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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga coverage in Byte
Message-ID: <9103052131.31@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 6 Mar 91 07:50:00 GMT
References: <91059.184958CXW148@psuvm.psu.edu> <5667@tahoe.unr.edu> <2766@trlluna.trl.oz>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
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In article <2766@trlluna.trl.oz> soh@shiva.trl.oz (kam hung soh) writes:
>tucker@tahoe.unr.edu (Aaron Tucker) writes:
>
>>[ ... ] BYTE started out as an IBM only magazine and has
>>been expanding thier coverage of machines.
>
>Ummm ... `Byte' started long before the IBM-PC became synonymous with
>"Personal Computing".  That's why some of us old-timers become
>misty-eyed when we remember the breadth of articles that used to
>appear in them good ol' days.




In it's day, Byte was a great magazine.  So many different systems to drool
over.  And lots of source code!

These days, I guess Byte just wants to make a buck.

Remember Byte taking on Microsoft, because their CPM compilers sucked?  I still
have some of those old issues.




Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP