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[[Image:Wacci139_9.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A page from WACCI issue 139]]
[[Image:Wacci139_9.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A page from WACCI issue 139]]
The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and catered mostly for serious users. Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained. According to Jeff Walker, who was the original founder, he had always thought that name would be good for a magazine and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all. (The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)
The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and catered mostly for serious users.


As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and a 'homebrew' library. 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.
Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained.
 
According to Jeff Walker, who was the original founder.
 
He had always thought that name would be good for a magazine and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.
 
(The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)
 
As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and a 'homebrew' library.
 
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 spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.
Though WACCI was solely a paper fanzine, a spin-off disczine, [[EuroWACCI]], existed for six issues.
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* [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]]
* [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]]


== Web links ==
== Covers ==
 
<gallery caption="WACCI">
 
Image:Wacci 001.jpg|Issue 001
Image:Wacci 002.jpg|Issue 002
Image:Wacci 003.jpg|Issue 003
Image:Wacci 010.jpg|Issue 010
Image:Wacci 016.jpg|Issue 016
Image:Wacci 020.jpg|Issue 020
Image:Wacci 027.jpg|Issue 027
Image:Wacci 029.jpg|Issue 029
Image:Wacci 031.jpg|Issue 031
Image:Wacci 032.jpg|Issue 032
Image:Wacci 033.jpg|Issue 033
Image:Wacci 034.jpg|Issue 034
Image:Wacci 035.jpg|Issue 035
Image:Wacci 036.jpg|Issue 036
Image:Wacci 037.jpg|Issue 037
Image:Wacci 038.jpg|Issue 038
Image:Wacci 039.jpg|Issue 039
Image:Wacci 040.jpg|Issue 040
 
</gallery>
 
== Links ==


* [http://www.wacci.org.uk WACCI homepage]
* [http://www.wacci.org.uk WACCI homepage]


[[Category:CPC Press]] [[Category:Magazines]]
[[Category:CPC Press]] [[Category:Fanzines]]

Revision as of 09:21, 1 May 2008

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A page from WACCI issue 139

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

Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained.

According to Jeff Walker, who was the original founder.

He had always thought that name would be good for a magazine and used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.

(The official WACCI explanation is that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International)

As well as a (more or less) regular magazine, WACCI also provided a PD library (of mostly CP/M software) and a 'homebrew' library.

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 spin-off disczine, EuroWACCI, existed for six issues.

WACCI editors

Covers

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