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Show HN: A zoomable, searchable archive of BYTE magazine

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401 points chromy | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 15:34 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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

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rayiner ◴[26 Aug 25 18:46 UTC] No.45030580[source]▶
I loved BYTE! The articles were so much more technical and interesting than anything you find in a computer magazine (or equivalent) today.
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1. embedded_hiker ◴[26 Aug 25 19:04 UTC] No.45030791[source]▶
That is most of how I learned how computers worked when I was a teenager. I had no other resources of this quality, not even access to a computer most of the time.

Strangely, I don't get much nostalgia from this. The situation kind of sucked.