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Byte Magazine

Byte magazine was a microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage. Whereas many magazines from the mid-1980s had been dedicated to the MS-DOS (PC) platform or the Mac, mostly from a business or home user's perspective, Byte covered developments in the entire field of "small computers and software", and sometimes other computing fields such as supercomputers and high-reliability computing. Coverage was in-depth with much technical detail, rather than user-oriented.

Byte started in 1975, shortly after the first personal computers appeared as kits advertised in the back of electronics magazines. Byte was published monthly, with an initial yearly subscription price of $10. Byte was able to attract advertising and articles from many well-knowns, soon-to-be-well-knowns, and ultimately-to-be-forgottens in the growing microcomputer hobby. Articles in the first issue (September, 1975) included Which Microprocessor For You? by Hal Chamberlin, Write Your Own Assembler by Dan Fylstra and Serial Interface by Don Lancaster. Advertisements from Godbout, MITS, Processor Technology, SCELBI, and Sphere appear, among others. Early articles in Byte were do-it-yourself electronic or software projects to improve small computers. A continuing feature was Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar, a column in which electronic engineer Steve Ciarcia described small projects to modify or attach to a computer (later spun off to become the magazine Circuit Cellar, focusing on embedded computer applications). Significant articles in this period included the "Kansas City" standard for data storage on audio tape, insertion of disk drives into S-100 computers, publication of source code for various computer languages (Tiny C, BASIC, assemblers), and breathless coverage of the first microcomputer operating system, CP/M. Byte ran Microsoft's first advertisement, as "Micro-Soft", to sell a BASIC interpreter for 8080-based computers.

Around 1985 Byte started an online service called BIX (Byte Information eXchange) which was a text-only BBS style site running on the CoSy conferencing software, also used by McGraw-Hill internally. Access was via local dial-in or, for additional hourly charges, the Tymnet X.25 network. Monthly rates were $13/month for the account and $1/hour for X.25 access. Unlike CompuServe, access at higher speeds was not surcharged. Many of the Byte staff were active on the service. Later, gateways permitted email communication outside the system.
Byte Magazine
8528
Byte Magazine
by Byte

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8563
Byte Magazine
Computer Graphics

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8553
Byte Magazine

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8554
Byte Magazine
Pentium PCs

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8543
Byte Magazine
Through The Hourglass

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8544
Byte Magazine
Compaq Dazzling New Laptop

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8551
Byte Magazine
Bicentennial

Issue #13

Byte Magazine
8552
Byte Magazine
Artificial Intelligence

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8541
Byte Magazine
The Sky is the Limit

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8550
Byte Magazine
Life Algorithms

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8559
Byte Magazine
Natural Language

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8546
Byte Magazine
Plain Text

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8555
Byte Magazine
Pascal

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8567
Byte Magazine
Standards

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8568
Byte Magazine
Artificial Intelligence

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8569
Byte Magazine
High-Resolution Graphics

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8570
Byte Magazine
Software

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8571
Byte Magazine
Computers in the Arts and Sciences

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8572
Byte Magazine
Inter Computer Communications

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8573
Byte Magazine
Computing and the Sciences

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8574
Byte Magazine
Declarative Languages

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8575
Byte Magazine
Computers and Video

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8576
Byte Magazine
Benchmarks

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8577
Byte Magazine
State of the Art Advanced Graphics

Issue #13

Byte Magazine
8578
Byte Magazine
Object-Oriented Languages

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8579
Byte Magazine
Image Processing

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8580
Byte Magazine
Public Domain Powerhouses

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8581
Byte Magazine
Memory and Storage Advances

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8589
Byte Magazine
Color Graphics

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8590
Byte Magazine
Baudot Machines

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8591
Byte Magazine
Future Computers

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8592
Byte Magazine
Local Networks

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8593
Byte Magazine
Data Base Management Systems

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8594
Byte Magazine
Printers

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8595
Byte Magazine
The IBM Personal Computer

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8596
Byte Magazine
Fun and Games

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8597
Byte Magazine
Machine Readable Print

Issue #16

Byte Magazine
8598
Byte Magazine
Inexpensive Joystick Interfaces

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8599
Byte Magazine
How To Get Your Tarbell Going

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8600
Byte Magazine
16-Bit Designs

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8601
Byte Magazine
Portable Computers in Depth

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8602
Byte Magazine
Computers and Education

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8603
Byte Magazine
The 68000 Family

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8604
Byte Magazine
Printer Technologies and 80386 System Software

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8608
Byte Magazine
Automating Eclipses

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8609
Byte Magazine

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8610
Byte Magazine
Shooting Stars

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8611
Byte Magazine
The Star Trek Computers

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8612
Byte Magazine
Working with APL

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8613
Byte Magazine
Mass Storage

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8614
Byte Magazine
Hand-held Computers

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8615
Byte Magazine
Computer Games

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8616
Byte Magazine
Computers and the Disabled

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8617
Byte Magazine
Printed Software Becomes a Reality

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8618
Byte Magazine
Floppy Disks

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8619
Byte Magazine
Bargain Computing

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8620
Byte Magazine
1990 BYTE Award of Excellence

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8621
Byte Magazine
Desktop Publishing and Internal Modems

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8622
Byte Magazine
Instruction Set Strategies

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8623
Byte Magazine
Programmable Hardware

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8624
Byte Magazine
Developing Applications Across Platforms

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8625
Byte Magazine
Photonics

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8630
Byte Magazine
Is This Next

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8631
Byte Magazine
Build a Light Pen

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8632
Byte Magazine
Core Memories

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8633
Byte Magazine
Assembling an Altair

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8634
Byte Magazine
The Worlds Greatest Toy

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8635
Byte Magazine
The Game of LIFE in Color

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8636
Byte Magazine
Homebrewing

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8637
Byte Magazine
Computer Music Systems

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8638
Byte Magazine
The Brains of Men and Machines

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8639
Byte Magazine
Looking Ahead

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8640
Byte Magazine
New Chips

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8641
Byte Magazine
UNIX

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8642
Byte Magazine
Computers and Music

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8643
Byte Magazine
Number Crunching

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8644
Byte Magazine
Mass Storage

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8645
Byte Magazine
Mac Supplement 286 vs 386sx Object Oriented Programming

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8646
Byte Magazine
CASE and UPSes and Graphics Suppliment

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8647
Byte Magazine
Knowledge Representation

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8648
Byte Magazine
Advanced Graphics

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8649
Byte Magazine
A New World of Displays and Image Number Processing Software

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8652
Byte Magazine
Ham Radio

Issue #14

Byte Magazine
8653
Byte Magazine
Programming Methods

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8655
Byte Magazine
Implementing Space War

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8656
Byte Magazine
LISP

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8657
Byte Magazine
Optimization

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8658
Byte Magazine
by Byte

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8659
Byte Magazine
by Byte

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8660
Byte Magazine
by Byte

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8661
Byte Magazine
Windows 3.0

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8662
Byte Magazine
Memory Management and 24-Pin Printers

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8663
Byte Magazine
Cassette Interfaces

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8664
Byte Magazine
Automation

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8665
Byte Magazine
Chess for the Microcomputer

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8666
Byte Magazine
Music and Computers

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8667
Byte Magazine
The Computer and Voice Synthesis

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8668
Byte Magazine
Winter Computing

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8669
Byte Magazine
Communications

Issue #13

Byte Magazine
8670
Byte Magazine
Multiprocessing

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8671
Byte Magazine
Modula-2

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8672
Byte Magazine
Computer Conferencing

Issue #13

Byte Magazine
8673
Byte Magazine
Network Management

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8674
Byte Magazine
Unix CAD and Technology Breakthroughs

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8675
Byte Magazine
AT Memory Boards and Naturla Language Processing

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8686
Byte Magazine
Build a Graphics Display

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8687
Byte Magazine
Computer Generated Maps

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8688
Byte Magazine
Numerical Analysis

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8689
Byte Magazine
More Fun than Crayons

Issue #15

Byte Magazine
8690
Byte Magazine
Hardware Projects

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8691
Byte Magazine
Adventure

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8692
Byte Magazine
Operating Systems

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8693
Byte Magazine
Domesticated Computers

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8694
Byte Magazine
Computers and Education

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8695
Byte Magazine
The Forth Language

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8696
Byte Magazine
Guide to the IBM PCs

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8697
Byte Magazine
Real-World Interfacing

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8698
Byte Magazine
Text Processing

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8699
Byte Magazine
Robotics

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8700
Byte Magazine
Engineer's Toolbox

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8701
Byte Magazine
Small Wonders

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8702
Byte Magazine

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8703
Byte Magazine
Prolog and 386 Hardware Software

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8704
Byte Magazine
Educational Computing

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8705
Byte Magazine
An Interface For All Senses

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8709
Byte Magazine
Speech Synthesis

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8710
Byte Magazine
Genealogy

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8711
Byte Magazine
Model Railroads

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8712
Byte Magazine
Usable Systems

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8713
Byte Magazine
Hash Tables and Interrupts

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8714
Byte Magazine
Graphics in Depth

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8715
Byte Magazine
Graphic Manipulations

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8716
Byte Magazine
Low Level Programming

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8717
Byte Magazine
Game Plan 1982

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8718
Byte Magazine
Smalltalk

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8719
Byte Magazine
Logo

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8720
Byte Magazine
Computers in the Labratory

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8721
Byte Magazine
The Electronic Office

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8722
Byte Magazine
The C Language

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8723
Byte Magazine
Homebrewing

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8724
Byte Magazine
Easy Software

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8725
Byte Magazine
Inside the IBM PC

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8726
Byte Magazine
Simulation

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8727
Byte Magazine
Inside the IBM PCs

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8728
Byte Magazine

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8729
Byte Magazine
Homebound Computing

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8730
Byte Magazine

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8731
Byte Magazine
15th Anniversary Summit

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8732
Byte Magazine
Graphics Algorithms

Issue #13

Byte Magazine
8733
Byte Magazine

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8734
Byte Magazine
Accelorator Boards and Workstations

Issue #13

Byte Magazine
8735
Byte Magazine

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8738
Byte Magazine
3 Number D :The Next Generation of Graphics

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8739
Byte Magazine
Real Number Ti:me Computing

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8741
Byte Magazine
OCR

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8745
Byte Magazine
The Best of Byte Vol 1
Byte Magazine
8748
Byte Magazine
by Byte

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8749
Byte Magazine
Apple II GS

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8750
Byte Magazine
The Amiga

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8751
Byte Magazine

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8752
Byte Magazine
Human Factors Engineering

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8753
Byte Magazine
Computers in Business

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8754
Byte Magazine

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8755
Byte Magazine

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8756
Byte Magazine
The Essential Guide to Windows
Byte Magazine
8757
Byte Magazine

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8758
Byte Magazine
by Byte

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8759
Byte Magazine
Japanese Computers

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8760
Byte Magazine
Software Piracy

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8761
Byte Magazine
Inside The IBM PC

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8762
Byte Magazine
Personal Workstation Mac SE
by McGraw-Hill, Inc.

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8763
Byte Magazine
Memory Mapped IO

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8764
Byte Magazine

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8765
Byte Magazine
by Byte

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8766
Byte Magazine
1984 and Beyond - Future Trends

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8767
Byte Magazine
Robot Arm

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8768
Byte Magazine
Life

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8769
Byte Magazine
Cognitive Robot

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8770
Byte Magazine
Interfacing

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8771
Byte Magazine
Energy Conservation

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8772
Byte Magazine
Interactive Videodiscs

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8773
Byte Magazine
Graph Theory

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8774
Byte Magazine
Homebrewing

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8775
Byte Magazine
Videotex

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8776
Byte Magazine
New Chips

Issue #12

Byte Magazine
8777
Byte Magazine
Databases

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8778
Byte Magazine
Computers and Space

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8779
Byte Magazine
Programming Techniques

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8780
Byte Magazine
Artificial Intelligence

Issue #4

Byte Magazine
8781
Byte Magazine
Computers and the Professions

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8782
Byte Magazine
Simulating Society

Issue #10

Byte Magazine
8783
Byte Magazine
Laptop Technologies

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8784
Byte Magazine
PC Communications and Annual Awards and Digitizing Tablets

Issue #1

Byte Magazine
8785
Byte Magazine
LANs IBM PS2 Models 30 50 60 CAD Software

Issue #8

Byte Magazine
8786
Byte Magazine
CAD Mice 12-MHz ATs IBM PS2 Family

Issue #6

Byte Magazine
8787
Byte Magazine

Issue #5

Byte Magazine
8788
Byte Magazine
Tomorrows Chips

Issue #2

Byte Magazine
8789
Byte Magazine

Issue #3

Byte Magazine
8790
Byte Magazine
5 New Laptops and Sound Image Processing and Case Tools

Issue #13

Byte Magazine
8791
Byte Magazine
Multitasking and Fast 40 Megabyte Hard Disks

Issue #7

Byte Magazine
8793
Byte Magazine
20 Years

Issue #9

Byte Magazine
8800
Byte Magazine
'EISA' Arrives
by Byte Magzine

Issue #11

Byte Magazine
8801
Byte Magazine
Graphics

Issue #11

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