Acorn User

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Acorn User magazine was founded by Acorn Computers in 1981 to coincide with the launch of the BBC Micro. It later became an independent publication and was published monthly in the United Kingdom from July/August 1982. It covered the range of Acorn home computers from the BBC Micro, Atom and Electron in the early days to the Archimedes and Risc PC. In 1989 the name changed to BBC Acorn User, reflecting the BBC branding of most Acorn computers (and the ownership of its publishing company, Redwood Publishing), but the old title was restored a few years later when the magazine was sold to Europress. The magazine later incorporated Acorn Computing and Archimedes World magazines. Even when compatible hardware was released by RiscStation, Castle, MicroDigital, and Advantage 6 the magazine continued with the Acorn name whilst covering the extended range of hardware.

In 2004 the magazine merged with Acorn Publisher magazine and changed its name to Qercus. It is now published by Finnybank Ltd nine times a year with the name "Acorn User" continuing to feature on the cover of Qercus magazine along with the names "Archimedes World" and "Acorn Computing".