big-box electronics retailers.
the rose-coloured retrospective glasses in this, the 20th It predates Google, it certainly predates Facebook, Twitter,
anniversary issue of HUB: The Computer Paper, albeit a year Friendster et al.
too late. As you have read in the previous pages, this is the It predates the web as we know it.
last issue of HUB: The Computer Paper as we have known Now, more than 20 years after it started, HUB: The
it. The free street box, library and computer / electronics Computer Paper has reached another stage in its
store distribution model can no longer be sustained. HUB: metamorphosis. This is the last issue of HUB: The Computer
The Computer Paper is going subscription only. Paper you'll pick up from a street box. Its not necessarily
The paper was started by Doug Alder who, as we've also the last issue of HUB: The Computer Paper you'll see
heard elsewhere in this issue, began publishing TCP in though. If you're interested in getting HUB: The Computer
February, 1988. The Computer Paper was born on a kitchen Paper, the team that works on the publication wants to
table after Alder saw the computer magazines that were make sure you can. If you express interest in subscribing by
gaining momentum in the San Francisco Bay area. It's as signing up at www.hubcanada.com/subscribe, HUB: The
logical a place as any to start a print publication dedicated Computer Paper will continue to publish and you'll continue
to quite possibly the biggest evolution in human history, the to receive it each month.
lOwly computer. The first issue hit the streets in February It's been a great ride. For my part, I'd like to thank
1988. From humble beginnings, it enjoyed huge growth, everyone that has contributed to TCP's 20+ year history and
buoyed by an unprecedented and, up to that point, unserved to this issue: Doug Alder for having the foresight to start it,
group of budding computer and technology enthusiasts. Graeme Bennett for helping to organize it, David Tanaka for
Myown involvement with The Computer Paper started in welcoming me into it, Jessica Malone for giving me a
my lait year of the aforementioned Journalism—Print chance and acting as a mentor early in my careers and last
program, which I feel duty-bound to say is an excellent but not least, Dorian Nicholson for helping to continue the
program with an excellent faculty. And which also featured a legacy. I'd also like to say a sincere thanks to Scott Piccolo
web component that was of great interest to me for handing me the editorial reigns when I was probably too
(www.tobserver.com). I was approaching the internship green to hold them properly, Steve Stoner for making us.
phase, undertaken in the last semester of the last year of look good and for being a great colleague and friend as well
the three-year progrdm. We were asked to list our top five the too many people to mention that have shaped this paper
choices for where we'd like to intern. I chose, in no over its 20+ years.
particular order: The Computer Paper, Toronto Computes!, And most of all, to you for reading.
CanadaComputes.com, along with two other options that I Andrew Moore-Crispin
can't remember and that I picked only to round out the Editor
requisite five choices. Little did I know that my top three 2004 - 2008
picks were actually part of a greater whole: Canada
Computer Paper, erstwhile publisher of The Computer Paper.
And they were all run out of the same office in downtown
Toronto.
I got a haircut, some new clothes and a portfolio case to
show my newspaper clippings and web print-outs along with
abunch of 8 x 10 pictures I'd taken as Photo Editor of the
college newspaper and went for my interview. The next

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