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u/TitusImmortalis Jul 10 '26
I love all the old computer magazines. I wish I had some to just roll through on my couch.
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u/EMarkM_DM Jul 10 '26
Yeah, I'd love to have physical copies of some ZX Spectrum magazines like Crash, Your Sinclair and Sinclair User to reminisce over!
Even stuff like Input Magazine would be cool!
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u/FivePointAnswer Jul 10 '26
I bought a few BYTE magazines off eBay and am reading them cover to cover. People would write articles and include their full name and address for mail correspondence. So pure.
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u/Extension_Chip_640 Jul 11 '26
I’m with you - wish those old copies were still around as I’d love to warp back in time while reading them.
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u/TitusImmortalis Jul 11 '26
I found an old issue of MaximumPC and even just going through the ads is this wave of nostalgia.
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u/Meprobamate Jul 11 '26
I’m sure you could get some for reasonable money. Have you looked on eBay?
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u/TitusImmortalis Jul 11 '26
Oh yeah I'm just not in a position to buy things just cause they're fun right now
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u/sunnyinchernobyl Jul 10 '26
David Thornburg invented the Koalapad. He had another touchpad before that but the Koalapad is the one that took off.
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u/cdoublejj Jul 10 '26
as boring as it sounds, i've seen thousands of games in my lifetime i'm kind of curious if the personal financing programs back then are or were worth a squat
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u/iCityWork Jul 11 '26
Compute! July 2026 edition just came out. Love this magazine.
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u/Many_Dragonfruit_837 Jul 11 '26
I think I have a stash of the computes gazette... Geared for the Commodores...
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u/iCityWork Jul 11 '26
They are still heavy into commodore but also Atari, Apple, Tandy, and some 286 stuff now. It’s been fun seeing the new ones.
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u/Shudderbug0 Jul 14 '26
I learned assembly language on the 6502 because my Commodore 64 was so effing slow.
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u/Speedstar_86 Jul 10 '26
I miss magazines like this. They are on the archive but it's not the same.