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Some links inside the article. Byte magazine was plenty of ads, and articles can continue after jumping 300 pages Start: https://archive.org/details/byte-magaz

Some links inside the article. Byte magazine was plenty of ads, and articles can continue after jumping 300 pages Start: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-08/page/n137/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-08/page/n137/... Continuation: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-08/page/n405/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-08/page/n405/... Results: https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-08/page/n411/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1984-08/page/n411/...

blakesterz 6y ago
I love looking trough the ads! An Apple II, and a color printer from Apple. Compuserve's CB Simulator. Ads for drives that hold Megbytes of data. So many different peripherals and PC makers. UltraPlan Spreadsheet Calculator. An ad for an Assembler. One for Unix Sys V from AT&T. Modem after modem. Compuserve's CB Simulator sounds like it must've been awesome!
- C1sc0cat 6y ago
  Seeing the article about the "Transputer" was interesting especially given the announcement of the UK government's investment into quantum computing.
- siffland 6y ago
  From the beginning of Byte magazine until about 1984 are really fun to read. The ads were probably annoying at the time of release, but not they are fun and interesting to read. I like the 1983 issue with imaging where they are talking about movie effects for "Tron" and "Revenge of the Jedi". I wished they would of had more UNIX in the issues, however it was usually unaffordable. But a fun look, at least for me, to the history of computing. And who does not like an ad for a 8MB, $3999 disk drive subsystem.
  - magoghm 6y ago
    The ads were not annoying at the time of release. I really enjoyed reading those ads and finding out about products specs and prices, remember that we didn’t have the Web back then and Byte magazine was my main source of information about what was available.
    - Someone 6y ago
      Indeed. Complaining about the ads in Byte would have been like complaining about the ads in the yellow pages. Byte almost was reverse Playboy: you almost didn’t read it for the articles.
      - therealcamino 6y ago
        Even more true for Computer Shopper! At its peak it was probably an inch thick every month, and 99% ads. But in pre-Internet days, very useful.
      - C1sc0cat 6y ago
        Really! the articles where the main point - just whish I had had the nerve to use the $25 diy modem Steve Garcia for one project instead of paying £300 for an answer and £600 for an answer originate.
        rsecora 6y ago
        ¿Steve Ciarcia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia
        vram22 6y ago
        >Steve Garcia Steve Ciarcia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia His BYTE electronics DIY project articles in his Circuit Cellar column were so well-written that I used to enjoy browsing them even though I'm not an electronics guy, gleaning what I could about the topic. He even did one about a 32-bit computer, when 8 and 16 bits were still the standard! The Definicon motherboard/CPU, I think it was about.
  - dan_hawkins 6y ago
    "Revenge of the Jedi" - you mean "Return of the Jedi" right? :D Although "Revenge of the Jedi" would be awesome!
    - cgh 6y ago
      The original title was actually Revenge of the Jedi and there are still old posters and ads around for it, eg https://entertainment.time.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/05/film_poster_revenge_of_the_jedi.jpg https://entertainment.time.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/20...
      - mixmastamyk 6y ago
        A later (earlier) chapter became "Revenge of the Sith."
- bitwize 6y ago
  CB Simulator was basically IRC before that became a thing. It even had channels. Probably blew a few minds in 1980 though!
- emidln 6y ago
  The International Journal of PoC||GTFO [0] includes a lot of old tech ads if you're into that thing. A nice touch alongside the hardcore engineering feats you see in the publication. [0] https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/ https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/
- icedchai 6y ago
  I remember using the CB Simulator when I was a young teen back in the 80's! That was my first introduction to multi-user stuff. It was cutting edge for the time.
  - lakkal 6y ago
    Same here, and it really sharpened my typing skill.
GrumpyNl 6y ago
Thqnx for that, my first pc is on the next page, the apricot. Paid around 9.000 gulden which is around 4.300 euro for it.

blakesterz 6y ago

I love looking trough the ads! An Apple II, and a color printer from Apple. Compuserve's CB Simulator. Ads for drives that hold Megbytes of data. So many different peripherals and PC makers. UltraPlan Spreadsheet Calculator. An ad for an Assembler. One for Unix Sys V from AT&T. Modem after modem. Compuserve's CB Simulator sounds like it must've been awesome!

C1sc0cat 6y ago
Seeing the article about the "Transputer" was interesting especially given the announcement of the UK government's investment into quantum computing.
siffland 6y ago
From the beginning of Byte magazine until about 1984 are really fun to read. The ads were probably annoying at the time of release, but not they are fun and interesting to read. I like the 1983 issue with imaging where they are talking about movie effects for "Tron" and "Revenge of the Jedi". I wished they would of had more UNIX in the issues, however it was usually unaffordable. But a fun look, at least for me, to the history of computing. And who does not like an ad for a 8MB, $3999 disk drive subsystem.
- magoghm 6y ago
  The ads were not annoying at the time of release. I really enjoyed reading those ads and finding out about products specs and prices, remember that we didn’t have the Web back then and Byte magazine was my main source of information about what was available.
  - Someone 6y ago
    Indeed. Complaining about the ads in Byte would have been like complaining about the ads in the yellow pages. Byte almost was reverse Playboy: you almost didn’t read it for the articles.
    - therealcamino 6y ago
      Even more true for Computer Shopper! At its peak it was probably an inch thick every month, and 99% ads. But in pre-Internet days, very useful.
    - C1sc0cat 6y ago
      Really! the articles where the main point - just whish I had had the nerve to use the $25 diy modem Steve Garcia for one project instead of paying £300 for an answer and £600 for an answer originate.
      - rsecora 6y ago
        ¿Steve Ciarcia? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia
      - vram22 6y ago
        >Steve Garcia Steve Ciarcia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Ciarcia His BYTE electronics DIY project articles in his Circuit Cellar column were so well-written that I used to enjoy browsing them even though I'm not an electronics guy, gleaning what I could about the topic. He even did one about a 32-bit computer, when 8 and 16 bits were still the standard! The Definicon motherboard/CPU, I think it was about.
- dan_hawkins 6y ago
  "Revenge of the Jedi" - you mean "Return of the Jedi" right? :D Although "Revenge of the Jedi" would be awesome!
  - cgh 6y ago
    The original title was actually Revenge of the Jedi and there are still old posters and ads around for it, eg https://entertainment.time.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/05/film_poster_revenge_of_the_jedi.jpg https://entertainment.time.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/20...
    - mixmastamyk 6y ago
      A later (earlier) chapter became "Revenge of the Sith."
bitwize 6y ago
CB Simulator was basically IRC before that became a thing. It even had channels. Probably blew a few minds in 1980 though!
emidln 6y ago
The International Journal of PoC||GTFO [0] includes a lot of old tech ads if you're into that thing. A nice touch alongside the hardcore engineering feats you see in the publication. [0] https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/ https://www.alchemistowl.org/pocorgtfo/
icedchai 6y ago
I remember using the CB Simulator when I was a young teen back in the 80's! That was my first introduction to multi-user stuff. It was cutting edge for the time.
- lakkal 6y ago
  Same here, and it really sharpened my typing skill.

GrumpyNl 6y ago

Thqnx for that, my first pc is on the next page, the apricot. Paid around 9.000 gulden which is around 4.300 euro for it.