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{{Infobox magazine
| title = The TORPET
| image_file = The TORPET № 18.jpg
| image_caption = ''The TORPET'' № 18 (March/April 1983)
| frequency = Monthly
| publisher = Bruce Beach
| firstdate = November 1980
| finaldate =
| country = ]
| issn =
| editor = Bruce Beach
| paid_circulation =
}}

'''''The TORPET''''' was a ]-based ] directed at users of ]'s ] ]s.

==Publication history==

Though named for and associated with the ] (TPUG), the magazine was published independently of the club as a commercial enterprise with paid writers.<ref name="welcome" /><ref name="pays" /> Twenty-six issues were produced for TPUG from November 1980 to January 1984.<ref name="archive" />

In 1984 ''TORPET''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s owner and editor, Bruce Beach, dissociated the publication from TPUG and relaunched it as an ] journal, ]ming its name to ''Today's Oceanographic Research Program for Education & Training''.<ref name="welcome" /> TPUG launched its own computing journal, '']'', in February 1984.<ref name="transactor406" />

A 320-page anthology of ''The TORPET''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most popular articles, ''The Best of The TORPET Plus More for the Commodore 64 and the VIC-20'', was published in 1984 by ]. It featured ] for over a thousand ] programs, articles and cartoon strips teaching ] and ] programming, ]s, and user documentation for popular ].<ref name="best" />

==References==
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<ref name="best">{{cite book
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|title=The Best of The TORPET Plus More for the Commodore 64 and the VIC-20
|url=
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|page=
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|isbn=0-7730-4080-3
|accessdate=
}}</ref>

<ref name="transactor406">{{cite journal
|author=<!-- Staff writer; no byline -->
|month=
|year=1984
|title=News BRK
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|journal=]
|publisher=]
|volume=4
|issue=6
|pages=6–13
|doi=
|accessdate=29 December 2014
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<ref name="archive">{{cite web
|url=http://www.tpug.ca/club-archives/archives/
|title=Archives
|author=<!-- Staff writers; no byline -->
|date=2014
|website=]
|publisher=
|accessdate=28 December 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name="welcome">{{cite journal
|author-first=Jim
|author-last=Butterfield
|authorlink=Jim Butterfield
|date=Fall 1986
|title=Welcome to the ''TPUG''/''Transactor'' Pages
|url=http://www.tpug.ca/tpug-media/nl/tn-v1n1.htm
|journal=]
|publisher=]
|volume=1
|issue=1
|pages=
|doi=
|accessdate=29 December 2014
}}</ref>

<ref name="pays">{{cite journal
|author=<!-- staff writer; no byline -->
|month=October
|year=1982
|title=Torpet Pays $20.00 per Page for Articles
|url=http://mikenaberezny.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/softbox_mention_torpet_14_oct_1982.pdf
|journal=]
|publisher=
|volume=
|issue=14
|page=3
|doi=
|accessdate=29 December 2014
}}</ref>

}}

==External links==

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Revision as of 10:47, 29 December 2014

The TORPET
The TORPET № 18 (March/April 1983)
EditorBruce Beach
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherBruce Beach
First issueNovember 1980
CountryCanada

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), the magazine was published independently of the club as a commercial enterprise with paid writers. Twenty-six issues were produced for TPUG from November 1980 to January 1984.

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. TPUG launched its own computing journal, TPUG Magazine, in February 1984.

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.

References

  1. ^ Butterfield, Jim (Fall 1986). "Welcome to the TPUG/Transactor Pages". TPUG News. 1 (1). Toronto PET Users Group. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  2. "Torpet Pays $20.00 per Page for Articles" (PDF). The TORPET (14): 3. 1982. Retrieved 29 December 2014. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  3. "Archives". Toronto PET Users Group. 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  4. "News BRK". The Transactor. 4 (6). Transactor Publishing: 6–13. 1984. Retrieved 29 December 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |month= (help)
  5. 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.

External links

Commodore 8-bit computer magazines
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