>> back then, you have a new magazine, at best, every week, if you could afford to buy multiple or had access to a good library. For me the lead time on my sub

>> back then, you have a new magazine, at best, every week, if you could afford to buy multiple or had access to a good library. For me the lead time on my subscription was measured in months. My grandparents gave me an annual subscription from a very young age until they passed, that progressed chickadee -> owl -> popular mechanics -> compute's gazette. You used to have to wait maybe 6-8 weeks for your first issue, but at least you (typically) got the second issue in less than a month!