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Article #1453Re: BYTE magazine folding?
From: Kim DeVaughn
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1985 20:53
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1985 20:53
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>>I don't know about BYTE folding, however, Creative Computing is soon to print
>>its last issue.
>
>It just did {CC, that is}; the December issue is the last, although Ahl et al
>are looking for a 'white knight' to buy the rights from Ziff-Davis &
>start them up again.
Yep, ol' Ziff-Davis ought to be pretty proud of their hit-ratio ... lessee:
Microsystems
Computers & Electronics (formerly Popular Electronics, and one of the
oldest hobbiest/tech magazines in the field)
Creative-Computing
Anybody know who published "PC Age" ... one of the few technical magazines
for MS/PC-DOS'ish machines a year or two ago?
Granted, the Marketplace has changed over the years, but I suspect that there
are at least as many people interested in technical info now as there were in
(say) 1978 or so ... actually, I'd bet that there are quite a few more.
It couldn't possibly be that these magazines just weren't turning *enough*
profit to satisfy "Corporate", could it?
BTW, Sol & Lennie Libes have resurrected Microsystems (which I believe they
started, before Ziff-Davis got ahold of it), and renamed it Micro/Systems
Journal. They've just published their 5th issue, and are running it out of
their garage. It has a very high percentage of TECHNICAL/editorial content,
and deserves to be successful. If you haven't yet tried it, pick up an
issue ... if you're technically oriented, I think you'll like it.
As an example, their 5th issue included the 1st half of an extensive article
on the NEC V20/V30 chip (pin-compatible, but higher performance replacement
for the 8088/8086 chip), including alot of assembler macros to use the new
opcodes, etc.
Note: I'm not associated with Ziff-Davis (obviously) or Micro/Systems Journal
in any way, and my opinions are my own ... though the Tooth-Fairy often
agrees with me.
/kim
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