28 May
1998
28 May
'98
3:55 p.m.
I took out from the library a sort of collection: 20 years of byte
with some historic articles, ads ,etc. from BYTE's point of view in
1994. I liked the timeline, but the articles are very boring and
technical. One of the IBM ads says,"The IBM Personal Computer starts
at less than $1600 for a system that, with the addition of one simple
device, hooks up to your home TV and uses your audio cassette
recorder" (1982:1p61). Would this one device be a TRS-80?
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28 May
28 May
4:05 p.m.
The rumor is, by the way, that July, 1998, is likely to be the last
issue of Byte. Apparently, 90% of the Byte staff was dismissed today.
Max Eskin wrote:
I took out from the library a sort of collection: 20 years of byte
with some historic articles, ads ,etc. from BYTE's point of view in
1994. I liked the timeline, but the articles are very boring and
technical. One of the IBM ads says,"The IBM Personal Computer starts
at less than $1600 for a system that, with the addition of one simple
device, hooks up to your home TV and uses your audio cassette
recorder" (1982:1p61). Would this one device be a TRS-80?
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5:17 p.m.
At 06:05 PM 5/28/98 -0700, you wrote:
The rumor is, by the way, that July, 1998, is likely to
be the last
issue of Byte. Apparently, 90% of the Byte staff was dismissed today.
It's no loss IMO. Byte hasn't been worth the paper it was printed on
for a looonnggg time. The same thing happened to Popular Electronics,
another of good OLD magazines.
Joe
29 May
29 May
9:40 a.m.
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4:36 p.m.
On Fri, 29 May 1998, Tony Duell wrote:
Are there _any_ good electronics/computer mags left
now (especially in
the UK)? Elektor used to be good, but recently it's all been
pre-programmed PLDs with no idea as to what's in them, controlled by
binary-only software for Microsoft OS's. No interest there for me...
Check out _The Computer Journal_ (http://www.psyber.com/~tcj) (our own
Allison parent contributes articles). You might also want to see if you
can get _Nuts&Volts_ over there. Is _Midnight Engineering_ still around?
Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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2 p.m.
New subject: Coco 3
In while, Will get the coco 3 (128K) version.
I do got the cartidges for it too.
What good about it and any thing I can play with especially BASIC and
mayble play in 6809 assembly for fun?
If is not that right one, anyone recommand something to "play
at hardware level and learn about programming and such.
boy, I feel like newbie to that kind of level.
Jason D.
email: jpero(a)cgo.wave.ca
Pero, Jason D.
30 May
30 May
5:53 a.m.
New subject: Coco 3
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29 May
29 May
5:16 a.m.
At 18:05 28-05-98 -0700, you wrote:
The rumor is, by the way, that July, 1998, is likely to
be the last
issue of Byte. Apparently, 90% of the Byte staff was dismissed today.
No rumor. Check out CNET's article:
http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,22532,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh
Max Eskin wrote:
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> I took out from the library a sort of collection: 20 years of byte
--snip--
Oh well, there goes the $$ that I paid recently to renew my subscription.
Lately, the mag hasn't been quite what it once was. The Grand Olde Days
back in the first 5 or 6 years or so were the best as far as most of us may
be concerned I think. What was the other mag that Jerry Pournelle wrote a
column for?
-- Chris
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Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian
Jamestown, NY USA
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6:46 a.m.
At 06:05 PM 5/28/98 -0700, you wrote:
The rumor is, by the way, that July, 1998, is likely to
be the last
issue of Byte. Apparently, 90% of the Byte staff was dismissed today.
Max Eskin wrote:
Wonderful timing! I just renewed for two years.
Charlie Fox
I took out from the library a sort of collection: 20 years of byte
with some historic articles, ads ,etc. from BYTE's point of view in
1994. I liked the timeline, but the articles are very boring and
technical. One of the IBM ads says,"The IBM Personal Computer starts
at less than $1600 for a system that, with the addition of one simple
device, hooks up to your home TV and uses your audio cassette
recorder" (1982:1p61). Would this one device be a TRS-80?
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