Yes, but I worked on a couple of sister publication, never Kilobaud. My
recollections are fuzzy, but the advent of the IBM PC and clones hastened
its demise. Rather than incorporate PC coverage into Kilobaud, the company
launched a new magazine, Desktop Computing, which left CP/M and S-100
coverage to Kilobaud. Apple II, TRS-80, and Commodore coverage was limited
in Kilobaud, too, because the company had magazines for all those systems.
We all knew in the early 80s that Kilobaud was doomed, and the best people
went to the new publications. Readership stayed strong, as I recall, but
advertising dropped dramatically after 1981. Also, IDG bought Wayne out at
about that time, and they probably had less patience than Wayne would have.
--Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Quebbeman" <dhquebbeman_at_theestopinalgroup.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 8:09 AM
Subject: RE: FW: TRS-80 Magazines
> Were you there at the end? The last issue I got had a
> different masthead, and IIRC, the internal format had
> changed.
>
> regards,
> -dq
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Nadeau [mailto:menadeau_at_mediaone.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 7:33 AM
> > To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> > Subject: Re: FW: TRS-80 Magazines
> >
> >
> > Kilobaud and Microcomputing were two separate magazines from different
> > publishers, but they never merged. "Kilobaud Microcomputing"
> > was always the
> > title of the publication. I worked for the publisher, Wayne
> > Green, who was
> > one of the people who started BYTE. When his ex-wife took
> > over BYTE, Wayne
> > started Kilobaud.
> >
> > --Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sellam Ismail" <foo_at_siconic.com>
> > To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 2:19 AM
> > Subject: Re: FW: TRS-80 Magazines
> >
> >
> > > On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > I don't know if the article you are looking for is in
> > Kilobaud, but I
> > > > worshiped that mag back then and it predates Byte by a
> > few years. In
> > fact,
> > > > I think it Became Byte.
> > >
> > > Not true on either count. Byte started at issue #1 in
> > September, 1975.
> > > Kilobaud Microcomputing started at the end of 1976 or
> > beginning of 1979.
> > > I don't have the issues in front of me to check but I
> > believe this is
> > > where you got it mixed up with Byte. Kilobaud and
> > Microcomputing were
> > > seperate mags that merged at some point.
> > >
> > > Sellam Ismail
> > Vintage Computer
> > Festival
> > >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > ------------
> > ----
> > > International Man of Intrigue and Danger
> > http://www.vintage.org
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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