The Transactor Online Archive

This is an online archive of The Transactor magazine, provided with permission. The Transactor was a popular magazine for the old 8-bit Commodore computers, which was renowned for its overall high quality and the unusually deep technical level of its articles. As a bonus, it was also produced in Canada. ;-)

The issues are presented in the form of large JPEG and PNG images. The magazine was printed with black & white pages inside of a color jacket (with cool art work), so the color jacket is in color-JPEG format and the inside pages are in grayscale-PNG format. All images are scaled to 1110 pixels wide by approximately 1500 high, to fit across an 1152-pixel screen.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BULK-DOWNLOAD THIS SITE. Contact me to make special arrangements.

Index

• Volume 1, Issue 01, April 30, 1978 (PDF)
• Volume 1, Issue 02, June 15, 1978 (PDF)
• Volume 3, Issue 02
• Volume 4, Issue 01, July 1983
• Volume 4, Issue 02, September 1983 -- Jim Butterfield Centerfold!
• Volume 4, Issue 03, November 1983
• Volume 4, Issue 04, January 1984
• Volume 4, Issue 05, March 1984 -- Special Reference Issue
• Volume 4, Issue 06, May 1984 -- BASIC Construction
• Volume 5, Issue 01, July 1984 -- Sound and Graphics
• Volume 5, Issue 02, September 1984 -- The Transition to Machine Language
• Volume 5, Issue 03, November 1984 -- Software Protection And Privacy
• Volume 5, Issue 04, January 1985 -- Business And Education
• Volume 5, Issue 05, March 1985 -- Hardware and Peripherals
• Volume 5, Issue 06, May 1985 -- Programming Aids and Utilities
• Volume 6, Issue 01, July 1985 -- More Programming Aids & Utilities
• Volume 6, Issue 02, September 1985 -- Networking and Communications
• Volume 6, Issue 03, November 1985 -- The Languages
• Volume 6, Issue 04, January 1986 -- Implementing the Sciences
• Volume 6, Issue 05, March 1986 -- Hardware and Software Interfacing
• Volume 6, Issue 06, May 1986 -- Real Life Applications
• Volume 7, Issue 01, July 1986 -- ROM Routines / Kernel Routines
• Volume 7, Issue 02, September 1986 -- Games "From the Inside Out"
• Volume 7, Issue 03, November 1986 -- Programming The Chips
• Volume 7, Issue 04, January 1987 -- Gizmos and Gadgets
• Volume 7, Issue 05, March 1987 -- More Languages
• Volume 7, Issue 06, May 1987 -- Simulations and Modelling
• Volume 8, Issue 01, July 1987 -- Math
• Volume 8, Issue 02, September 1987 -- Operating Systems
• Volume 8, Issue 03, November 1987
• Volume 8, Issue 04, January 1988
• Volume 8, Issue 05, March 1988
• Volume 8, Issue 06, May 1988
• Volume 9, Issue 01, September 1988
• Volume 9, Issue 02, December 1988
• Volume 9, Issue 03, February 1989
• Volume 9, Issue 04, April 1989
• Volume 9, Issue 05, June 1989
• Volume 9, Issue 06, August 1989
• Transactor Disks
• The Complete Commodore Inner Space Anthology (March 1985)

Sadly, I don't have access to the early issues that aren't present here.

Miscellaneous Info

Here is some miscellaneous info about The Transactor.