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Popular Electronics Magazine 1954 to 1982

93 points by omnibrain 12y ago

Malic 12y ago
Oh, I love this stuff! I'm surprised it isn't housed at archive.org, however. Seems totally up Jason Scott's alley.
- VLM 12y ago
  The post merger magazines are on archive.org at https://archive.org/details/radioelectronicsmagazine https://archive.org/details/radioelectronicsmagazine The linked site appears to have pre-merger PE magazines only.
  - msie 12y ago
    It looks like there are only Radio-Electronics issues from 1980-1992. Anyone know where I can get access to Radio-Electronics issues past 1992 and pre-1980? Thanks.
    - msie 12y ago
      Wait! I found pre-1980 here: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio_Electronics%20_Master_Page.htm http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio_Electronics%20_Mas... This site is AWESOME!!!
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- pronoiac 12y ago
  I just tweeted at Jason and the Internet Archive, along with this thread for more resources.
moserware 12y ago
The issue that Paul Allen took running to Bill Gates at Harvard: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-01.pdf http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1...
fit2rule 12y ago
Some really amazing stuff in there, it brings back very fond memories .. I'm particularly enamored of the language to be found describing the Cyclops project in this issue, page 29: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-02.pdf http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1... "Consider also the possibility of using Cyclops in conjunction with the FEBRUARY 1975 Altair 80 Minicomputer (POPULAR ELECTRONICS, January 1975). The combination could be used to build a security system that would operate on the basis of a person's appearance. This approach also opens up a brand new and exciting area for the advanced experimenter -a digital computer that has "vision." For example, the Cyclops /Altair combination, with 256 independent inputs /outputs could be the basis for a robot that could be programmed to do a number of things, while also being able to "see" its environment and make any necessary corrections in its actions." Heady and prophetic stuff!
NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago
Google Books has them up to 2009 or so. It's relatively easy to rip them from there too.
yitchelle 12y ago
I also love looking at the adverts in these magazines. Very, very different to the online adverts. Uber cool!
draker 12y ago
Popular Mechanics and Popular Science are both available as well. Popular Science 1872-2009: http://books.google.com/books?id=2CgDAAAAMBAJ http://books.google.com/books?id=2CgDAAAAMBAJ Popular Mechanics 1905-2005: http://books.google.com/books?id=RdMDAAAAMBAJ http://books.google.com/books?id=RdMDAAAAMBAJ
ChuckMcM 12y ago
This one changed my life: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-01.pdf http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1... That is the one with the Altair 8800 on the cover. It was cool and all to dial up the mainframe with the acoustic modem but man, to actually own the computer and no one else could use it or tell you what to do with it? What would someone do with so much power! :-)

93 points by omnibrain 12y ago

Malic 12y ago

Oh, I love this stuff! I'm surprised it isn't housed at archive.org, however. Seems totally up Jason Scott's alley.

VLM 12y ago
The post merger magazines are on archive.org at https://archive.org/details/radioelectronicsmagazine https://archive.org/details/radioelectronicsmagazine The linked site appears to have pre-merger PE magazines only.
- msie 12y ago
  It looks like there are only Radio-Electronics issues from 1980-1992. Anyone know where I can get access to Radio-Electronics issues past 1992 and pre-1980? Thanks.
  - msie 12y ago
    Wait! I found pre-1980 here: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio_Electronics%20_Master_Page.htm http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Radio_Electronics%20_Mas... This site is AWESOME!!!
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pronoiac 12y ago
I just tweeted at Jason and the Internet Archive, along with this thread for more resources.

The issue that Paul Allen took running to Bill Gates at Harvard: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-01.pdf http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1...

fit2rule 12y ago

Some really amazing stuff in there, it brings back very fond memories .. I'm particularly enamored of the language to be found describing the Cyclops project in this issue, page 29: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-02.pdf http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1... "Consider also the possibility of using Cyclops in conjunction with the FEBRUARY 1975 Altair 80 Minicomputer (POPULAR ELECTRONICS, January 1975). The combination could be used to build a security system that would operate on the basis of a person's appearance. This approach also opens up a brand new and exciting area for the advanced experimenter -a digital computer that has "vision." For example, the Cyclops /Altair combination, with 256 independent inputs /outputs could be the basis for a robot that could be programmed to do a number of things, while also being able to "see" its environment and make any necessary corrections in its actions." Heady and prophetic stuff!

NoMoreNicksLeft 12y ago

Google Books has them up to 2009 or so. It's relatively easy to rip them from there too.

yitchelle 12y ago

I also love looking at the adverts in these magazines. Very, very different to the online adverts. Uber cool!

draker 12y ago

Popular Mechanics and Popular Science are both available as well. Popular Science 1872-2009: http://books.google.com/books?id=2CgDAAAAMBAJ http://books.google.com/books?id=2CgDAAAAMBAJ Popular Mechanics 1905-2005: http://books.google.com/books?id=RdMDAAAAMBAJ http://books.google.com/books?id=RdMDAAAAMBAJ

ChuckMcM 12y ago

This one changed my life: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1975/Poptronics-1975-01.pdf http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Poptronics/70s/1... That is the one with the Altair 8800 on the cover. It was cool and all to dial up the mainframe with the acoustic modem but man, to actually own the computer and no one else could use it or tell you what to do with it? What would someone do with so much power! :-)