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For anyone not aware, pretty much every BYTE issue is in the Archive. If you have a favorite article from childhood that you want to update for your kids, it's

For anyone not aware, pretty much every BYTE issue is in the Archive. If you have a favorite article from childhood that you want to update for your kids, it's a gold mine. There are hundreds of tutorials ranging from introductions to programming for people who've never done so before to incredibly complex programming language implementations. If you're new to BYTE, you should spend a little time exploring: https://archive.org/search.php?query=byte%20magazine https://archive.org/search.php?query=byte%20magazine A general rule of thumb is that any cover with a photograph on it is past the magazine's prime, and you'll probably have a lot more fun looking through older ones instead. (Edited s/picture/photograph at suggestion of TMWNN for more concision.)

allturtles 5y ago
It seems the very first issue had a picture on it. From July 1976 all the covers had full-color art: https://www.digibarn.com/collections/mags/byte-covers/ https://www.digibarn.com/collections/mags/byte-covers/ So I'm not sure what you mean.
- metagame 5y ago
  The first three don't have illustrations. There's one or two after that in the "good" run of BYTE that don't. All of the rest do. After 1987, their illustrator was replaced with a photographer and Photoshop. «From 1975 to 1986, Byte covers usually featured the artwork of Robert Tinney. These covers made Byte visually unique. In 1987, Tinney's paintings were replaced by product photographs, and Steve Ciarcia's "Circuit Cellar" column was discontinued.» I said it was a rule of thumb, not an exact measurement.
  - allturtles 5y ago
    So by picture you mean photograph? To me an illustration is a kind of picture.
    - metagame 5y ago
      Yes. It's probably regional vernacular, but "picture" and "photograph" are equivalent in my area.
TMWNN 5y ago
>A general rule of thumb is that any cover with a ~~picture~~ photograph on it is past the magazine's prime, and you'll probably have a lot more fun looking through older ones instead. FTFY

allturtles 5y ago

It seems the very first issue had a picture on it. From July 1976 all the covers had full-color art: https://www.digibarn.com/collections/mags/byte-covers/ https://www.digibarn.com/collections/mags/byte-covers/ So I'm not sure what you mean.

metagame 5y ago
The first three don't have illustrations. There's one or two after that in the "good" run of BYTE that don't. All of the rest do. After 1987, their illustrator was replaced with a photographer and Photoshop. «From 1975 to 1986, Byte covers usually featured the artwork of Robert Tinney. These covers made Byte visually unique. In 1987, Tinney's paintings were replaced by product photographs, and Steve Ciarcia's "Circuit Cellar" column was discontinued.» I said it was a rule of thumb, not an exact measurement.
- allturtles 5y ago
  So by picture you mean photograph? To me an illustration is a kind of picture.
  - metagame 5y ago
    Yes. It's probably regional vernacular, but "picture" and "photograph" are equivalent in my area.

TMWNN 5y ago

>A general rule of thumb is that any cover with a ~~picture~~ photograph on it is past the magazine's prime, and you'll probably have a lot more fun looking through older ones instead. FTFY