Byte Magazine Archive 1975 to 1995 (opens in new tab)

(worldradiohistory.com)

57 pointsoldnetguy1mo ago9 comments

9 comments

Jerry Pournelle reviewed my 4X game Anacreon back in 1989:

He basically complained about all the bugs and usability problems with it for 90% of the review. But then:

"The game of the month is clearly Anacreon; despite its problems, it's playable and the flavor is good, much like Beam Piper's old Space Viking series. Also, the author is busily fixing bugs even as I write this. (I called him a few minutes ago and read him what I've said.)"

Those were simpler days.

https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Consumer/Archive-B...

jhbadger1mo ago

I remember Anacreon! I used to play that, and another Turbo Pascal game called BEGIN that was a sort of port of the Star Fleet Battles board game on my first PC clone that I got in the early 1990s aftet leaving the 8-bit world.

Smalltalker-801mo ago

I have this stored locally, of course. And re-bought one physical issue from 1981, that defined computer interaction and programming as we know it today. Say my name... :-) https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-08

gnabgib1mo ago

Popular in 2023 (223 points, 99 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34397245

Also on the Internet Archive (274 points, 2018, 111 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17683184

wewewedxfgdf1mo ago

I think I own most of them in print I wonder if its worth much.

glimshe1mo ago

If you are patient, you could name some money by selling them individually on eBay

OhMeadhbh1mo ago

I think you can get all the same content at the internet archive without the mandatory tracking cookies.

techcode1mo ago

1990-01: "At last, an assistant that follows your directions"

justin661mo ago

Are any of the overseas or foreign language editions archived anywhere?

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