Editing Popular Electronics (section)

== Computers & Electronics ==
[[File:Computers Electronics Nov 1982.jpg|thumb|right| Popular Electronics becomes Computers & Electronics. (November 1982)]]
''Popular Electronics'' continued with a full range of construction projects using the newest technologies such as microprocessors and other programmable devices. In November 1982 the magazine became ''Computers & Electronics''. There were more equipment reviews and fewer construction projects. One of the last major projects was a bidirectional [[analog-to-digital converter]] for the Apple II computer published in July and August 1983. Art Salsberg left at the end of 1983 and Seth R. Alpert became editor. The magazine dropped all project articles and just reviewed hardware and software. The circulation was almost 600,000 in January 1985 when Forrest Mims wrote about the tenth anniversary of the Altair 8800 computer.

In October 1984 Art Salsberg started a competing magazine, ''[[Modern Electronics]]''. Editor Alexander W. Burawa and contributors Forrest Mims, Len Feldman, and [[Glenn Hauser]] moved to ''Modern Electronics''. Here is how Art Salsberg described the new magazine.<ref name="ModernElectronics">{{cite magazine | author = Art Salsberg |date=October 1984 | title = A Warm Welcome |magazine= Modern Electronics | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | page =4 | publisher = Modern Electronics Inc.}}</ref>

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Directed to enthusiasts like yourselves, who savor learning more about the latest developments in electronics and computer hardware, Modern Electronics shows you what's new in the world of electronics/computers, how this equipment works, how to use them, and construction plans for useful electronic devices.

Many of you probably know of me from my decade-long stewardship of Popular Electronics magazine, which changed its name and editorial philosophy last year to distance itself from active electronics enthusiasts who move fluidly across electronics and computer product areas. In a sense, then, Modern Electronics is the successor to the original concept of Popular Electronics …
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The last issue of ''Computers & Electronics'' was April 1985. The magazine still had 600,000 readers but the intense competition from other computer magazines resulted in flat advertising revenues.<ref name = "InfoWorld 1985">{{cite magazine | last = McCarthy | first = Michael | title = End of an Era |magazine= InfoWorld | volume = 7
 | issue = 11 | page =13 | date = March 18, 1985 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4i4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13 | issn = 0199-6649 | publisher = InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.}}Ziff-Davis Publishing would discontinue ''Computers & Electronics'' due to flat ad revenues. ''Creative Computing'' magazine would continue.</ref>