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Byte (stylized as BYTE) was a microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage. [1] Byte started in 1975, shortly after the first personal computers appeared as kits advertised in the back of electronics magazines. Byte was published monthly, with an initial yearly ...
BYTE in the October 1984 issue announced BYTEnet, "a project in computer conferencing", with 200 beta testers who received free service during the "experiment". [2] The magazine formally announced BIX in the June 1985 issue, offering an introductory sign-up fee of $25, and evening and weekend charges of $6 per hour of connect time: the service offered direct numbers in San Francisco, Los ...
Robert Tinney. Robert Frank Tinney (born November 22, 1947) is an American contemporary illustrator [ 1] known for his monthly cover illustrations for the microcomputer publication Byte magazine [ 2][ 3] spanning over a decade. In so doing, Tinney became one of the first artists to create a broad yet consistent artistic concept for the ...
Wayne Sanger Green II (September 3, 1922 – September 13, 2013) [1] [2] was an American publisher, writer, and consultant. Green was editor of CQ magazine before he went on to found 73, 80 Micro, Byte, CD Review, Cold Fusion, Kilobaud Microcomputing, RUN, InCider, and Pico, as well as publishing books and running Instant Software.
"New Coke" was launched in 1985, much to Coke fans' disappointment. Consumers didn't like the new product and went as far as to sign petitions and protest to get their beloved flavor back.
The serial interface and cassette data storage article in the first issue of Byte was written by Don Lancaster. Wayne wanted a magazine that a beginner could read but Carl wanted a more technical magazine. Lucky for Carl (and the readers) the magazine was in Virginia Greens name.
CompuServe, Inc. (CompuServe Information Service, Inc., also known by its initialism CIS or later CSi) was an American online service, the first major commercial one in the world. It opened in 1969 as a timesharing and remote access service marketed to corporations. After a successful 1979 venture selling otherwise under-utilized after-hours ...
Virginia Williamson (also Virginia Londner Green and Virginia Peschke) was the co-founder, owner and publisher of Byte magazine. She founded the magazine in 1975 together with her ex-husband, Wayne Green the founder/publisher of the amateur radio magazine 73. [1][2] She sold the magazine to McGraw-Hill in 1979, [3] but remained publisher until ...