PET to S100 bus interface

From: Captain Napalm <spc_at_armigeron.com>
Date: Tue May 6 15:28:50 1997

It was thus said that the Great Doug Spence once stated:
>
> BTW, is it possible to purchase complete collections of BYTE magazine on
> Microfiche, etc? And for what kind of frightening sum? I'm afraid I
> don't have a collection of those... only a single magazine from 1982, then
> my next issue features the Amiga 3000. :/

  Maybe. But be wary of getting a complete collection though. While I
haven't read a Byte magazine in several years, (since the early 90s), those
that I have seen I tend to group into three catagories:


        1. Hobby Era (start of publication to late 83/early 84)

           Many articles about specific machines, hardware and software
           wise. Most program listings are in assembly or BASIC, although
           you will find the occasional Lisp, Forth or (Tiny)-C listing.
           The peak is ~79/80.

        2. Journal Era (early 84 to late 87/early 88)

           More scholarly type articles (more like papers), less hardware
           and hobbiest oriented articles abound. More theory related
           articles. The peak is ~85/86.

        3. PC Rag Era (early 88 through the 90s)

           This actually started with the introduction of the IBM PS/2
           line in late 87, although the real shift wasn't noticible until
           sometime in 88. The emphasis shifted more towards product
           reviews, mostly PCs and PC related hardware/software. I stopped
           reading Byte in early to mid 90 and haven't really looked at
           it since, so it might have shifted once again.

  My own collection of Byte starts with August of 85 (Amiga 1000 is the
cover story) and ends somewhere in late 89 or early 90. The library at the
university I attended had issues starting from Jan '77 (which I read 8-).
The dates given here are approximate, looking at a Byte from 1980, then 1985
then 1990 will show almost three different magazines.

  -spc (It started sliding when Robert Tinney stopped doing magazine covers,
        (~87) then it nose dived once Steve Ciarcia stopped writing hardware
        articles, (~88 or 89) although there are some that think it started
        way back in '77 when Pournelle started his column)
Received on Tue May 06 1997 - 15:28:50 BST