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  • Byte, October 1975

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    Byte, October 1975

    Byte was a very long running computer magazine that ran from 1975 until 1998 and continued with an online presence until 2013. It was more technically oriented than most magazines and covered a wider range of material beyond just computers you were likely to use at home. In 1975 computers generally came in kit form requiring assembly, including soldering and needless to say were quite limited. The October 1975 issue includes:

    Foreground

    • Add A Kluge Harp To Your Computer (Fun and Games)
    • LIFE Line 2 (Software)
    • A Quick Test of Keyboards (Hardware)
    • Add A Stack To Your 8008 (Hardware)
    • A Noval Assembler For The 8008 (Software)
    • Asynchronitis (Hardware)
    • Build A Graphics Interface (Hardware)

    Background

    • Television Interface (Hardware)
    • Modular Construction (Hardware)
    • Buck Rogers And The Home Computer (Speculation)

    Nucleus

    • Speaking of Computers
    • Letters
    • Clubs and Newsletters
    • A Word From The Publisher
    • Book Reviews
    • Bits and Pieces
    • Reader’s Service
    • The BYTE Questionaire

    …and more!


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  • Old magazines, a window into the past

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    Reading an old magazine is a bit like looking through a window in time that propels you back to days long gone. Whether it’s magazines about gaming (like Zzap!64, Commodore Format, …) or the ones focused on the more serious use of computers (like 64’er, Byte, …), they all share that same quality: they recount a moment in history and preserve it for future generations.

    One such magazine I acquired recently conveys such a very important moment in computing and Commodore’s history; Byte Magazine of October ’77.

    For instance, the magazine holds some of the first ads for what’s to become the “trinity” of home computers: The Commodore PET, the Apple II and the TRS-80.

    The most striking piece of history that is immortalized in the magazine however, is the account of the Dallas National Computer Conference (NCC), held on June 13th 1977. Normally the event showcased the big computer companies like IBM, GE, National Semiconductor, … but in 1977 the organizers decided to try out something new and created an extra exhibition hall for the microcomputer companies, which they called the Personal Computing Fair.

    via  Old magazines, a window into the past.


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