Would have a better title, but I've got a lot of reading to do...
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So anyway, here's about five million pages (many searchable) of 20th century magazines regarding things like recording, mastering, broadcasting and even microcomputers.
Wow, I used to flip through Broadcast Engineering when I worked in local station television . . . especially when I was waiting for an engineer to decide if he had time for the production folks . . . These are all fascinating. Thanks!
posted by pt68 at 8:58 PM on February 1, 2016
posted by pt68 at 8:58 PM on February 1, 2016
My brother in law showed me this a couple of weeks ago, I'm trying not to dive too deep or I'll never come out again. The first 70's recording mag I looked at sent me into paroxysms of gear coveting.
posted by threecheesetrees at 10:05 PM on February 1, 2016
posted by threecheesetrees at 10:05 PM on February 1, 2016
I've been to the site before, but I don't dare visit often. Huge time-sink potential there.
posted by in278s at 10:44 PM on February 1, 2016
posted by in278s at 10:44 PM on February 1, 2016
> Damn computing was an expensive hobby back in the day.
Worse than it sounds since that 64 KB of RAM is closer to $1300 in current dollars after adjusting for inflation.
posted by ardgedee at 4:11 AM on February 2, 2016
Worse than it sounds since that 64 KB of RAM is closer to $1300 in current dollars after adjusting for inflation.
posted by ardgedee at 4:11 AM on February 2, 2016
Ah, Byte. It was a glorious magazine back in the early eighties and played no little part in me pursuing a career in CS. Ciarcia's projects, and the Pournelle worth reading. Good stuff.
posted by bouvin at 4:36 AM on February 2, 2016
posted by bouvin at 4:36 AM on February 2, 2016
I can't even keep up with my Tape Op subscription!
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:11 AM on February 2, 2016
posted by Devils Rancher at 5:11 AM on February 2, 2016
You bastard(s)!!!
*sniffles, cancels all appointments*
posted by petebest at 5:27 AM on February 2, 2016
*sniffles, cancels all appointments*
posted by petebest at 5:27 AM on February 2, 2016
Holy smokes. What a find.
While bombing out of electrical engineering, I spent untold hours in the university libraries reading just about every Studio Sound they had. It was a more important part of my education I think. I also read db magazine whenever I could.
Now that they're online, I can throw out a 2 ft high stack of photocopies from back then. Sorry, trees.
posted by Artful Codger at 5:43 AM on February 2, 2016
While bombing out of electrical engineering, I spent untold hours in the university libraries reading just about every Studio Sound they had. It was a more important part of my education I think. I also read db magazine whenever I could.
Now that they're online, I can throw out a 2 ft high stack of photocopies from back then. Sorry, trees.
posted by Artful Codger at 5:43 AM on February 2, 2016
The thing I love most of all about browsing old computer magazines is the prices.
Me too. In the Dec 1984 Byte, there is an overview of Ethernet. It quotes a cost per connected device (on a switch, I assume, though that wasn't the term used) of around $400-450 per device, and says you can expect the price to settle out around 250-300. I just bought a 5 port gigabit switch for less than $20 - less than $4 per device!
found 64 kilobytes of RAM for $629.
I remember buying sticks of RAM in maybe 1992 for $40 per MB (1 MB sticks). That's quite a drop in 8 years. Now of course you can buy an 8 GB stick of DDR3 RAM for $35. You can buy an 8 GB sd card for $4 -- I wonder how fast that 1992 RAM is compared to the flash memory on the sd card.
posted by odin53 at 5:52 AM on February 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Me too. In the Dec 1984 Byte, there is an overview of Ethernet. It quotes a cost per connected device (on a switch, I assume, though that wasn't the term used) of around $400-450 per device, and says you can expect the price to settle out around 250-300. I just bought a 5 port gigabit switch for less than $20 - less than $4 per device!
found 64 kilobytes of RAM for $629.
I remember buying sticks of RAM in maybe 1992 for $40 per MB (1 MB sticks). That's quite a drop in 8 years. Now of course you can buy an 8 GB stick of DDR3 RAM for $35. You can buy an 8 GB sd card for $4 -- I wonder how fast that 1992 RAM is compared to the flash memory on the sd card.
posted by odin53 at 5:52 AM on February 2, 2016 [1 favorite]
Surprising number of BBC yearbooks for an American radio history site! Their search function seems sort of wonky, though. Better to use Google's site search.
posted by steef at 6:51 AM on February 2, 2016
posted by steef at 6:51 AM on February 2, 2016
Time to read every Chaos Manor article ever published.
posted by Splunge at 9:13 AM on February 2, 2016
posted by Splunge at 9:13 AM on February 2, 2016
Oh, this is extra crispy bucket of geek-tastic, here.
thanks!
posted by rmd1023 at 9:42 AM on February 2, 2016
thanks!
posted by rmd1023 at 9:42 AM on February 2, 2016
From the Dec/Jan 1976 issue of Modern Recording, "A Session with Stevie Wonder" as he records Songs in the Key of Life.
posted by Captain Chesapeake at 10:27 AM on February 2, 2016
posted by Captain Chesapeake at 10:27 AM on February 2, 2016
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