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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: 0.202s | 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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lysace ◴[26 Aug 25 17:19 UTC] No.45029534[source]▶
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I only have a few issues that I bought as a kid. I've been re-reading them lately and I noticed that that while e.g. a 1987 issue is (still!) deeply intellectually stimulating, a 1989 issue is kind of boring in comparison.

It seems like it went from being focused on computer science/engineering to commercial uses of computing quite quickly.

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1. spankibalt ◴[26 Aug 25 23:48 UTC] No.45033770[source]▶
Interesting. German publisher Heise avoided this largely by fielding two sister publications: the "c't" (1983 onwards, aimed largely at the general, computer-literate audience) as well as the mentioned above "iX" (1988 onwards, aimed at professionals and pro-level amateurs).