Mini-Micro Systems

Mini-Micro Systems was a monthly computer industry trade magazine{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/10/business/new-from-silicon-valley-the-winchester-drive.html

|title=News From Silicon Valley: The Winchester Drive

|quote=Mini-Micro Systems, a computer trade magazine

|author=Michael S. Malone |date=January 10, 1982}}{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/29/business/computing-s-lusty-offspring.html

|title=Computing's Lusty Offspring

|author=N. R. Kleinfield |date=August 29, 1981}} published by Cahners Publishing.{{cite news

|newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/14/business/publisher-to-acquire-variety.html

|title=Publisher To Acquire Variety

|author=Geraldine Fabrikant |date=July 14, 1987}}

History

The magazine's Mini-Micro Systems title{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/29/business/advertising-people.html

|quote=publisher of Mini-Micro Systems magazine.

|title=Advertising: People |date=January 29, 1987}}{{cite web |website=Computer History Museum

|url=https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2017/05/102735948-05-01-acc.pdf

|title=M Geller Computer |quote=Folder 12 ... Mini-Micro Systems}} originated in 1976;{{cite web

|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/mini-micro-systems/oclc/2709139/editions?referer=di&editionsView=true

|title=Mini-Micro Systems}} previously it was named Modern Data.{{cite web

|url=https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102667762

|title=Mini-Micro Systems |access-date=July 14, 2021}}{{cite web

|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=s-henry-sacks&pid=191191432&fhid=8784

|title=S. SACKS Obituary (1928 - 2019)

|website=Legacy.com

|quote=President and Publisher of Mini-Micro Systems (formerly Modern Data)}} Some of their material was picked up by other computer periodicals.{{cite magazine |magazine=Atari Age

|url=https://atariage.com/forums/topic/312853-texas-instruments-news-from-mini-micro-systems-mag

|title=Texas Instruments news from Mini-Micro Systems Mag}} Publication of Mini-Micro ceased in 1989.{{cite web |website=Malden Public Library

|url=https://mpl.bibliocommons.com/item/show/1706785075

|title=Mini-Micro Systems (Magazine or Journal)

|quote=1976-1989 |issn=0364-9342}}

When computer periodicals were more numerous, The New York Times noted that the 1968-originated Modern Data title benefited from both a change in title and that they successfully "homed in exclusively on the mushrooming small computer field."

References

External Links

{{cite web|url=http://bitsavers.org/magazines/Mini-Micro_Systems/|title=Mini Micro System at BitSavers|website=bitsavers.org}}

Category:Defunct computer magazines published in the United States

Category:Professional and trade magazines