The magazine, and its associated mail-order kit business, operated for its entirety out of Mitchell's home.

Mitchell has since released all material, books, and issues of the magazine as public domain on his websites[2] – "Not Copyright 2003 Colin Mitchell - you can copy anything - in fact you should copy all the projects and data sheets."

It is known as the first electronics magazine in the world to include a printed circuit board on the front cover.

Talking Electronics produced several bare-bones Z80-based learning computers, including the MicroComp and the TEC-1.

Towards the height of the magazine, Mitchell tried to take Talking Electronics to the United States, but was ultimately unsuccessful at distribution after printing 100,000 copies.