david@bragvax.UUCP (David DiGiacomo) (10/23/84)
In article <13223@sri-arpa.UUCP> William Chops Westfield writes: >"Microcomputing" magazine (formerly "KiloBaud") has anounced in >their november, 1984 issue that it will be the last... > >After 95 issues, the second oldest computer magazine is going >out of business... What is left for people who like to do >hardware hacking? This is a non-sequitur -- "Microcomputing" hasn't published any significant hardware articles since before the name change. P.S. Byte still publishes one hardware article a month (of course they're only flogging the latest Micromint kit). -- David DiGiacomo, BRAG Systems Inc., San Mateo CA (415) 342-3963 (...decvax!ucbvax!hplabs!bragvax!david)
mpackard@uok.UUCP (11/05/84)
x Good point, There has not been a descent hardware magazine since BYTE went over a 100 pages, (1976). I keep up to date with several defense magazines (or war magazines if you like). But still I miss the old days when circuits were printed even if they were sloppy. Most of Green's pubs were written by readers and I always enjoyed 73 because you can learn by examining other peoples slop. They once carried a spectrum analyser issue (oh about 4 years ago I guess) and I got a kick because the guys pictures had so much garbage signals hat you could barely discern what he was pointing out. Most recent stuff still has floating inputs that would work I guess maybe 25% of the time with luck. But I enjoy electronics and any the circuits that people design. It is relaxing I think.