Vintage 70s-80s Computer Magazines!

[PowerPup]

Someone dropped off several boxes of Vintage Magazines at my local video game shop, the owner didn't want them so I took them off his hands. (I still need to go back and get another 2 boxes as soon as I have the room for them.)

First box was a nearly complete collection of Kilobaud Microcomputing, which ran from 1977 to 1982. Issue 2 has a neat article on the Apple I.

Second box had mostly Byte magazines from the 80s to 90s I think, also several issues of Consumer Reports from the same time period. It also had an issue of Popular Electronics from the 50s.

Personally I don't have the room for all these magazines, and would rather get them to someone who can digitally archive them for future generations to appreciate. I'm thinking about contacting the Commodore Club in Vancouver and seeing if any of their members are interested in taking them, at least the important ones. Not sure if they will since they aren't exactly commodore related. We'll see I guess.

More pics to come.

 

[Brooklyn]

The Apple I article was really cool, thanks for uploading it!

 

[ClassicHasClass]

The only 1980s computer magazine that mattered was COMPUTE! and its spinoffs. I devoured COMPUTE!'s Gazette, and even wrote some articles for them in the twilight General Media years after ABC/Capitol Cities sold them off.

Well, okay, I also liked Creative Computing a lot.

 

[PowerPup]

Oh yeah, there's a small stack of COMPUTE in the second box as well. With lots of bookmarks from the previous owner.

I'll try to take some more pics during the weekend.

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

The only 1980s computer magazine that mattered was COMPUTE!

I beg to differ, that was likely the best technical pub, but BYTE mattered as well.

In the late '80s Computer Shopper rocked, just reading the ads cover to cover was an education tool beyond compare for the neophyte.

 

[ClassicHasClass]

Heresy!

Though I do have some Byte and Family Computing back issues in my archives also.

 

[PowerPup]

Finally uploaded the covers (plus a couple articles, ads, etc,) for the computers magazines.

http://sdrv.ms/Xnkmyl

(Also tried to get some better pics of the Apple I article.)

 

[krye]

Personally, my favorite magazine of the 80s was "3-2-1 Contact". In 1984 I was in 4th grade. My teacher used to get all kinds of kids magazines for use to read. (Anyone remember "Highlights?). Anyway, I fondly remember that she'd let me borrow her 3-2-1 Contact magazines (until I convinced my parents to get my a subscription). I'd take them home and have fun typing all the BASIC programs into our computers. My Dad was a huge computer nut, so in 80s we had a TRS-80, a TI99/4A, a C64, an Apple //c, a Mac Plus and SE. So there was no shortage of machines for me to tinker with.

Ah, memories....thanks for that!

 

[ClassicHasClass]

3-2-1's BASIC Training actually came from ENTER, which I loved for the brief time it existed.

 

[mcdermd]

The magazine was a spinoff of the PBS show of the same name, no? Who could forget The Bloodhound Gang?