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The Era of American Computer Magazines Has Drawn to a Close (bytecellar.com)

submitted 6 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The Era of American Computer Magazines Has Drawn to a Close::I’ve been buying a copy of Maximum PC magazine at the airport newsstand on every long-distance trip I’ve taken over the past two decades. I’m primarily a Mac user but Maximum PC, which started life as boot, bought at these … Continue reading →

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[–] RotaryKeyboard@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can't believe they published this article without including a copy of Computer Shopper in the image!

[–] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

When I used to run a book store in the 80s, two magazines were the largest (and 99% ads): bridal magazines and Computer Shopper.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

Yeah, I would barely call Computer Shopper a magazine.

The one I'm surprised they didn't have a photo of was Byte. Especially considering the website is called Byte Cellar.

[–] lunarul@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

As a European, I grew up with PC Zone and PC Gamer (both from the UK). Just looked them up and I see PC Gamer is still running and has a US edition too.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Did anyone else grow up with Enter magazine as a kid? I couldn't even imagine a kids' magazine today that included huge reams of code for you to copy over line by line and hope it all worked 2 hours later when you were done. But somehow it was worth it.