s of July 2019, this is no longer the nearly complete collection – it is now complete, at least as far as regular issues are concerned. It took several years of checking eBay and waiting for a few remaining issues to become available, but my patience (and yours) has now been rewarded. I may still be missing some special issues, similar to the 1987 PC Tech Journal Directory, but it’s hard to say, since I don’t have a complete publication schedule. I’ve also created links to all the Microsoft Languages NewsLetters that were published in PC Tech Journal, as well as an assortment of PC Tech Journal Disks containing published source code listings and more.

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