6 Nov
1998
6 Nov
'98
9:04 a.m.
Hello everybody
Have just subscribed to the list but want to say hi to the members.
My projects involve bringing an Altair back to life and trying to save
some of the software, migrating from cassette to audio CD and adding
to documentation.
Just curious if anyone remembers a magazine called "Kilobaud" - Seems
like it had a short life.
Chuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com
6 Nov
6 Nov
1:14 a.m.
Yes I have a couple of years of back issues back in Houston TX. It was a
great mag John
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Subject: Short Intro
Hello everybody
Have just subscribed to the list but want to say hi to the members.
My projects involve bringing an Altair back to life and trying to save
some of the software, migrating from cassette to audio CD and adding
to documentation.
Just curious if anyone remembers a magazine called "Kilobaud" - Seems
like it had a short life.
Chuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com
2:03 a.m.
New subject: Kilobaud Magazine
Chuck Swiger wrote:
Just curious if anyone remembers a magazine called "Kilobaud" - Seems
like it had a short life.
Sure do ! In fact right on my computer desk is the first and second issue
of Kilobauddated January & February 1977.. On page 34 is a nice article on
the Apple 1, called the "Amazing Apple".. also a good feature on the
powerful Z-80 processor, stating how it will crush the competition..
<Grin> Also one on the powerful RCA 1802 HeHe!!!
My oldest magazine is a "Byte Magazine" dated November 1976 , issue 15
Phil...
7:42 p.m.
New subject: Kilobaud Magazine
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Subject: Kilobaud Magazine
Chuck Swiger wrote:
Kilobaud was a spin-off from "73" Magazine, a mag for amateur radio operators.
"73" publisher Wayne Green originally put the computer hobbyist articles in 73,
but when the amount of computer articles started to choke out the ham radio
articles, he created a new magazine called "Kilobaud". There was still the
occasional computer article in 73, but usually only those that directly applied to
ham radio. I had the first issue when I was younger, because I was a
subscriber to 73 and IIRC Green sent all 73 subscribers a couple of copies of
Kilobaud to try and get us to subscribe to it as well.
That's where I saw my first KIM-1 ad and my first COSMAC Elf ad, and it took
me until last year to finally get a KIM (actually, I have two. One with a neat
history, one that's a little cleaner.)
Paul Braun
NerdWare -- The History of the PC and the Nerds who brought it to you.
nerdware(a)laidbak.com
www.laidbak.com/nerdware
Just curious if anyone remembers a magazine called "Kilobaud" - Seems
like it had a short life.
9:36 p.m.
New subject: Kilobaud Magazine
Paul Braun wrote:
Kilobaud was a spin-off from "73" Magazine,
a mag for amateur radio operators.
"73" publisher Wayne Green originally put the computer hobbyist articles in
73,
but when the amount of computer articles started to choke out the ham radio
articles, he created a new magazine called "Kilobaud". There was still the
occasional computer article in 73, but usually only those that directly applied to
ham radio. I had the first issue when I was younger, because I was a
subscriber to 73 and IIRC Green sent all 73 subscribers a couple of copies of
Kilobaud to try and get us to subscribe to it as well.
That's where I saw my first KIM-1 ad and my first COSMAC Elf ad, and it took
me until last year to finally get a KIM (actually, I have two. One with a neat
history, one that's a little cleaner.)
Actually, Green founded Byte first, lost it in a reportedly rather
nasty divorce combined with a fight with the senior editor, then
started up Kilobaud. Eventually he sold off his magazine empire,
but got "73" back when the new publishers didn't know what to do
with it. Obviously they didn't know what to do with computer
magazines either, since I don't think any of them lasted more than
a year after the sale.
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
WARNING: The Attorney General has determined that Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms can be hazardous to your health -- and get away with it.
7 Nov
7 Nov
4:39 a.m.
New subject: Kilobaud Magazine
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, Paul Braun wrote:
Hey, thanks to all who replied - yes, I though Wayne was involved in
that rag.
I used to be a very loyal 'Byte' subscriber - sure wish I'd kept
those earlier one (before it started to get REAL thick and pc-centric).
'Byte's early years were fun for hardware hackers - I wonder if
anybody actually got their 'barcode' software publishing scheme
to work. They had a few issues with pages of barcodes you were
supposedly able to read in with a wand.
Some issues had ad's for an actual vinyl LP record of cassette
software. Bet those are pretty rare!
Chuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com
Chuck Swiger wrote:
Kilobaud was a spin-off from "73" Magazine, a mag for amateur radio operators.
"73" publisher Wayne Green originally put the computer hobbyist articles in 73,
but when the amount of computer articles started to choke out the ham radio
Just curious if anyone remembers a magazine called "Kilobaud" - Seems
like it had a short life.
5:17 a.m.
New subject: Kilobaud Magazine
'Byte's early years were fun for hardware
hackers - I wonder if
anybody actually got their 'barcode' software publishing scheme
to work. They had a few issues with pages of barcodes you were
supposedly able to read in with a wand.
I can also recall some MacUser's from the mid-80's had some scheme where
you could read in programs from the magazine with some form of wand, never
really took of tho.
Our uni library has most of the early Byte's all properly bound etc, I
often go and peruse the early editions. One of the stranger articles I
came across was an article on building a bio-feedback device from (June?)
1979.
Karl
6 Nov
6 Nov
1:33 p.m.
Hi Chuck,
Welcome to the list. I'm also restoring an Altair. I have all the
Kilobaud magazines for the first two or three years.
Joe
At 03:04 PM 11/6/98 -0500, you wrote:
Hello everybody
Have just subscribed to the list but want to say hi to the members.
My projects involve bringing an Altair back to life and trying to save
some of the software, migrating from cassette to audio CD and adding
to documentation.
Just curious if anyone remembers a magazine called "Kilobaud" - Seems
like it had a short life.
Chuck
cswiger(a)widomaker.com
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