Enter (magazine)
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Enter was an American
magazine published from October 1983 to May 1985 by Children's Television Workshop (CTW, later renamed Sesame Workshop
). Only 17 issues were ever printed.
Similar to sibling titles Sesame Street
, The Electric Company
, and 3-2-1 Contact
magazines, the title was aimed at school-age children.
The focus of the magazine was, as declared on the cover, "The world of computers and new technology". Each issue included programs
in the BASIC
computer language, which readers could type into their own home computer.
Readers were introduced to technological innovations of the day, such as optical disc
recording technology, which was new at the time.
Unlike other magazines produced by CTW
, Enter did not tie into one of the television series produced by the organization. Perhaps for this reason, the magazine lasted only a few years. Beginning in June 1985, some of its features were folded into 3-2-1 Contact
magazine, which printed computer programs as part of an "Enter section" for a short while. This section was later re-named "BASIC training."
Out of Print Archives is slowly posting issues to there site here
Retromags have posted all the issues HERE
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magazine published from October 1983 to May 1985 by Children's Television Workshop (CTW, later renamed Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop
Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop , is a Worldwide American non-profit organization behind the production of several educational children's programs that have run on public broadcasting around the world...
). Only 17 issues were ever printed.
Similar to sibling titles Sesame Street
Sesame Street
Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...
, The Electric Company
The Electric Company
The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six seasons from October 25, 1971 to April 15, 1977...
, and 3-2-1 Contact
3-2-1 Contact
3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications. Dr. Edward G...
magazines, the title was aimed at school-age children.
The focus of the magazine was, as declared on the cover, "The world of computers and new technology". Each issue included programs
Computer program
A computer program is a sequence of instructions written to perform a specified task with a computer. A computer requires programs to function, typically executing the program's instructions in a central processor. The program has an executable form that the computer can use directly to execute...
in the BASIC
BASIC
BASIC is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code....
computer language, which readers could type into their own home computer.
Readers were introduced to technological innovations of the day, such as optical disc
Optical disc
In computing and optical disc recording technologies, an optical disc is a flat, usually circular disc which encodes binary data in the form of pits and lands on a special material on one of its flat surfaces...
recording technology, which was new at the time.
Unlike other magazines produced by CTW
CTW
CTW may refer to:* Sesame Workshop, formerly known as the Children's Television Workshop * CTW, the ICAO airline designator for Cargo Three, Panama* context tree weighting , a lossless compression and prediction algorithm...
, Enter did not tie into one of the television series produced by the organization. Perhaps for this reason, the magazine lasted only a few years. Beginning in June 1985, some of its features were folded into 3-2-1 Contact
3-2-1 Contact
3-2-1 Contact is an American science educational television show that aired on PBS from 1980 to 1988, and an adjoining children's magazine. The show, a production of the Children's Television Workshop, teaches scientific principles and their applications. Dr. Edward G...
magazine, which printed computer programs as part of an "Enter section" for a short while. This section was later re-named "BASIC training."
External links
- Cover image visible at Team Knight Rider
Out of Print Archives is slowly posting issues to there site here
Retromags have posted all the issues HERE