The TORPET
In today's world, The TORPET has become a topic of interest that generates debate and discussion in different areas. With the passage of time, The TORPET has acquired relevance in society and its impact has been noted in different aspects of daily life. From its origin to the present, The TORPET has undergone significant transformations that have marked its evolution and development. In this article, we will explore various aspects related to The TORPET, analyzing its influence in various contexts and examining its importance in the contemporary world.
 Issue 18 (March/April 1983) | |
| Editor | Bruce Beach |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Bruce Beach |
| First issue | November 1980 |
| Final issue | August 1984 |
| Country | Canada |
| Based in | Toronto |
| ISSN | 0821-1809 |
The TORPET was a Toronto-based computer magazine directed at users of Commodore's 8-bit home computers.
Publication history
Though named for and associated with the Toronto PET Users Group (TPUG),[1] the magazine was published independently of the club as a commercial enterprise with paid writers.[2][3] Twenty-eight issues were produced for TPUG from November 1980 to August 1984.[4]
In 1984 TORPET's owner and editor, Bruce Beach, dissociated the publication from TPUG and relaunched it as an oceanography journal, backronymming its name to Today's Oceanographic Research Program for Education & Training.[2] TPUG launched its own computing journal, TPUG Magazine, in February 1984.[5]
A 320-page anthology of The TORPET's most popular articles, The Best of The TORPET Plus More for the Commodore 64 and the VIC-20, was published in 1984 by Copp Clark Pitman. It featured type-in listings for over a thousand freeware programs, articles and cartoon strips teaching BASIC and machine language programming, memory maps, and user documentation for popular public domain software.[6]
References
- ^ Calloway, James (August 1983). "Should You Join A Users Group?". COMPUTE!'s Gazette. 1 (2). COMPUTE! Publications: 28–32.
- ^ a b Butterfield, Jim (Fall 1986). "Welcome to the TPUG/Transactor Pages". TPUG News. 1 (1). Toronto PET Users Group. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Torpet Pays $20.00 per Page for Articles" (PDF). The TORPET (14): 3. October 1982. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ "Archives". Toronto PET Users Group. 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "News BRK". The Transactor. 4 (6). Transactor Publishing: 6–13. 1984. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ^ Beach, Bruce, ed. (1984). The Best of The TORPET Plus More for the Commodore 64 and the VIC-20. Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman. ISBN 0-7730-4080-3.