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

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.