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BYTE Vol 07-11 1982-11 Graphics - 636 Pages 427,638,145 bytes BYTE Vol 07-11 from November 1982... A crappy cover but a big big issue with lots of good stuff! I wish I had grabbed this one a bit earlier as it has a really nice TRON article that goes through the creation of the computer models and such.. There is an (non Chris Crawford) Atari article on using the color registers for animation. A couple of games from a recent contest are in this issue, almost makes it feel like a compute! magazine An interview with the creator of the 6502.. this is an all day read The BYTElines has some interesting fodder including tidbits on the "new" commodore 65000 processor and The quote of the month per BYTE: Eight Things Your Computer Won't Do: 1) A computer won't save you money. 2) A computer won't make your organization run right. 3) A computer won't solve every problem. 4) A computer won't run itself. 5) A computer won't always be right. 6) A computer won't protect itself. 7) A computer won't meet all its own needs. A computer won't become obsolete. Features The Third NCGA and the Future of Computer Graphics Tronic Imagery Build the Circuit Cellar MPX-16 Computer System, Part 1 Problem Solving wIth Logo Build a Video Digitizer Computer Animation with Color Registers Victor Victorious: The Victor 9000 Computer An Interview with Chuck Peddle JETSET The Game of Rat and Dragon An Introduction to the Human Applications Standard Computer Interface, Part 2: Implementing the HASCI Concept A Short History of the Keyboard User's Column: Terminals, Keyboards, and How Software Piracy Will Bring Profits to Its Victims Inexpensive Transducers for the TRS-80 A Graphics Primer Interactive 3-D Graphics for the Apple II Microvec: The Other Type of Video Display Reviews The Graphics Magician Cambridge Development Lab's HighResolution Video Graphics System Executive Briefing System Colonial Data Services' SB-80 Nucleus Editorial: Deus ex Machina of the Technological Age Letters Software Received Ask BYTE Event Queue Clubs and Newsletters BYTELINES Books Received What's New? Unclassified Ads BOMB, BOMB Results Reader Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 07-11 1982-11 Graphics Cover Index

I would not want to make torrents of the magazines in random order.. The only reason for torrent at all at this point is for bandwidth reasons. With the mirror sites I think we are OK with the current method but I will work on some of the older issues so that there is a set to torrent if the time comes... At the current rate (I am halfway through the billing cycle) it looks like I will right at a terabyte in transfers this month... I have been doing anywhere from 200-300 gigs. My account was moved from 1.5 TB a month to "unlimited" which means at some point they will trickle my pipe down to nothing.. I don't know if this is done on a daily or a monthly tracking but there was a spike of around 130 gig this month... the last two days have been around 50 gig a day.. With the mirrors now listed up on the main page hopefully that will with all the new people doing the up-front big grabs...

I would like to see 1976 (7/12 so far) finished, then 1975 (now complete) and 1976 could be put up in two torrents. Of course the big issues didn't happen until late 1977. Maybe it would be better to torrent later ones in half-year sets. I was looking at potential torrent sizes.. 75/76/77 combined would be about 3 gigs in size Total (28 magazines).. Seams somewhat reasonable for a torrent?

there are already some mirrors posted earlier in the thread people can use. http://malus.exotica.org.uk/~buzz/byte/ http://24.96.150.90/events/byte/index.html http://24.96.150.75/events/byte/index.html http://76.73.219.7/events/byte/index.html It would probably be a good idea to list these in the original post. Right now it has the posting date for each issue which encourages people to use the corresponding strikequick.com link. Unless someone reads the whole thread, they won't even notice the mirrors (I didn't). Edit: It's also easier to find an issue by going to one of the mirror sites than by looking up a particular post in this (long) thread. Good idea.. I should have done that sooner. All of the mirror links have been added to the main post.

Ha! Not you silly.. I mean I think there was another mention by another website or blog.. curious as to where

Thanks much! Always good to get something accomplished! We have had a huge pickup in visitors today... Anyone new care to tell us where you are visiting from??

AtariUser 03 1991-07 Portfolio Guide - 40 Pages 30,815,076 bytes Issue #3 of AtariUser Magazine from July 1991.. A complete Portfolio Guide.. Some grumbling in the editorial about what to do about local sellers upset about the mail order houses selling cheaply.. The z*net hotwire reported on the Panther and compared in to the SNES and some more information on Atari Canada and a meeting with Bob Brodie. Quite a bit about the death of STart magazine. Main Story Portfolio Complete Software & Hardware guide--special section! News and Stuff! High Resolution - Sheldon Winick on the state of mailorder News & Comment - STart Stops, Inside Atari, Taiwan Deals, 'Perlect' Words? News wire - Panther, SoftSource, Contest worth $10,000 Reviews - CalAssistant, DTPaint, Z-KEYS, D.E.K.A., Informer II Columns ST - Viruses, Atari & You TT - Newdesk: The new standard On Line - Getting On ... PORTFOLIO - The wonderful world of data transferring MIDI - Your first keyboard(s) User Groups - Shows. Getting membership 8-BIT - Connectivity with your classic Atari Software Ideas - Cool software--almost free LYNX - "Easter Eggs." Games within games Resource Everything (Just about) Portfolio The Back Page Download it here: AtariUser 03 1991-07 Portfolio Guide Cover Index

AtariUser 02 1991-06 Word Processing - 40 Pages 28,409,524 bytes Issue #2 of AtariUser Magazine from June 1991.. Comparing word processors for the Atari ST.. More interesting is the bit about the formation of IAAD (Independent Association of Atari Developers) and Atari own plans (CEPS) for third party support... some news about Canada Atari. Some interesting information from the Z*Net newswire.. A few Atari Festivals still happening The physical quality of this issue was especially bad. Very hard to clean up. Main Story We compare the best document processors available for the ST/TT. Complete charts! News and Stuff! High Resolution - Nathan Potechin on the future of our market News & Comment - CEPS Details, Canadian market news News wire - From Z*Net Reviews - Defender II, Cleanup ST, Atari SLM605, Diamond Back II , DaataScan, Casey Columns ST - Towns' Little Guide to TOS Revisions PORTFOLIO - The Portfolio Chronicles MIDI - Making More of MIDI? USER GROUPS - Rollin' your own Atari Store! 8-BIT - Diamond-GEM knock-off SHOWTIME - Pacific Northwest AtariFest LYNX - New Games Preview SOFTWARE IDEAS - It's cooler when it's free! Resource Everything (Just about) Lynx The Back Page Download it here: AtariUser 02 1991-06 Word Processing Cover Index

AtariUser 01 1991-05 Atari CBIT Coverage - 40 Pages 28,780,686 bytes Issue #1 of AtariUser Magazine.. Report on what happened at CeBIT, meet the new ST Notebook and some crazy thing called the STPad... a Quick quote on the STPad from the article: "A complete ST computer without a keyboard or mouse, the STPad uses a pen and a touch-screen coupled with truly revolutionary handwriting technology..." There is a picture of it as well... Did this thing ever get released? Main Story See what Happened at CeBit! News and Stuff! High Resolution - Editor-in-Chief John Nagy welcomes you to AtariUser ... Read this! News & Comment - CEPS bombshell. New faces. New prices. New tactics. New games. Reviews - GrandSlam, Hard Drivin' II, HotwirelMaxifile 3.0, Mug Shot!, Blackout, The Adventures of Mad Dog Williams Columns ST - How much faster is faster? Speedin' it up TT - Really, it's coming MIDI - What are those holes for anyway? BBIT - The state of things PORTFOLIO - The practical Portfolio primer LYNX - Why less Lynx is better & more games SOFTWARE IDEAS - It's cooler when it's free! Resource Complete USA User Group guide The Back Page Download it here: AtariUser 01 1991-05 Atari CBIT Coverage Cover Index

AtariUser was a small magazine dedicated to all the various products produced by Atari. The magazine ran from May 1991 to October 1993 (21 issues total). I believe the magazine was free (with a subscription option) with the majority of issues were given out in California. If you have looked at the BYTE scanning efforts this will run along those lines.. Roughly one magazine per week will be posted in PDF format until they are all posted. The size of the PDFs will run around 20-30meg each. The initial thread post (what you are reading now) will be updated as magazine are posted.. This magazine is similar in quality and size as a comic book so it is considerably more difficult to get good scans. Don't expect them to look as good as the BYTE/Analog/ANTIC/SoftSide/STart magazines The complete list of AtariUser magazine is listed below. When a magazine is put up for download the pages/size/Date will be modified... Notice that there are two issues missing! I am really hoping that someone has these and can donate them.. I have not been able to locate them and it would be a shame not to have the complete set digitized. Issue Date Pages Size Date Posted to Thread ----- ------ ----- ---- ----------------------- 1 May-91 40 29 2010-12-30 2 Jun-91 40 29 2010-12-30 3 Jul-91 40 30 2010-12-31 4 Aug-91 40 30 2011-01-08 5 Sep-91 40 30 2011-01-13 6 Oct-91 40 28 2011-01-20 7 Nov-91 32 23 2011-01-26 8 Dec-91 32 25 2011-01-29 9 Jan-92 36 27 2011-01-29 10 Feb-92 32 23 2011-01-31 11 Mar-92 36 30 2011-02-20 12 Apr-92 28 22 2011-03-02 13 May-92 32 26 2011-03-10 14 Jun-92 32 26 2011-04-26 15 Jul-92 32 23 2011-03-20 16 Aug-92 28 18 2011-05-01 17 Sep-92 18 Oct-92 19 Nov-92 20 Dec-92 ***MISSING*** If you have it please get in touch! 21 Oct-93

I just tried to download this (because of that re-scanned page), and it fails at 39% with an error that implies there's a disk error on the server. I think it needs to be re-uploaded. I clicked the link in your response and it loaded ok - I was able to thumb through the entire mag with no problems... although... it... was... really... slow... to... download.... I don't think my hosting provider is very happy with me this month There must have been a temporary issue with their side but it is working now.

So... looking at the cover of the January 1977 issue.. Is that a wall paper background on the monitor? The outside is dirty industrial but the monitor shows a nice tranquil futuristic background.. Nice advanced red floppies and paper-tape as well. And that keyboard.. It goes *up* the monitor.. Not very functional!

BYTE Vol 02-01 1977-01 Hash Tables and Interrupts - 148 Pages 90,580,072 bytes Vol 02-01 January 1977 of BYTE Magazine... So BYTE did not really theme this issue and I could not find an overriding theme, hence the "Hash Tables and Interrupts" title. BYTE gets serious and starts using Volume numbers and coloring its index page (though just in a shade of blue). Great stuff for the hardware guy this issue. Foreground MAKING HASH WITH TABLES HOW TO DRIVE A TELETYPE WITHOUT A UART SATURATION RECORDING'S NOT THAT HARD THE BUILT-IN LOGIC TESTER BUILD THE "COFFEE CAN SPECIAL" EROM ERASER SEPARATE YOUR SYNC USING INTERRUPTS TO SPEED UP AN ELM Background WATTS INSIDE A POWER SUPPLY PICK UP BASIC BY PROM BOOTSTRAPS BLACK FRIDAY TYPES AND USES OF DIRECT ACCESS STORAGE SYS 8 1/2... YOUR OWN EXECUTIVE COMMANDS COMPUTER MODELS FOR BOARD GAMES A COMPUTER HOBBYIST CLUB SURVEY Nucleus In This BYTE The Appliance Computer, Circa 1977 About the Cover Machine Readable Printed Programs Book Reviews Letters What's New? Description: Tutorial Training Computer Answer to Software Bug 6 Description : OSI Classified Ads BYTE's Bugs BYTE's Bits Some Candid Shots from PC 76 KilO'Byte Clubs, Newsletters Clubs, Newsletters Directory Ask BYTE BOMB Reader Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 02-01 1977-01 Hash Tables and Interrupts Cover Index I just finished up the next Issue.. Big 600+ page beast from 1982.. has an Atari 8-bit article in it as well as an interview with Chuck peddle and a long article about the making of Tron... Good one!

One thing on the blog post.. the picture doesn't up-size when you click it.. You just get the same small thumbnail again.

Here is the ad.. page 142 from the June 1986 BYTE (page 142) - cleaned up a bit as there were some scanning nasties in the original PDF... So other than there is no place for that BASF floppy they were pretty accurate Oh! I want a touch tablet that big! I am pretty sure I could squeeze that bar graph on my android though Good find!

BYTE Vol 04-09 1979-09 Homebrewing - 260 Pages 175,643,807 bytes Issue Vol 04-09 of BYTE Magazine from September 1979... Homebrewing... Optical tape reader, soldering techniques.. What no wire rapping techniques? I thought the introduction to multiprogramming article was splendid. Foreground JOYSTICK INTERFACES by Steve Ciarcia INTRODUCTION TO MULTIPROGRAMMING INTERFACE A CHESSBOARD TO YOUR KIM-l A LOW-SPEED ANALOG-TO-OIGITAL CONVERTER THE NATURE OF ROBOTS, Part 4 INEXPENSIVE, OPTICAL PAPER-TAPE READER A MODEL OF THE BRAIN FOR ROBOT CONTROL, Part 4 Background SOME MUSINGS ON HARDWARE DESIGN SOLDERING TECHNIQUES by William Trimmer HANDY PULSER by Bob Chrisp THE AMSAT-GOLEM-80 ADD SOME CONTROL TO YOUR COMPUTER Nucleus Editorial: The Rationale of Yet Another Homebrew System Programming Quickies Unclassified Ads BYTE's Bits Technical Forum Clubs and Newsletters BYTE News Book Reviews Letters Languages Forum Event Queue What's New? Reader Service BOMB Download it here: BYTE Vol 04-09 1979-09 Homebrewing Cover Index

What are you a mind reader?? That was the one I was going to put up next!! OK not really.. Actually I did that issue months ago but it came up 10 pages short and I could never figure out what happened to the 10 missing pages. I was doing some Atari magazines at the time as well and I think I may have thrown them out.. Anyway! I was given a fresh magazine of that issue that I have chopped up and sitting in the scanner as I type so it should appear in the not too distant future....

They are available at www.atarimania.com last time I looked.. click the 400/800 icon, then on "books/docs".

Hmm, getting an error upon opening from Acrobat saying the file is damaged and cannot be repaired. OK, this is good now.. I downloaded the new copy and page 90 looks good...

Yeah, that was me. Sorry about that... but I did say you were a "nice generous guy", and I stand by my original assessment. If I can get you to add "good looking" we will be all set

BYTE Vol 00-12 1976-08 Speech Synthesis - 132 Pages 76,578,145 bytes Issue #12 of BYTE Magazine... Speech Synthesis in 1976? Who are they kidding! Maybe in 1986 The most interesting article in this issue to me is the one on Video Disks.. The very first paragraph is amazing coming from a 1976 magazine: In one to three years, for less than $1,000, you should be able to buy a mass storage system with the following characteristics: - Directly accessible in 10-50 ms. - Data transmission rate of 15,000,000 bits per second. - On line capacity of 4,000,000,000 bytes. - Storage units costing $2 each. Wow! The rest of the article is just as interesting... they even call them "digidisks" Good guesses on future predictions as well.. Foreground TRUE CONFESSIONS: HOW I RELATE TO KIM BUILD A TV READOUT DEVICE FOR YOUR MICROPROCESSOR INTERFACING THE 60 mA CURRENT LOOP Background WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A VIDEO DISK? FRIENDS, HUMANS, COUNTRYROBOTS: LEND ME YOUR EARS THE TIME HAS COME TO TALK MICROPROCESSOR UPDATE: ZILOG Z80 MACHINE LANGUAGE PROGRAMMING FOR THE "8008"-Chapter 2 JACK AND THE MACHINE TALK (or, The Making of an Assembler) Nucleus In This BYTE Some Notes on Clubs Letters What's New? Book Review BYTE's Bugs Classified Ads Software Bug of the Month 3 Systems of Note Functional Specifications Clubs, Newsletters Tool Box Answers BOMB Reader's Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 00-12 1977-08 Speech Synthesis Cover Index For those who are curious.. in the last 24 hours there was about 125 Gigs of data transferred from my site.. no clue how much the mirror sites are doing but a record day for me

Hmm, getting an error upon opening from Acrobat saying the file is damaged and cannot be repaired. I'll look at it when I get home.. It took forever to upload last night...

Looks like there was a mention in a vintage-computing thread as well: Vintage Computing Thread Link No bueno! The good times are over!

BYTE Vol 00-06 1976-02 Color Graphics - 100 Pages 54,765,923 bytes Issue #6 of BYTE Magazine... My Dear Aunt Sally on the cover.. I always remembered her as "Sally Forth" in Analog magazine - boy that broad gets around! Looks like she is all about parser algorithms this month. Foreground KEYBOARD MODIFICATION LEDs LIGHT UP YOUR LOGIC BUILD A TTL PULSE CATCHER DRESSING UP FRONT PANELS Background MY DEAR AUNT SALLY PROCESSING ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS DATA PATHS THE NEW ALTAIR 680 HOW TO SAVE THE BYTES MORE ON THE SWTPC 6800 SYSTEM TV COLOR GRAPHICS COULD A COMPUTER TAKE OVER? Nucleus In This BYTE Join the Club Letters Our New Offices BYTE's Bits Chips Found Floating Down Silicon Slough Classified Ads Numbers Clubs, Newsletters Audio Cassette Standards Symposium View From Silicon Valley 8080 Op Code Table Book Reviews BOMB The BYTE Questionnaire Reader's Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 00-05 1977-02 Color Graphics Cover Index I was going to post up a larger issue this week but seeing as how we have 35 current readers in this thread (up from the 3-4 at any given time normally) and we went from 14000 to 15000 in the thread reads in one day.. I thought I better put up a smaller issue just to be safe...

Page 90 is kind of washed out, but still readable. Could it have been that way in the original? This has been fixed (thanks to raindog2112 for scanning the faded page) and re-uploaded to the original location. I think this thread has been mentioned elsewhere recently as there has been a major upswing in the bandwidth being used.. Nothing too bad yet