Thanks to user DamnInteresting on Hacker News, I've found my latest rabbit hole obsession on the Internet Archive: A significant portion of the English back catalogue of Byte Magazine, the granddaddy of personal computing periodicals, stretching all the way back to 1975.
If you're unfamiliar with Byte, the magazine basically grew up alongside personal computing. It was spearheaded by Wayne Green, editor of an amateur radio magazine—there's a fun parallel there to how tabletop roleplaying emerged from the earlier, grognardier wargaming scene at almost the exact same time.
Looking back, I think Byte is invaluable not only as a more prosaic record of personal computing's development, but also as a reminder of a different way of thinking about computers, back when they were magical and exciting, a symbol of almost-inevitable progress.
These days, computers cost too much because we're building useless warehouses full of them that are, altogether, Read Entire Article
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