I'm not quickly finding it but weren't there some magazines missing or has it been decided all are scanned and it usable quality? I see one list https://vintageapple.org/byte/ and archive.org also has a collection but they weren't in order in my browser.
On Wed, Jun 3, 2020, 1:19 AM ED SHARPE via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > My favorite BYTE issue had the HP 150 on the cover. It changed > the entire direction of a segment of my business. > My very first issues of BYTE and Kilobaud were a gift from Ray Morrison > of Ill. Bell Teletype fame > In today's world at the SMECC museum project BYTE and KILOBAUD and > other serve as a reference source and we have bound sets of them > and some loose ones that are easier to put in a scanner . The bound > issues are better to flip through. They are also great to scan out > of and a certain amount of up sizing can be done to imagery to be > integrated into displays > Ed# > > > > > > > > > In a message dated 6/2/2020 8:35:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > cctalk@classiccmp.org writes: > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 7:15 PM Kevin Parker via cctalk > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Do BYTE magazines have any collectability (maybe even from a historical > > perspective or something else)? > > I know certain ones are sought after based on specific contributors or > specific machines gracing the cover (Amiga, Apple, etc.) I'd say > "value" fluctuates wildly and is definitely subjective. > > In my personal case, I'm fond of the issues before the PC took over > because I started reading it in the early 80s and even though I didn't > have a CP/M machine, I still read those articles with fascination (I > devoured the hardware articles by Steve Ciarcia and others and > anything for the PET or could be adapted to the PET). Specific ones, > like the launch of the Amiga 3000 aside, I am not as interested in > anything past the end of the 80s. > > Other people will have completely different opinions based on what > content tickles them. > > Except for, say, the first few issues, it's not like they aren't > somewhat abundant - issues were preserved by a lot of people. I am on > my second set because I lost most of my originals in a flood 25 years > ago. I did a rescue and was asked if I wanted 4 bankers boxes of > Byte Magazines going back to the late 70s. How could I resist. > > As mentioned, many of them have been digitized and I do reference the > PDFs a lot, but I still like the paper and being able to flop open to > an ad or schematic and leave it open for reference. > > > I have to make some decisions about space (the perennial problem for a > > collector of course) and I have quite a few of these taking up a few > > shelves. > > Sure. That's always the challenge. I wish I had a better place for > mine, but I'll have to rearrange a few things first. > > -ethan > >