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The cover price in 1978 was 50p; in June 1980 it rose to 60p, June 1981 80p, 1984 85p and 1985 £1.

''Your Computer'' was a spin-off from ''Practical Computing''.

== Trivia ==

* The coverart was initially hand-drawn, later it went for occasional (but humorous) photographs, then finally a mix of photos and geometric graphic design.

* From October 1978 to OctonerOctober 1979 the magazine serialised the book ''Illustrating BASIC'' by Donald Alcock. This book was unusually written by hand rather than typeset, and featured little insects to show common programming errors or bugs.

* When it was more of a hobbyist magazine, Practical Computing published fiction -- usually stories with a computing or science fiction slant. A noted series was Richard Forsyth's ''Son of Hexadecimal Kid''<ref>[http://www.vintagecomputers.freeserve.co.uk/mags/praccomp/stories/ 1980s Vintage Computers - Practical Computing Stories<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>, which ran from September 1980 to December 1981.

* The magazine underwent two redesigns in its history, in 1982 and 1985. In 1985 the title font changed, losing its trademark 'mu' symbol, and the subtitle 'for business and professional micro users' appeared.