This, Creative Computing, Dr Dobbs, and Antic were my monthly computer education. I was a little ticked with what languages my Atari 400 with 48k (3rd party board) could run. I did dream a lot of some of the machines in the ads.
My favorite was Micro Cornucopia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_Cornucopia). My local bookstore carried it and I eagerly awaited it every month. I was bummed when it shutdown in 1990 but by then I was in college and had real systems to play with.
Byte was my first too (and later on NET and Computerworld -- great education deriving from both).
Yeah, LISP was a bit much -- but hey! it also included an article with assembly code examples for the Z-80 Spectrum; I wish I had this magazine back in the day...
A thing I noticed: so many practical examples and code excerpts; I also spotted some math, sporting a Riemann integral no less :) - today's magazines are kindergarten-level by comparison. Of course, today's magazines are not aimed to the technical hobbyist anymore, so it's understandable... Btw: who are today's magazines targeting? Second question: what magazines?!
protomyth|8 years ago
dugmartin|8 years ago
WalterBright|8 years ago
huffer|8 years ago
Yeah, LISP was a bit much -- but hey! it also included an article with assembly code examples for the Z-80 Spectrum; I wish I had this magazine back in the day...
A thing I noticed: so many practical examples and code excerpts; I also spotted some math, sporting a Riemann integral no less :) - today's magazines are kindergarten-level by comparison. Of course, today's magazines are not aimed to the technical hobbyist anymore, so it's understandable... Btw: who are today's magazines targeting? Second question: what magazines?!
Angostura|8 years ago
unknown|8 years ago
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