Samir Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 My web server needed rebooting, so my mirrors are back online again. Enjoy! I still have to update the files for the newest issues, but there's still almost 10gb there to download if you're just getting started. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saundby Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 On people introducing themselves, I'm not new here, but I've been lurking and doing occasional downloads since this topic had one page. Thanks for the scans, and to those doing the mirrors, thanks to you, too! I've mostly been downloading the '75 and '76 issues. About the only issues I've got left from that time frame are the 0.01 Centennial issue and the Star Trek Memory Alpha cover issue. I didn't hang on to most magazines until after high school unless there was something I saw as particularly special about it. I've always said I wish I could subscribe to magazines from 30+ years ago as opposed to what passes for a magazine today (mostly advertisements for third-rate websites). Now I can! Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Str@fe Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Jerry Pournelle and Leo Laporte have been talking about the relaunch of BYTE over the last couple of weeks on TWiT. It looks like Chaos Manor will be part of the new magazine. That's where I got the idea to Google for 'byte magazine pdf'. This thread was the first result. First mentioned (I think) here: http://twit.tv/282 A little more with Jerry about halfway through the show here: http://twit.tv/ttg733 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 BYTE Vol 09-02 1984-02 Benchmarks - 548 Pages 385,753,049 bytes BYTE Vol 09-02 from February 1984... I heve been giving 1984 the shaft so I thought I better throw that year some love The ever exciting Benchmarks topics. Some very interesting articles about the art of benchmarking... An interview with the Macintosh design team, stuff on the Lisa 2 (There was a Lisa 2?) and a hardware project for the Apple III. The BYTElines has some interesting stuff.. Commodore planning a UNIX-Like O/S, Atari and Activision to joins forces for distributing games, CP/M on a chip, New 100 Megabyte drives. Cover Story The Apple Macintosh Computer An Interview: The Macintosh Design Team Columns Build the Circuit Cellar Term-Mite ST Smart Terminal, Part 2: Programming and Use User's Column: Chaos Manor Gets Its long-Awaited IBM PC BYTE West Coast: A Business Computer, a Business Program, and More on Voice Recognition Themes Benchmarks and Performance Evaluation Don't Bench Me In Beyond MIPS: Performance Is Not Quality Software Performance Evaluation The Art of Benchmarking Printers Benchmarking FORTRAN Compilers Benchmark Confessions The Word-Processing Maze Evaluating Word-Processing Programs Reviews Reviewer's Notebook ProDOS Knowledgeman The IBM CS-9000 Lab Computer The Rixon R212A Intelligent Modem Savvy The Micro-Sci Gameport III for the Apple III The Vldex Ultraterm Apple Disk Emulators: Axlon, Legend, Pion, and Synetlx Features Apple Announces the Lisa 2 IBM/Apple Communication A Low-Cost, Low Write-Voltage EEPROM Foot Control Inside a Compiler: Notes on Optimization and Code Generation Writing Device Drivers for MS-DOS 2.0 Using Tandon TM100-4 Drives Deciphering Word Games Five Original Graphics Bubbles on the S-100 Bus, Part 2: The Software Calculating Overhead Costs by Computer Nucleus Editorial: The Compatibility 466 Books Received Craze Clubs and Newsletters MICROBYTES BYTE 's User to User Letters Book Review Programming Quickie What's New? Technical Forum Unclassified Ads Ask BYTE BYTE's Ongoing Monitor Software Received Box, BOMB Results Event Queue Reader Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 09-02 1984-02 Benchmarks Cover Index 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks for the kudos and information on how you found the magazines everyone... Very nice to know that people are downloading and actually reading these things and not just building collections One quick note as I have had a few requests to finish up 1976: I have these issues done (one left to process and bookmark)... I will be gone for most of the month of February (visiting Medellin, Colombia whew whew!) So I plan on throwing these up before I go to keep my once-a-week average.. I have three more magazine besides 1976 to post before I leave (unless I get lazy then it will be two). One of them is June 1979 and the other two I do not know as of yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havok69 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Thanks for this one and... ** cough ** Jan 83 issue ** cough ** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bcombee Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Just wondering... what scanner and software are you using to scan these in? I've been wanting to pick up a document scanner to digitize a bunch of old paperwork and magazines and wanted a recommendation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havok69 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Is anyone else having a problem downloading the latest issue? I get a corrupted file downloading with IE and Firefox... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Is anyone else having a problem downloading the latest issue? I get a corrupted file downloading with IE and Firefox... Yes, file is corrupt here as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 Well crap it is bad.. I have deleted it and it is uploading again.. unfortunately it is a big file so it will be a while. It will show as a 404 until I can confirm it is a good upload. Sorry people I got in a hurry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Videx UltraTerm?? I wonder if they talk about that 128x32 column card for the Apple II ?? It also had 8x12 Wow!! And it could do up to 160 columns I think.. My gramma got me one and paid like $400 for the thing. Totally cool. I remember I hacked up some rom chip and made like super-duper ultra high-rez display mode, like 900x300 b/w graphics or something. I don't recall the specifics but it was a high-school electronics project or something. I still have it. I never did find a use for it other than it looked cool and complex..{!!} And disk emulators ?? What's that?? Are we talking early ramdisks? Also for the Apple II series. Wow!! I can't wait to have my evening tea and cozy on up in the reading room with this issue. Videx.. Just damned incredible! I bet they mention the Enhancer ][ as well, perhaps just in passing, but cool! Benchmarking printers!! Imagine that today..! I'm so excited with all these Byte magazines, a data-hoarder's dream come true. The ultimate ready-reference for the atmosphere of early computing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 14, 2011 Author Share Posted January 14, 2011 OK.. Good to go now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) OK.. Good to go now. Ahh yes, not software ramdisks, but the hardware boxes. THE earliest incarnation of today's SSD. I remember I had a tiny ML program that would take the upper 16k and make it into a tiny ramdisk. Damn! It was faaasssttt! Too bad the industry has hobbled itself with the infatuation of the mechanical drive all these last 25 years.. SSD is where it's at! Edited January 14, 2011 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 15, 2011 Author Share Posted January 15, 2011 Just wondering... what scanner and software are you using to scan these in? I've been wanting to pick up a document scanner to digitize a bunch of old paperwork and magazines and wanted a recommendation. Hey.. I use the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510 which is a double sided auto-feed scanner. The scans are saved into a PDF which I then separate into TIFFS and use PhotoShop to clean up (my own small macros that remove some of the bleed through from the other side of the page and convert non color pages into greyscale). I use Acrobat Pro to reassemble the Tiffs back into a PDF. The OCR process straightens out the pages... So: Fujitsu ScanSnap S510, PhotoShop, Acrobat Pro. I don't think the S510 is made anymore hence the near 1000 pricetag on Amazon for the few that remain.. That is a shame as the reviews show it is quite the little performer The replacement is the scansnap S1500 I think. A heavy paper cutter is also s good investment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Page 70 got a corner folded over. Not sure if that's worth a re-scan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 BYTE Vol 04-06 1979-06 Artificial Intelligence - 288 Pages 184,211,897 bytes BYTE Vol 04-06 from June 1979... Another "pretty good" issue. Read all about creating a model of a brain for a robot (part 1) in what must be the longest BYTE article ever... A bit over my head but I did truly enjoy the maze traversal article. BYTE News: An S-100 BUS Standard soon! That should make a difference.. TI and HP rumor of possible consumer computer systems? Intel to make an ANALOG processor? Future Processors at $1.00 (talking about the 6502)?? DOD loves ADA and 4K Programmable memory being introduced. Nice stuff! Foreground A MODEL OF THE BRAIN FOR ROBOT CONTROL, Part 1: Defining Notation MIND OVER MATTER: Add Biofeedback Input to Your Computer COMPUTER GENERATED MAPS, Part 2 THE NATURE OF ROBOTS, Part 1: Defining Behavior DESIGNING A COMMAND LANGUAGE Background SIMPLE MAZE TRAVERSAL ALGORITHMS MORE COLORS FOR YOUR APPLE A HOME FOR YOUR COMPUTER TALK TO A TURTLE: Build a Computer Controlled Robot MY COMPUTER RUNS MAZES The 1802 OP CODES THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING THE IBM 7070 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ENTROPY BASIC TEXT EDITOR BUBBLE MEMORIES: A Short Tutorial STACKS IN MICROPROCESSORS TIMESHARING SQUEEZING THE MOST FROM YOUR MICRO THREE TYPES OF PSEUDO-RANDOM SEQUENCES Nucleus Editorial: On Beginning a New Project Letters BYTE News Technical Forum Nybbles: The Great APL Contest Book Reviews Programming Quickies Clubs and Newsletters BYTE's Bugs Languages Forum Event Queue BYTE's Bits What's New? Unclassified Ads BOMB Reader Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 04-06 1979-06 Artificial Intelligence Cover Index 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 BYTE Vol 00-07 1976-03 Cassette Interfaces - 100 Pages 56,719,636 bytes BYTE Vol 00-07 from March 1976... Really this issue should be "Magnetic Recording" since the first half is dedicated to storing data in magnetic from on different Media. Nice if Look on page 88 (90 in the PDF) for the 12 bit micro that may be starting the switch over from 8-bit! Foreground THE COMPLEAT TAPE CASSETTE INTERFACE BUILD THE BIT BOFFER DIGITAL DATA ON CASSETTE RECORDERS ASSEMBLING PROGRAMS BY HAND POT POSITION DIGITIZING IDEA Background MAGNETIC RECORDING FOR COMPUTERS MICROPROCESSOR UPDATE: CP1600 PROCESSING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS, PART 2 WHAT'S IN A VIDEO DISPLAY TERMINAL Nucleus In This BYTE Magnetic Recording Technology Technology Update Letters Clubs, Newsletters Space Ace, Numbers Answer What's New BYTE's Bits Classified Ads BYTE 's Bugs Book Reviews BOMB Reader's Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 00-07 1976-03 Cassette Interfaces Cover Index 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 I will be putting out two at a time for the next few weeks to keep the one-a-week average going when I am gone in February. Here is what is finished waiting to go for the next few weeks: BYTE Vol 00-08 1976-04 Automation BYTE Vol 00-11 1976-07 Core Memories BYTE Vol 00-13 1976-09 Bicentennial BYTE Vol 00-14 1976-10 Ham Radio BYTE Vol 02-12 1977-12 The Star Trek Computers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Pole position digitizing? Well anyways, Cassette interfaces and star trek computers oughtta keep me busy for the weekend morning. We're getting record-breaking cold weather now. This and hot cup-o-tea will work good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Tomlin Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 (edited) BYTE Vol 04-06 1979-06 Artificial Intelligence - 288 Pages 184,211,897 bytes Download it here: BYTE Vol 04-06 1979-06 Artificial Intelligence Cover Index Double page sticking problem in the 159-164 range. Those pages need to be re-scanned. (It's kind of easy to notice when the page size in the PDF is taller and you're reading in side-by-side mode.) Anyhow, I think this was the first issue I ever had back in the day. Edited January 24, 2011 by Bruce Tomlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 BYTE Vol 04-06 1979-06 Artificial Intelligence - 288 Pages 184,211,897 bytes Download it here: BYTE Vol 04-06 1979-06 Artificial Intelligence Cover Index Double page sticking problem in the 159-164 range. Those pages need to be re-scanned. (It's kind of easy to notice when the page size in the PDF is taller and you're reading in side-by-side mode.) Anyhow, I think this was the first issue I ever had back in the day. Unfortunately I tossed the issue out.. I saved all the recent ones but this one for some reason... Have to wait for another to pop up to make the corrections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 BYTE Vol 02-12 1977-02 Star Trek Computers - 228 Pages 142,627,639 bytes BYTE Vol 02-12 from December 1977... Hey! Spock and Jim on the cover how can you beat that? The article on the computer of the Enterprise is very long and actually an interesting read.. A small portion: With the immense amount of data that must be stored on line and available for fast access, one area of technology that must have been highly developed in the Star Trek era is memory technology. A reasonable estimate of the size of the Enterprise data base is 10**22 bits. To achieve a retrieval "in a manner of seconds," an effective memory access time of 10**15 seconds is required (see reference on page 180) The comments on Paging schemes and the explanation of undocumented XF and X7 instructions of the 6502 were great.. Foreground A $19 MUSIC INTERFACE ON A TEST EQUIPMENT DIET? TRY AN 8 CHANNEL DVM COCKTAIL! USING THE POLYMORPHICS VIDEO INTERFACE SAVE SOFTWARE: USE A UART FOR SERIAL I0 Background THE COMPUTERS OF STAR TREK A FLOPPY DISK TUTORIAL JACK AND THE MACHINE DEBUG STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING WITH WARNIER-ORR DIAGRAMS: Part 1 SIMULATION OF MOTION: Part 2: An Automobile Suspension A LITTLE BIT ON INTERRUPTS MULTIPROGRAMMING SIMPLIFIED WHERE TO GET BARGAINS IN USED COMPUTER EQUIPMENT A LOOK AT LISP RELATIVE ADDRESSING FOR THE 8080 A USER'S REPORT ON THE INTERCEPT JR Nucleus In This BYTE Is PASCAL the Next BASIC? Letters Technical Forum: Wheeler: Undocumented M6800 Instructions Technical Forum: The XF and X7 Instructions of the MOS Technology 6502 PC 77 Get Your System Together Technical Forum: Gentry: Comments on Paging Schemes Book Reviews Programming Quickies BYTE's Bits . BYTE's Bugs Clubs, Newsletters Diddle A Note to Novice Kit Builders . .. What's New? Bit Status Display Classified Ads BOMB Reader Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 02-12 1977-02 Star Trek Computers Cover Index OK! There should be a new magazine every other day or so for the next 10 days. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) I was hoping that they would talk about the computer onboard NCC-1701-D and Voyager. Those are interesting because parts of the circuitry works faster than light.. Ohh well.. It *was* amusing to read how they suspected photographs were stored! A mechanical arm would pull a photo out of a stack of pictures and hold it up to a hi-def camera, which then sent the image to the terminal. Too bad they didn't have 1TB pocket-sized hard disks back then. That would have been a game-changer fer-sure! Edited January 27, 2011 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 I was hoping that they would talk about the computer onboard NCC-1701-D and Voyager. Kinda hard to do being that the magazine article predated the next series by ten years and Voyager by 18 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) I was hoping that they would talk about the computer onboard NCC-1701-D and Voyager. Kinda hard to do being that the magazine article predated the next series by ten years and Voyager by 18 years ohh... yes Edited January 27, 2011 by Keatah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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