The Grunt Press

[LeoBinkowski]

I've decided to release the Grunt Presses here, one a day. Here is today's very first available one, of the old Grunt Presses where the newly hired part-timers, including me, make our first appearance in print:

The_Grunt_Press_Issue_7.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

Issue 8 is only 6 pages, but some mentions of Tank Commander being worked on as well as the Roulette double pattern table by Ken Shimizu.

The_Grunt_Press_Issue_8.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

When I take over editing and publishing of the Grunt Press:

The_Grunt_Press_Issue_9.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

Christmas 1982 Issue:

The_Grunt_Press_Issue_10.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

January 6 1983 Issue:

I mention I'm working on PAC-MAN, Todd MacNaught starts on the Logo project, and Todd and Ken try to debug our NABU 1100 Development environment that uses MCP2, a version of CPM that also contains a portion of NABU IOS.

The_Grunt_Press_Issue_11.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

End of January 1983, Still plugging along on Roulette, Arthur working on 3D Tank Maze (aka Tank Commander)

The_Grunt_Press_Issue_12.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

The last of the copies I have of the Grunt Presses I personally edited. There were other editions, but they are lost in time.

The_Grunt_Press_Issue_13.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

The ALL NEW Grunt Press. Taken over by Marketing and published by Ed Hum. Spiffier look, less tech stuff, more humanity.

The_All_New_Grunt_Press_Vol_1.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

Valentine's Day 1983 Issue, Some great artwork. Mention of the Franchise Manual for Cable Operators (where is that?)

The_All_New_Grunt_Press_Vol_2.pdf

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[LeoBinkowski]

In this issue:

- Barbara Crook, NABU media nemesis
- The TURTLE CLUB, NABU's own cable access show! (I wish I could find some video on it)
- Ian Rae, Gordon Gow
- Chris Wallace and NABU are mentioned in Japan's MSX Magazine

The_All_New_Grunt_Press_Issue_3.pdf

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