Quoting Mortar M. to Cougar428 <=-
Re: COMPUTE!s GAZETTE
By: Cougar428 to BOB_C on Sun Jul 20 2025 09:14:01
I have all the original Compute's Gazette and Compute mags...
Sooo envious. I had the complete run of CG and Compute! from '81
until about '90, all stored in those boxes you get reams of paper in,
each weighting about 50 lbs. I forget how many I had, but it was in
the double digits.
I used to wait for the next issue in the 80's, I remember checking
at the store each day when it was supposed to come out. Bummed if
it wasn't there, and ecstatic if it was in!
This was great news. First Peri Fractic buys Commodore, now this.
What's next, parachute pants come back in style? MTV actually shows
music videos? It's a good time to be retro.
I remember that well. I used to hit the magazine racks at several bookstores on a regular basis, just to get the latest issues of the various computer magazines available. Naturally, I got all the
Commodore mags, but also some general computing ones, as well (Byte, Microcomputing, Kilobaud, Interface Age, et al). I was in heaven.
hollowone wrote to Mortar M. <=-
I remember that well. I used to hit the magazine racks at several bookstores on a regular basis, just to get the latest issues of the various computer magazines available. Naturally, I got all the
Commodore mags, but also some general computing ones, as well (Byte, Microcomputing, Kilobaud, Interface Age, et al). I was in heaven.
It's still heaven when you can find them digitalized as one archive.
I preserved many as complete periodic from issue 1 to last. Sometimes browse through and I always discover something interesting, if not genuinely brilliant!
I also like newer magazines that come with that rebooted retro vibe.
They are always much better curated than anything online in the same matter.
Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three
you can share?
Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three
you can share?
Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three >you can share?
computegazette.com
Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three
you can share?
Here is a sample article on BBSing in Vol 1 Issue 3 of Compute!'s
gazette,
I've often said how much I miss the old "glossy magazines" from back in the day, so I was happy to see that there's a new magazine dedicated to what we call Retro Computing.
It's called COMPUTE!s GAZETTE, and you can check it out at:
https://computesgazette.com
You can download a PDF of a sample issue there, so just click on "Dive
In" and scroll to the bottom of the next page to find the link.
You can also buy the full issue, and/or subscribe to future issues
there, too. It's not cheap, but I think it's a noble effort and one we should support if we can afford to. I bought the Premiere issue, and almost immediately got a full PDF, with the print issue about to be
mailed out.
By the way, it's got a nice article about FujiNet, which I've beenfuji net is so cool!
accused of being a "cheerleader" for, and Thom Cherryhomes did a nice
job of pointing out the details.
I remember looking at $2500 386 desktops and dreaming what it would be like to have something that powerful. :)
poindexter FORTRAN wrote to jimmylogan <=-
jimmylogan wrote to Utopian Galt <=-
At the time I bought it, I was either not dialing into BBS's yet,
or I was only hitting local ones. :-)
I remember looking at $2500 386 desktops and dreaming what it would be like to have something that powerful. :)
jimmylogan wrote to Utopian Galt <=-
At the time I bought it, I was either not dialing into BBS's yet,
or I was only hitting local ones. :-)
Nightfox wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
:) PCs have gotten so much cheaper since then. And I seem to recall
RAM being about $100 or so per megabyte in the early 90s(?) - which
seems hard to believe now.
Utopian Galt wrote to Jimmylogan <=-
BY: jimmylogan (21:1/137)
I remember advertising my bbs in there.
Mortar M. wrote to jimmylogan <=-
Re: Re: The Joy of Mags
By: jimmylogan to hollowone on Sat Oct 04 2025 16:20:16
Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three
you can share?
computegazette.com
Arelor wrote to jimmylogan <=-
Re: Re: The Joy of Mags
By: jimmylogan to hollowone on Sat Oct 04 2025 04:20 pm
Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three
you can share?
It depends on what you are interested about. I think FUSION has lot of
ZX Spectrum content, ZZAP! has Amiga content, and Retro Gamer has lots
of retrospective content regarding retro games anr retro platoforms.
Retro Gamer is a bit too commercial, the others feel like they try to
be magazines like those back in the day.
And yes, there is a lot of work done on retro technology by new people, they actually have stuff to write about.
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