ANTIC Interview 108 - Tony Nicholson & John Babinchak II, Hi-Res Magazine

Tony Nicholson and John Babinchak II, Hi-Res Magazine

In this episode, two interviews for the price of one: two people who helped create Hi-Res Magazine — the computer magazine that only published four issues. First, we’ll hear from Tony Nicholson, the publisher of Hi-Res magazine; then John Babinchak, the editor of the magazine.

Hi-Res was a short-lived magazine dedicated to Atari 8-bit and Commodore 64 computers. It was published from late 1983 to early 1984. Although they didn’t publish months on the cover, I believe the first issue would have have a cover date of November 1983. Subsequent issues would have been January 1984, March 1984, and the final issue was May 1984. Hi-Res came to the Atari magazine party late in the game, fighting against magazines with established advertiser and subscriber bases. A.N.A.L.O.G. magazine started in January 1981, and ANTIC magazine’s first issue was April 1982. Creative Computing was starting its tenth year around that time.

You can read all four issues of Hi-Res at www.atarimagazines.com/hi-res/.

The interview with Tony took place September 24, 2015, the interview with John on September 29.

LINKS

Hi-Res at AtariMagazines.com: www.atarimagazines.com/hi-res/.

Hi-Res at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/@savetz?and[]=hi-res%20magazine