ASCII (magazine)

ASCII (アスキー) was a monthly released microcomputer magazine in Japan, published by ASCII Corporation from 1977. It targeted business users who used a personal computer in their home and office, but it sometimes introduced computer games and computer music. It was also known as the Monthly ASCII (月刊アスキー) written along with the title from Vol. 2 No. 4, and distinguish with the Weekly ASCII (週刊アスキー) founded in 1997. The ASCII was rebranded as the Business ASCII (ビジネスアスキー) in 2008, and ceased in 2010. Its news website and the Weekly ASCII are continuing as in 2016.

ASCII
The first issue (July 1977)
CategoriesComputer magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherASCII Publishing (–1982)
ASCII (–2008)
Kadokawa Group Publishing
Total circulation
(1999)
170,000
FounderKazuhiko Nishi
First issue18 June 1977 (1977-06-18)
Final issue
Number
23 August 2008 (2008-08-23)
373
CountryJapan
Based inMinami-Aoyama, Tokyo (founded)
ISSN0386-5428
Business ASCII
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherASCII Media Works
Total circulation
(Sep. 2009)
19,400
First issue24 September 2008 (2008-09-24)
Final issue
Number
23 January 2010 (2010-01-23)
390
ISSN1884-0914

The LOGiN (ログイン), a computer game magazine, was first published as an extra issue of the ASCII in 1982, and the Famitsu (ファミ通) was branched from the LOGiN.

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