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From: GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Which (if any) personal computing magazines are worthwhile?
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Date: Thu, 23-Aug-84 10:32:28 EDT
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From:  Gern <GUBBINS@RADC-TOPS20.ARPA>

I have found it a good practice to subscribe to at least one dedicated
to your machine only magazine, and to pop into a library once a month
and read Byte magazine from cover to cover (if it has a whole lot of
good stuff in it, I'll rush out and buy that issue (Hi Jerry!)).

Computers and Electronics (formerly Pop Electronics) is at least worth
looking at the table of contents.

Popular Computing (formerly On Computing) is to much story book and
even the reviews of hardware do not bother the readership with techy
details.

Creative Computing on rare occasions has something I find useful to
me and is still rather good for Generic programming.

I currently 'track' over 23 different magazines a month (unfortunately
spread over 3 different libraries) and I muck over 90% of it to find
the 10% of what I find usefull to me.  I make little notes on locations
of articals that may be of future interest (yes, someday I will build
that light pen for my Z-100...).   

Byte is (in my opinion) your best start.   It (in my opinion) is a fine
magazine and the tons of advertising can even be helpful (No Flames please!)

Cheers,
Gern
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