[Coco] New Years Resolution:to read all the Rainbow

[Arthur Flexser]

It's also interesting to chart the rise and fall of circulation of Rainbow
over the years, an exercise I once did many years ago.  The circulation
figures are given each year in the January issue, I think, though the table
doesn't appear in the index so you have to hunt a little for it.

Wait, unbelievably, I actually found my old table.  The circulation figures
first started appearing in 1984, so the table starts then.  (I guess
publication of the figures was required by law starting then.)

Paid copies of most recent issue:

1984        75,259

1985        59,835

1986        66,286

1987        61,665

1988        56,579

1989        57,389

1990        33,752

1991        12,522

1992          4,815

When was the last issue?

Art

On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 5:45 PM, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Some trivia
>
> The Rainbow was advertised as:
>
> Just for your
> TRS-80 Color
> TDP system 100
> Dragon 32
>
> Til April 1983
>
> Then changed to :
>
> Just for your
> TRS80 color
> TDP 100 system 100
> Dragon & MC10
>
> Til Mar 1985
>
> Then in April 1985 it read:
>
> Just for your
> Tandy color Computer
>
> Until the coco3 came and in Sept 1986 it read:
>
> Just for your color computer 1,2, and 3
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Passport Red Edition.
>   Original Message
> From: L. Curtis Boyle
> Sent: Wednesday, January 3, 2018 5:25 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] New Years Resolution:to read all the Rainbow
>
>
> Yeah, there was a debate within Rainbow and it’s readers about calling it
> a “Coco”, or “80C”, etc. I think it finally settled in later 1982, if I
> remember correctly.
>
> L. Curtis Boyle
> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>
>
>
> > On Jan 3, 2018, at 4:21 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> >>
> >
> > In the first issues, there wasn’t even “CoCo” yet! I’m going to make
> notes when things happen, like the first use of CoCo.
> >
> > So far, I’ve seen the first Rainbow mention of Steve Bjork, and the
> first appearance by Fred Scerbo.
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