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Margot Comstock

1940 – 2022

American journalist

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About Margot Comstock

Lived 1940 – 2022 (aged 81). Margot Comstock was an American journalist.

Margot Comstock (formerly Margot Comstock Tommervik, – ) was co-founder and editor of Softalk magazine, which was influential in the Apple II community, as part of a growing personal computing movement.

Career Comstock worked as a freelance textbook editor, magazine article writer, and journalist. She also enjoyed playing games, and in 1979 she won more than $15,000 on the television game show Password. She and her husband Allan Tommervik purchased an Apple II+ with some of the money. She was enthusiastic about trying games and other software for the computer, along with its larger potential for helping people try new things. Comstock was 39 at the time. She set the vision for the magazine as taking a journalistic approach, instead of focusing on programming as other contemporary computer magazines did.

Comstock was an associate designer for Rama, an adventure game published in 1996.

Comstock gave a keynote presentation at KansasFest in 2014.

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Education
Heidelberg University
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Softalk
Also known as
Margot Comstock Tommervik, Margot Mary Comstock, The Glue

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Margot Comstock?

American journalist

When was Margot Comstock born?

Margot Comstock was born on 11 October 1940 in Paterson.

When did Margot Comstock die?

Margot Comstock died on 7 October 2022.

What was Margot Comstock's occupation?

Margot Comstock was a journalist.

What nationality was Margot Comstock?

Margot Comstock was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Margot Comstock

· Wikidata: Q114643323

· DBpedia: Margot Comstock

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