14 Sep
1998
14 Sep
'98
10:10 a.m.
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'.
I like this kind of stuff, too.
We actually have a large pile of Popular Science magazines that are slowly
On Thu, 10 Sep 1998 sethm(a)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. 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. :)
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