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From: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.arch
Subject: Re: R.I.P BYTE
Message-ID: <4454@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 9 Aug 88 14:22:28 GMT
References: <37928@linus.UUCP>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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in article <37928@linus.UUCP>, munck@linus.UUCP (Robert Munck) says:
> Xref: cbmvax comp.misc:3350 comp.arch:6141

> Well, they've got good company for their trip down the toilet: Popular 
> Electronics, the old CoCo magazine (can't even remember its name), Electronics, 
> most ACM publications, Apartment Life, Look, Colliers, ... (getting a bit 
> afield here.)  Boy's Life,...

> Fortunately, good new mags come along all the time too.  Micro/systems, ...

Personally, I think Micro/Systems is getting ready for the flushing ceremony too.
Back when it was "Micro/Systems Journal For the Advanced Computer User", it
wasn't bad, if a little on the thin side.  That was only last year.  Now it's
"Micro/Systems Journal For the PC Systems Integrator", and doesn't seem to care
all that much about the advanced computer user.  I guess it's not completely
useless yet; I usually find an interesting article or two per issue (as opposed
to 0, on the average, in today's BYTE).  Dr. Dobbs is in the same category these
days; it's almost useful enough to keep, but I probably wouldn't miss it if I
stopped subscribing.  I read Dobbs years ago when it was really good, then 
stopped for awhile.  I started up again when it was one of the optional 
replacement rags for the remaining 2.5 years on my Creative Computing 
subscription.  And it's been steadily drifting downhill.  Like BYTE, it wouldn't
bother me so much if I hadn't read it in it's better days.  There's probably 
still some hope for Dr. Dobbs and Micro/Systems, though.  BYTE is certainly 
lost for all times.

>                         -- Bob Munck
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