Source: https://vintageapple.org/

Sweet bitter nostalgia … back in the 80s when the Internet was not available to the public yet, and did not even have that name, it was kind of hard to stay up to date with micro- and homecomputing. The pace of releases of new hardware, software and games was insane.

So you had to rely on the group of the privileged … computer journalists. 👨‍💻

These ladies and gentleman were allowed to play with all this digital candy all day. What a dream job! I personally still remember my heart rate and dopamine levels when I bought my desired magazine at the newsstand every two weeks. And woe betide me if it wasn't there.

Plenty of magazines flooded the market over the years, but at least one stood out: The BYTE Magazine. 

Between June 1975 and and October 1998 there have been a whopping 287 issues often with more than 200 pages. And all that goodness can be found online here.

The Team behind vintageapple.org provides each and every issue as a PDF, but currently their servers seem to be affected by a popular rank at HN 🤷‍♂️.

Most but not all issues can also be found on the archive in the meantime.

Grab some hot milk and cookies, a great afternoon is ahead. 🍪