Personal Computer News
Personal Computer News (PCN) was a UK weekly magazine from VNU Publications. It covered all micros and aspects of the era, before disappearing without warning in 1985. A total of 110 issues were published.
The magazine was generally considered not to be MSX friendly, for instance, publishing open letters from British computer manufacturers as to why customers should ignore MSX, and often making similar comments themselves, while claiming to be open minded about the matter.
Most issues can be found on archive.org (issue 40 is missing)
Personal Computer News
The following lists the issues that featured MSX content.
| Edition | Published | Type of content | Archive.org |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1983-06-29 | News | |
| 17 | 1983-07-06 | News | |
| 23 | 1983-08-17 | News | |
| 26 | 1983-09-07 | News | |
| 32 | 1983-10-19 | News on MSX-DOS | |
| 33 | 1983-10-26 | News on MSX-DOS | |
| 35 | 1983-11-09 | News | |
| 37 | 1983-11-23 | News (Toshiba & Fujitsu) | |
| 38 | 1983-11-30 | MSX-DOS reference | |
| 39 | 1983-12-07 | MSX reference | |
| 42 | 1984-01-04 | MSX reference | |
| 45 | 1984-01-21 | MSX reference | |
| 48 | 1984-02-11 | MSX-DOS reference SVI-328 review (claimed to be MSX compatible) | |
| 49 | 1984-02-18 | SVI-328 compatibility correction | |
| 50 | 1984-02-25 | Additional SVI-3x8 compatibility issues addresed MSX News Yamaha CX5 news | |
| 51 | 1984-03-03 | SVI-3x8 MSX compatibility adapter update | |
| 52 | 1984-03-10 | SVI-728 news MSX Hardware specification | |
| 53 | 1984-03-17 | Yamaha YIS-503 review | |
| 54 | 1984-03-24 | MSX News from Japan | |
| 58 | 1984-04-21 | MSX News | |
| 62 | 1984-05-26 | MSX News | |
| 65 | 1984-06-16 | MSX references | |
| 70 | 1984-07-21 | MSX software news | |
| 71 | 1984-07-28 | MSX News from Japan | |
| 73 | 1984-08-11 | MSX News from Japan | |
| 74 | 1984-08-18 | Toshiba MSX news | |
| 75 | 1984-08-25 | Sanyo MPC-100 and Toshiba HX-10 news | |
| 76 | 1984-09-01 | First Toshiba HX-10 advert from a reseller | |
| 79 | 1984-09-22 | MSX software news | |
| 80 | 1984-09-29 | MSX launch news MSX Goldstar news Buzz Off, Shark Hunter, The Wreck game reviews | |
| 81 | 1984-10-06 | SVI-3x8 MSX compatibility update MSX QuickDisk news | |
| 82 | 1984-10-13 | MSX news | |
| 83 | 1984-10-20 | MSX software news MSX Basicode Toshiba HX-10 ad | |
| 84 | 1984-10-27 | What MSX? announcement Goldstar FC-200 and Toshiba HX-10 review Win a Toshiba HX-10 Goldstar FC-200 ad | |
| 85 | 1984-11-03 | News from Japan Hisoft MSX software Ad from a reseller offering MSX systems | |
| 87 | 1984-11-17 | MSX reference Reseller ad for Canon V20 | |
| 88 | 1984-11-24 | Goldstar FC-200 ad Mitsubishi ML-F48 and ML-F80 ad | |
| 89 | 1984-12-01 | MSX mentioned on buyers guide | |
| 90 | 1984-12-08 | Goldstar FC-200 ad MSX news | |
| 91 | 1984-12-15 | Interview with Kay Nishi various adds from resellers | |
| 92 | 1984-12-22 | News on Toshiba price cut Konami game reviews | |
| 93 | 1985-01-05 | MSX references Goldstar FC-200 ad | |
| 95 | 1985-01-19 | MSX news from Japan Canon V-20 review | |
| 96 | 1985-01-26 | MSX news from CES | |
| 97 | 1985-02-02 | MSX references River Raid & Pitfall 2 review | |
| 98 | 1985-02-09 | MSX references | |
| 100 | 1985-02-23 | Yamaha CX5M review | |
| 103 | 1985-03-16 | MSX references Toshiba HX-10 ad | |
| 104 | 1985-03-23 | MSX references | |
| 105 | 1985-03-30 | "Britain fights MSX challenge" | |
| 106 | 1985-04-06 | MSX references | |
| 107 | 1985-04-20 | MSX references | |
| 108 | 1985-04-27 | MSX references MicroLink Ad for MSX software and peripherals | |
| 109 | 1985-05-04 | MSX references Sony HBD-50 review |