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I knew where to get the upgraded speed parts I wanted from the advertisements. The advertisements were the main attraction. Some magazines in the olden days we
by WalterBright 1y ago
I knew where to get the upgraded speed parts I wanted from the advertisements. The advertisements were the main attraction.
Some magazines in the olden days were literally nothing but ads - like Computer Shopper.
- 7thaccount 1y agoI can still sort of remember that in the 90s, but was mainly reading magazines in the late 90s and early 2000s, so I probably missed out on some of that. I did go back and read a lot of old magazines on microfiche at the library a few years ago (I think Byte magazine) and yeah...a lot of ads, but I guess they would have been super useful pre-internet. Did you use the BBS as well? I was too young when that was common.
- WalterBright 1y agoI ran a BBS for a while. Still have it on a hard disk, but no way to read it.
- 7thaccount 1y agoI'll add it to the Dlang roadmap;)
- strken 1y agoI used to wait for dad to come home each Thursday because that was the edition of the paper with quarter-page ads that were just price lists of refurbished computer equipment. I'd sit there with a highlighter and go through them, trying to figure out a way to afford my own Pentium 3 on $10/week of pocket money, or get my Pentium 1 to run a little faster. It was also the edition of the paper with a new TV guide, which I'm sure made my habit very annoying when the rest of the family wanted to see what was on.