Popular science used to be a good magazine, until they changed
editors a few years ago and it became much less informative.
While before they had some real journalism, now it's just constant
articles about 'the new superplane'.
>On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 sethm_at_loomcom.com wrote:
>
>> > Is anyone interested in the Popular Science review of the Lisa?
I've
>> > stumbled across that particular issue and if any one is interested
I'll
>> > get it scanned and uploaded.
>> >
>> > colan
>>
>> I'd love to see it! Thanks for letting us know.
>>
>> Next to old computers themselves, my next favorite collectible is
>> classic computer collateral -- ads, catalog entries, old photos,
>> that kind of thing.
>
>I like this kind of stuff, too.
>
>We actually have a large pile of Popular Science magazines that are
slowly
>degrading in the basement. We were going to throw them out, so I got
busy
>with a razor blade and cut out a lot of things. Unfortunatley that got
my
>father and I reading the old issues, and as a result they still haven't
>been thrown out. But I do have a binder full of interesting
>computer-related stuff.
>
>The single-system reviews I've collected from Popular Science are:
>
>Apple ///
>Xerox 820
>Timex Sinclair 1000
>Apple Lisa
>Epson QX-10
>Access
>Kaypro 10
>Gavilan
>Macintosh
>Sinclair QL
>Acorn (unknown model, it's just called the Acorn in the article, looks
> like BBC-B)
>Kaypro 2000
>Amiga
>Atari 520ST
>Macintosh Plus
>
>A lot of other computers are mentioned (and photographed!) in articles
or
>mini-reviews, including:
>
>Sinclair ZX80
>VIC-20
>TRS-80 Pocket Computer
>Sharp PC-1211
>NewBrain
>TRS-80 Color Computer
>TRS-80 Model III
>IBM-PC
>NEC PC-8001A
>Osborne 1
>APF Imagination Machine
>Casio FX-9000P
>TI-99/4A
>HP-86
>Sony SMC-70
>Olivetti M20
>Commodore BX256
>Zenith Z200
>Commodore Max
>Astrocade
>Altos
>Cromemco
>.
>.
>.
>(the list is lengthier than I want to type ;) )
>
>There are also ads for things like the TI-99/2 with Bill Cosby, the
Adam,
>the PMC-80, Ohio Scientific Challenger, Atari 400, Color Computer with
>Isaac Asimov, VIC-20 with William Shatner, etc, etc, etc...
>
>Lots of cool articles on computer technology stuff, too.
>
>If you cut up Popular Science magazines and condense them to just the
>computer stuff, you end up with a really interesting read. :)
>
>> -Seth
>
>Doug Spence
>ds_spenc_at_alcor.concordia.ca
>http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
>
>
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Received on Mon Sep 14 1998 - 17:10:03 BST