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Article #621084Re: BYTE Magazine Pentomino Article
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2018 20:55
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On 2 Mar 2018 09:45:23 GMT, Jorgen Grahn wrote: > > On Thu, 2018-03-01, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> On Wed, 28 Feb 2018 16:51:27 -0700, Peter Flass wrote: >>> >>> Looking at the TOC reminded me how much I used to like Byte in the old >>> days, before they went over to the dark side. >> >> When was this? >> >> I ever so often download an issue from archive.org when it's between 1977 >> and 1987. I guess I am not much interested what happened in the computer >> world after that. There was only the PC, the PC and perhaps the PC. Okay, >> Macs may be, and the Amiga was still strong until the mid 90s. > > Or until 1992 or so at least. At that point, the Amiga-oriented > periodical in Sweden started to bring in Windows material. Then > Commodore folded in 1994, I think it was. That of course is personal preference and age. Suppose I might be a few years older than you. >> So boring otherwise after 1987. > > Linux came to the rescue, for me: the ability to have a proper Unix > workstation at home. But I never was very interested in hardware to > begin with ... I also use Linux (Gnus Emacs here, LISP! :-) but not have fond memories of the time I used it for the first time (1997). I love memories of computers I used in the early 1980s, like the Commodore 64 and later the Amiga 500 around 1987. But after that, as I said, for me all becomes dull and boring when it comes to computers. -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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