Own A Piece of Geek History (Competition Closed) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2019, 06:32:44 pm
content: Those of you of a certain age will remember Byte magazine, Dave featured some of the Byte front covers a while ago.Apart from all the adverts one of the highlights of the magazine was the column 'Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar' where each month Steve Ciarcia, an industrial engineer, would guide us through a computer based hardware project. This was decades before the Arduino and whilst some of the projects used one of the simple CPUs of the day others didn't even have a CPU at all!Byte is long gone but the publishers of the magazine had the foresight to collect the articles together and publish them one book at a time. The full set runs to seven volumes each about US Letter size.I'm downsizing and I haven't looked at these books in years, but I can't just throw them away as they are a part of geek history. So, I'm going to give them away. Write a post saying either why you deserve these books or where their deserving new home will be. The girlfriend and I will pick the winner and your books will be sent by surface mail anywhere in the world.Please note that these books are NOT new, in fact they have been well used over the last thirty years or so. Please therefore do not expect pristine volumes. The competition closes 12:00 GMT Thursday 14th February.I look forward to your replies!German_EE

author: georges80
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2019, 10:27:32 pm
content: Good old Byte, quite the magazine in its time, especially the first few years.I had co-published articles in a couple of them. Fond time back in the early - mid 80's. I have the reprints of the articles back in oz somewhere for nostalgia.Any one remember Microcornucopia (also mid 80's era), that was published out of Bend Oregon? The era of the homebrew/DIY computer.Good luck on the competition!cheers,george.

author: NiHaoMike
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2019, 11:33:17 pm
content: I would say Andreas Spiess, Great Scott, Laura Kampf, or The Post Apocalyptic Inventor, because they're all significant in the DIY field and are in Germany to keep shipping/transport costs low.

author: newbrain
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 07, 2019, 11:50:50 pm
content: Quote from: georges80 on February 07, 2019, 10:27:32 pmWith incredible fondness.It was a treasure chest of information and stimulating articles.I suspect I was the only subscriber in Italy...until they sadly folded, and moved the rest of my subscription to Computer Languages - another very interesting magazine, I was already buying.I think I still have some (with Byte too) still sleeping in my father's cellar, with my Fairchild 304A mounting guard.

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 08, 2019, 11:46:41 am
content: Byte Magazine Volume 05 Number 08... what a classic.I would suggesthttp://www.tnmoc.org/

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2019, 11:09:00 am
content: Odd, I expected more replies than this. Is it that the present readership of EEVBlog are too young to remember Byte magazine, or don't people need a library anymore because of the Internet?

author: janoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2019, 10:23:21 pm
content: Quote from: NiHaoMike on February 07, 2019, 11:33:17 pmAndreas is Swiss, not German.

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 09, 2019, 10:23:57 pm
content: Quote from: German_EE on February 09, 2019, 11:09:00 amByte magazine is available on archive.org and I suspect a lot of people here don't have room for more physical copies.

author: ANTALIFE
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 12, 2019, 11:26:40 am
content: If there are no takers and OP is willing to pay shipping then I am keen ;^)Am wanting to start a wee library for electronic books above my 3D printer enclosure

author: james_s
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 13, 2019, 07:55:49 pm
content: I loved Byte, but it would cost a small fortune to ship a collection of books to me and I've already had to part with a lot of books I would normally have kept just due to space restrictions. I prefer paper books/magazines over digital but digital space is dirt cheap while physical space is a very valuable commodity.

author: Cliff Matthews
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: February 14, 2019, 12:44:35 am
content: I was a tech at ComputerLand in '81 so I can donate my stash if someone covers the shipping (bonus Black box '95 and Radio Shack too) - Help me clean house!

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 14, 2019, 06:44:35 pm
content: The competition has now closed and the winner has been contacted. The winner will be announced in a day or so once they reply.

author: German_EE
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 15, 2019, 09:32:06 am
content: The winner is EEVBlog member ANTALIFE. We selected him because of the content of his website and the work that is displayed, tasks which seem close to the original vision of the Circuit Cellar. Shipping the books to Australia will be an interesting challenge but we're going to stick to the original promise.https://www.antalife.com/