by throw0101a
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- Various archives:
* https://archive.org/details/BYTE-MAGAZINE-COMPLETE/197509_By...
* https://archive.org/download/BYTE-MAGAZINE-COMPLETE
* https://vintageapple.org/byte/
* https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Byte_Magazine.htm
* 5mo ago, "Show HN: A zoomable, searchable archive of BYTE magazine": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45028002
Had a subscription to it in the 1990s. Probably one of the best computing magazines that existed (it covered all sorts of topics, from CPU cache workings to file systems (like Veritas)).
- The logo for Smalltalk-80, and later Squeak, came from the Robert Tinney cover of the Byte issue which introduced Smalltalk. The story behind it is documented here:
https://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/3459
by cmrdporcupine
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- When I was 10 years old in elementary school in rural Alberta, Canada in the early 80s this man's art (along with stacks of older Byte magazines that the librarian gifted me) were a gateway to another world.
RIP. Thanks for all the amazing imaginations and for being part of setting me on this career.
- As recently as a few years ago, Robert was directly answering emails and shipping out signed prints of his BYTE covers. We have had some hanging in our office for inspiration. He set the best tone for what computing feels like.
by sombragris
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- I clearly remember his covers and being inspired and stimulated by them. RIP Mr. Tinney, thanks for your great art.
- Magazine and game covers had such cool art then. It's still a joy to look at them after so many years.
RIP Mr Tinney.
- Helped Carl Helmers start Byte along with another Intermetrics co-worker Dan Fylstra (who founded VisiCorp a bit later, the first PC software company that published VisiCalc) in the summer between semesters at Harvard.
Wrote a couple of articles and spent some time in Nashua (IIRC) with Helmers and Green (the publisher), but had to get back to school in the fall so faded out, and didn't overlap with Tinney's work.
Fun times.
- For a long time Byte magazine was my only window on computing (I didn't have a computer yet because they were too expensive) and I always loved the covers. Same with Scientific American.
So much effort went into these and they always hit the mark.
- Some of Robert Tinney's artwork is still available for sale at his website, limited edition runs of several of the Byte covers and other art.
https://tinney.net/
- Robert's cover art set the tone for each issue. His covers danced a fine line between whimsical and informative.
by ChrisArchitect
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- [dupe] Earlier on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982354
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