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Compute's Gazette Magazine Returns After 35 Yrs, Will Focus on Retro Computing

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104 points dbelson | 1 comments | 13 Apr 25 11:01 UTC | HN request time: 0.228s | source
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le-mark ◴[13 Apr 25 15:00 UTC] No.43673280[source]▶
Iirc the “gazette” version of Compute! Was focused on Commodore machines, whereas Compute was a polyglot of several popular US machines. Theses magazines were a lifeline to a lot of us in the 80’s pre internet. It reminds me how amazing this age is, with regard to freely available information.
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1. pryelluw ◴[13 Apr 25 16:50 UTC] No.43674106[source]▶
Not only information access but the distribution model. In middle school, I had a little side business selling shareware on diskettes. My school had gotten brand spanking new 386/486 machines. My older brother had copied a bunch of games and programs from his friends into a stack of diskettes. I was king and made some good cash. Enough to buy a bike.

I miss physical media.