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> Another friend kept all of his 1980s computer magazines (Byte, etc...) and moved these extremely heavy boxes through 30+ years of moves. I don’t think IA has
by mananaysiempre 1y ago
> Another friend kept all of his 1980s computer magazines (Byte, etc...) and moved these extremely heavy boxes through 30+ years of moves.
I don’t think IA has all early issues of the Microsoft Systems Journal (later MSDN Magazine), among others. So this can be useful. (Also, what kind of person do you think put the magazines up on IA in the first place?..)
- asdefghyk 1y agoLots magazines never made it to the archives and have been lost.
- mananaysiempre 1y agoThey are probably still in libraries somewhere (ironically, a worse-funded library is better as there’s less chance they’ve thrown them out to make space for newer stuff). The problem is locating them.
- asdefghyk 1y agoI obtained a archive of bound EDN magazines from a engineering library in the mid 90s I thew in bin because of lack of storage. I have regretted thast for years as Internet archive only has a few issues. Another such technical magazine is Dr Dobbs. IA only ever has a few issues ....