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401 points chromy | 2 comments | 26 Aug 25 15:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.454s | source

A while ago I was looking for information on a obscure and short lived British computer.

I found an article[1] in the archives of BYTE magazine[2] - and was captivated immediately by the tech adverts of bygone eras.

This led to a long side project to be able to see all 100k pages of BYTE in a single searchable place.

[1]: https://byte.tsundoku.io/#198502-381

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17683184

1. dannyobrien ◴[26 Aug 25 17:15 UTC] No.45029495[source]▶

>>45028002 (OP) #

This is amazing -- thank you for building this! Amusingly, I too ended up searching for British computers -- there's a good article here on the Cantabrian explosion here. https://byte.tsundoku.io/#198301-042

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2. chromy ◴[26 Aug 25 17:32 UTC] No.45029704[source]▶

>>45029495 (TP) #

Oh interesting, thank you! I live in Cambridge an often walk past the Sinclair building but I had not heard of Lynx or Ace which are also based in familiar places! https://byte.tsundoku.io/#198301-050

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