It was sometimes referred to as PCW (although that abbreviation is more commonly associated with Personal Computer World magazine).

[1] Its subject range was general, covering gaming, business, and productivity software.

The founding company was Sunshine Publications[2] based in London and the launch editor was Duncan Scot.

It was noteworthy for being the UK's only national weekly computer magazine of the time, and for its back page being dominated by an advertisement in the form of a comic strip, Piman, by the firm Automata UK between the years 1983 and 1986.

A further noteworthy feature of the early editions was the high-quality artwork on the magazine covers.