Micro Mart
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| Editor | Anthony Enticknap |
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| Categories | Computing |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 5,422 (Jan-Dec 2015) |
| Year founded | 1985 |
| Final issue | December 2016 |
| Company | Dennis Publishing Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.micromart.co.uk/ |
| ISSN | 1473-0251 |
Micro Mart was a weekly computer magazine published in the United Kingdom by Dennis Publishing Ltd., as of 2015 it had a circulation of 5,422. In a letter to subscribers in December 2016 it was announced that the magazine would cease publication with issue No 1445 (published just after Christmas 2016): "After 30 amazing years of telling it like it is, Micro Mart magazine is logging off."
The magazine contained news, reviews, articles, and classified adverts covering many popular areas of computing (both in hardware and software areas). The magazine's articles are targeted at many different levels of expertise, from beginners' tasks (such as working with Word documents, setting up a simple wireless network, or building a water-cooled PC) to more advanced articles (such as working with Linux kernels or becoming a shareware author).
The magazine was also notable for being the only publication in the UK to still regularly cover the Amiga market, most magazines having abandoned coverage of the format in the years following the collapse of Commodore.
Micro Mart was launched in November 1985 as a fortnightly publication called Micro Computer Mart consisting of classified advert listings for the computer trade. The magazine soon expanded in editorial content to include articles and reviews from many realms of computing. It became popular with both amateur and professional system builders. In 1991, due to reader demands, Micro Mart moved to a weekly format.
On 14 November 2002 (issue 723) the magazine moved to a full colour format, having previously been printed in black and white. At this time, Micro Mart also expanded in content (for example Ask Jason moved from 1 to 2 pages).
Since then, the magazine has celebrated its 30th birthday, its 1,400th issue and had several design changes, the most recent in 2011.
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