Interface Age

Volume 1*

Volume Issue Date Title
1 9 August, 1976 Color Graphics - A beginning
1 10 September, 1976 "Future Shock" - Education
1 11 October, 1976 Microcomputers - The First Step
1 12 November, 1976 Hardware/Software Guide Edition

*Interface Age broke from the Southern California Computer Society's SCCS Interface Magazine. It appears that they started their numbering mid-run to reflect issues that were published as SCCS Interface. If anyone is aware of issues of Interface Age earlier than Volume 1, Number 9 (August 1976) please let me know.

Volume 2

Volume Issue Date Title
2 1 December, 1976 iCOM's New Microfloppy Disk System
2 2 January, 1977 AMI's EVK Series Microcomputer Boards
2 3 February, 1977 Warp Factor
2 4 March, 1977 *Missing from Collection*
2 5 April, 1977 "Mike" - Computer Controlled Robot
2 6 May, 1977 Computrac 2000
2 7 June, 1977 Bionics Issue
2 8 July, 1977 Special Directory Issue
2 9 August, 1977 Astronomy/Astrophysics Special
2 10 September, 1977 General Ledger Program
2 11 October, 1977 Meteorology/Environment Special
2 12 November, 1977 Special Hardware/Software Issue
2 13 December, 1977 Microcomputing for the Home

Volume 3

Volume Issue Date Title
3 1 January, 1978 QWERTY Is Obsolete
3 2 February, 1978 LSI-11 Microcomputers in Hospital ICUs
3 3 March, 1978 New Products Directory
3 4 April, 1978 Artificial Intelligence
3 5 May, 1978 Inside ASCII
3 6 June, 1978 1978 Editorial Conference
3 7 July, 1978 Medical Applications
3 8 August, 1978 European Roulette
3 9 September, 1978 The Educational Issue
3 10 October, 1978 Index to Hardare
3 11 November, 1978 Index to Software
3 12 December, 1978 1978 Index to Microcomputer Books

Volume 4

Volume Issue Date Title
4 1 January, 1979 Communications
4 2 February, 1979 Business
4 3 March, 1979 Music
4 4 April, 1979 Robotics
4 5 May, 1979 Business Software
4 6 June, 1979 Automated Home
4 7 July, 1979 New Product Directory
4 8 August, 1979 Micros for Handicapped
4 9 September, 1979 *Missing from Collection*
4 10 October, 1979 Education
4 11 November, 1979 New Product Directory
4 12 December, 1979 Video Graphics

Volume 5

Volume Issue Date Title
5 1 January, 1980 Editorial Index for 1979
5 2 February, 1980 The Microcomputer Finds A Home
5 3 March, 1980 Communications and the Computer
5 4 April, 1980 *Missing from Collection*
5 5 May, 1980 First Buyers Guide for the 80's
5 6 June, 1980 Small Computers of the 80s - How Do They Stack Up?
5 7 July, 1980 New Products Directory
5 8 August, 1980 How to Plan for Your Computer's Home
5 9 September, 1980 Custom Programs "Beat the System"
5 10 October, 1980 Micros in Education: Making the Climb
5 11 November, 1980 Terminals: Do More, Cost Less
5 12 December, 1980 Move Over Electronic Mail...Here Comes Viewdata

Volume 6

Volume Issue Date Title
6 1 January, 1981 Buyer's Guide: Business Systems Preview
6 2 February, 1981 Graphics Systems Compared
6 3 March, 1981 Armchair Shopping: Mail-Order Computers
6 4 April, 1981 New Products Directory
6 5 May, 1981 Computers in the Business World
6 6 June, 1981 Breaking the Language Barrier
6 7 July, 1981 New Products Directory
6 8 August, 1981 Computing to Work
6 9 September, 1981 Computer Operations in Medicine
6 10 October, 1981 Micros in the Classroom
6 11 November, 1981 Comparing Business Systems
6 12 December, 1981 Computer Applications of the Future

Volume 7

Volume Issue Date Title
7 1 January, 1982 Pocket Computer as a Travel Guide
7 2 February, 1982 Micro Graphics for Business
7 3 March, 1982 Computer User Options: Timesharing vs. Buying
7 4 April, 1982 Comparing Accounting Packages
7 5 May, 1982 Spelling Programs Compared
7 6 June, 1982 Selecting Payables/Receivables Software
7 7 July, 1982 Spreadsheet Programs Compared
7 8 August, 1982 Business Systems Comparison
7 9 September, 1982 Guide to over 30 Payroll Programs
7 10 October, 1982 How to Select Inventory Software
7 11 November, 1982 16-Bit Micros How Do They Stack Up
7 12 December, 1982 Finding the Right Word Processing Program

Interface Age evolved out of the club newsletter for the Southern California Computer Society: SCCS Interface. The magazine catered to a fairly technical readership and offered product reviews as well as programming information and coverage of more technical topics.

The split between SCCS Interface and Interface Age occurred when the publishers realized that the magazine had profit potential and decided to take production in-house to capitalize on that. As someone put it to me once (paraphrased) the magazine was stolen from the geeks because it could make money.