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Its last appearance is in the May 1984 issue, which included values for 183 machines. This issue included a note that the many criticisms of the system had been taken to heart and a new benchmark program was under design.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Creative Computing |date=May 1984 |page=6 |first=David |last=Ahl |title=Creative Computing Benchmark |url=https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing-1984-05/page/n9}}</ref> However, such a program never appeared in the magazine, which increasingly focused on the business market that was coming to dominate [[personal computer]]s in that era.

The benchmark continued to be used as a general-purpose tool after this date,<ref> {{cite magazine |magazine=Creative Computing |date=May 1985 |first=Glenn |last=Hart |pages=46, 48, 51-52 |title=Microsoft BASIC 2.0 for the Mac |url=https://archive.org/stream/creativecomputing-1985-05/Creative_Computing_v11_n05_1985_May#page/n55}}</ref> but as the importance of BASIC dwindled it became less common.

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