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Byte Magazine - 23 Years of Computer History
I've been working on this one in the background since I've started moving into the office. But I'm finally ready to share the complete collection of Byte magazine I've been able to put together!
A complete scanned library of Byte: https://vintageapple.org/byte/
0:00 Intro
1:40 What is Byte?
3:25 Breadth and Depth
5:30 The end of Byte
6:54 Making a Collection
9:15 Protecting a Collection
12:02 Getting to the fun part
12:44 Issue #1
19:45 September 1976
21:56 Scan and Search
23:23 Steve Ciarcia Projects
27:56 First Mention of Linux
31:30 Researching Can Still Be Hard
36:33 The Last Issue
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published: 26 Feb 2022
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December 1977 Byte Magazine Issue
A look back into the computer past 35 years.
published: 23 Dec 2012
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Byte Magazine’s final print issue (July 1998) #imarley #byte #magazine #retro
published: 08 Jul 2023
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1983 BYTE Magazine Sieve Benchmark running in Tiny BASIC on RP2040
GIBL is Gordon Henderson's Tiny BASIC dialect (derived from NIBL). I've implemented it in Hopper and got it running on the Hopper portable runtime on microcontrollers.
This demo uses the Pimoroni Tiny 2040:
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/tiny-2040
Latest GIBL update from Gordon Henderson:
https://projects.drogon.net/porting-my-tinybasic-to-the-w65c134-sxb/
Hopper source repo on GitHub:
https://github.com/sillycowvalley/Hopper
January 1983 issue of BYTE Magazine:
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-01-rescan/page/n301/mode/2up
published: 30 Nov 2023
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Byte Magazine - David Larsen's story -Timeline of Covers
Byte Magazine - David Larsen's story -Timeline of Covers https://tinyurl.com/y5lfzshx
Computer Museum of America (CMoA) https://tinyurl.com/y3lg52h8 SEE TEXT BELOW VIDEO
CMoA videos https://tinyurl.com/y5qknxty David's Videos https://tinyurl.com/y6ekxhmp
Byte Magazine and Wayne Green were very influential in creating a huge buzz about the new microcomputer revolution in the 70's and early 80's. The first commercial microprocessor chip - Intel 4004 4 bit CPU (1971)- did not create much interest the first few years as engineers did not really know what to do with the technology. The 4004 was designed by Dr. Ted Holf at Intel to be programmable logic for a simple calculator made by Busicom. It took a few years for microprocessors to take off an eventually spin off thousands of applicat...
published: 23 Sep 2020
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Reviving Byte Magazine 8080 Single Stepper
Reviving Byte Magazine 8080 Single Stepper
Going down memory lane to get inspiration for a Z80 single stepper from a vintage article in Byte Magazine about an 8080 single stepper.
published: 06 Apr 2024
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Colección completa de la revista Byte. Complete collection of Byte magazine
Justo Morgado nos ha donado la colección completa de la revista Byte, un referente para el resto, con todo los números desde septiembre de 1975 hasta 1995, un auténtico diccionario de la historia de la computación. También nos ha donado una lámina de Robert Tinney, el mítico ilustrador de sus portadas. Y para rematar, nos ha donado la estantería que coincidía exactamente con el tamaño y número de revistas.
Ya podéis ver las 15 primeras en el museo, el resto en el almacén para variar.
published: 18 Jul 2019
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Old Magazines, Scientific American, Byte, Interface Age
my wish list
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2GMV16DA02IA6?ref_=wl_share
Scientific American, Byte, Interface Age, magazines from the 70s & 80s. Also some discussion of electronics, software, electronic music, and artificial intelligence.
published: 29 Jun 2023
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Foenix F256 Jr goes online, OLD SCHOOL (CBBS meets a 5-line SuperBASIC RS-232 Terminal)
In this short video, we connect to *Ward Christensen's CBBS from 1978 (it's still running !!) using a 5-line SuperBASIC program and a simple serial connection using one of those new-fangled WiFi modems.
In early 1978, Ward Christensen (inventor of XModem) collaborated with Randy Seuss to create the first known instance of a Computer Bulletin Board System (BBS).
By the time a youngster in Patchogue, Long Island (me) got his hands on a VIC-1001 modem in 1983, BBS'es were absolutely everywhere, and many of them were so popular, kids my age would sit on redial tying up the home phone line for hours just to catch a glimpse of what treasures await (online games, people to converse with, and often, software downloads).
In this video, we briefly discuss the 1978 BYTE magazine article written by...
published: 23 Nov 2024
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AI reviews 1985 BYTE magazine about Artificial Intelligence
Script by Google Gemini 1.5 Advanced.
published: 21 May 2024
43:53
Byte Magazine - 23 Years of Computer History
I've been working on this one in the background since I've started moving into the office. But I'm finally ready to share the complete collection of Byte magazi...
I've been working on this one in the background since I've started moving into the office. But I'm finally ready to share the complete collection of Byte magazine I've been able to put together!
A complete scanned library of Byte: https://vintageapple.org/byte/
0:00 Intro
1:40 What is Byte?
3:25 Breadth and Depth
5:30 The end of Byte
6:54 Making a Collection
9:15 Protecting a Collection
12:02 Getting to the fun part
12:44 Issue #1
19:45 September 1976
21:56 Scan and Search
23:23 Steve Ciarcia Projects
27:56 First Mention of Linux
31:30 Researching Can Still Be Hard
36:33 The Last Issue
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https://wn.com/Byte_Magazine_23_Years_Of_Computer_History
I've been working on this one in the background since I've started moving into the office. But I'm finally ready to share the complete collection of Byte magazine I've been able to put together!
A complete scanned library of Byte: https://vintageapple.org/byte/
0:00 Intro
1:40 What is Byte?
3:25 Breadth and Depth
5:30 The end of Byte
6:54 Making a Collection
9:15 Protecting a Collection
12:02 Getting to the fun part
12:44 Issue #1
19:45 September 1976
21:56 Scan and Search
23:23 Steve Ciarcia Projects
27:56 First Mention of Linux
31:30 Researching Can Still Be Hard
36:33 The Last Issue
Here are some ways to help me make more videos!
Buy some Merch:
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Leave a one time tip:
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Become a monthly supporter:
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- published: 26 Feb 2022
- views: 21513
11:58
1983 BYTE Magazine Sieve Benchmark running in Tiny BASIC on RP2040
GIBL is Gordon Henderson's Tiny BASIC dialect (derived from NIBL). I've implemented it in Hopper and got it running on the Hopper portable runtime on microcont...
GIBL is Gordon Henderson's Tiny BASIC dialect (derived from NIBL). I've implemented it in Hopper and got it running on the Hopper portable runtime on microcontrollers.
This demo uses the Pimoroni Tiny 2040:
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/tiny-2040
Latest GIBL update from Gordon Henderson:
https://projects.drogon.net/porting-my-tinybasic-to-the-w65c134-sxb/
Hopper source repo on GitHub:
https://github.com/sillycowvalley/Hopper
January 1983 issue of BYTE Magazine:
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-01-rescan/page/n301/mode/2up
https://wn.com/1983_Byte_Magazine_Sieve_Benchmark_Running_In_Tiny_Basic_On_Rp2040
GIBL is Gordon Henderson's Tiny BASIC dialect (derived from NIBL). I've implemented it in Hopper and got it running on the Hopper portable runtime on microcontrollers.
This demo uses the Pimoroni Tiny 2040:
https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/tiny-2040
Latest GIBL update from Gordon Henderson:
https://projects.drogon.net/porting-my-tinybasic-to-the-w65c134-sxb/
Hopper source repo on GitHub:
https://github.com/sillycowvalley/Hopper
January 1983 issue of BYTE Magazine:
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-01-rescan/page/n301/mode/2up
- published: 30 Nov 2023
- views: 234
2:42
Byte Magazine - David Larsen's story -Timeline of Covers
Byte Magazine - David Larsen's story -Timeline of Covers https://tinyurl.com/y5lfzshx
Computer Museum of America (CMoA) https://tinyurl.com/y3lg52h8 SEE TEXT ...
Byte Magazine - David Larsen's story -Timeline of Covers https://tinyurl.com/y5lfzshx
Computer Museum of America (CMoA) https://tinyurl.com/y3lg52h8 SEE TEXT BELOW VIDEO
CMoA videos https://tinyurl.com/y5qknxty David's Videos https://tinyurl.com/y6ekxhmp
Byte Magazine and Wayne Green were very influential in creating a huge buzz about the new microcomputer revolution in the 70's and early 80's. The first commercial microprocessor chip - Intel 4004 4 bit CPU (1971)- did not create much interest the first few years as engineers did not really know what to do with the technology. The 4004 was designed by Dr. Ted Holf at Intel to be programmable logic for a simple calculator made by Busicom. It took a few years for microprocessors to take off an eventually spin off thousands of applications and companies. It was 1974 before any computer products were available for the individual user to have his/her very own computer. A few were - 1973 the Micral - 1974 the Scelbi - March 1974 the Mark 8 - January 1975 the MITS Altair 8800 - 1975 the COSMAC ELF - 1976 the Apple 1. Their were others but these are the pioneering microcomputers. Look at my Blog Post " The History of Microcomputers" for a short introduction - https://tinyurl.com/y5bqhltr
I was well aquainted with Wayne Green. Wayne attended the Dayton Hamvention for many years and we always had some interesting times chatting about his adventures. Sometimes he was on a wild idea but most of the time he did make good sense of his ideas. I mentioned some of the personal discussions in the video. The one that always stays with me is his desire to travel to Russian with my wife Gaynell and I. He was very sure he could teach them Russians something. Fortunately he backed out at the last minute. I say fortunate because he would have tried to control our entire visit and that would have been a social nightmare. I did like him and always enjoy our visits.
I wrote an article for Wayne's 73 Magazine (September 2002) about one of our "Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service" (FAIRS) trips to Dominica. I was lucky to get a photo on the cover of our portable 3 band beam. The beam was (is) 2 elements on 4 bands and included a fiberglass mast about 35 feet in height. See my blog post about this story.
https://tinyurl.com/y5lfzshx Here is photo of the cover for the 73 ariticle - https://tinyurl.com/y48gba4j That is me about 1/2 way up the tower. Don Clements helped make this DXpedition antenna and also traveled with us to operate in Dominica.
This video was made during a visit to the "Computer Museum of America" (CMoA)
9/19/2020. My wife Gaynell and I were visiting the CMoA for a special showing of the Enigma German code machine - A recent significant acquisition to the museum - SEE https://tinyurl.com/yxh8dcf7
Karin Mimms, Vice President of the CMoA made this video and sent it to me for posting here on my YouTube Channel. Thank you Karin for the nice video.
Here is a good look at building the Byte Wall of Covers https://tinyurl.com/y6sjc4gj
Wkipedia Byte Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_(magazine)
Wayne Green - His life - short version https://www.qcwa.org/w2nsd-07522-sk.htm
Wayne Green - ARRL - https://tinyurl.com/qeu8h3m
Wayne Green Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Green
The Grand Opening of "Computer Museum of Americia" - https://tinyurl.com/y2ypx6cq
This is early video I made (2010) about Byte Magazine https://youtu.be/EYT6mvo2BsA
PLEASE HELP BY SHARING THIS VIDEO https://youtu.be/FwiRWMerR4Y - Thank you
Info about David's 66 years if amateur radio http://www.kk4ww.com
Subscribe to my channel http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=lcfgroup
The LCF Group has developed and maintains the following web sites.
http://www.chantillyfarm.com Festival and Camping Venue in Floyd County Virginia.
http://www.chantillyfarm.us video made from drone about Chantilly Farm features
http://www.virginiamountainland.com our land for sale by owner web site
http://www.lcfvideo.com LCF Video's about 500 videos about our various projects
http://www.fairs.org About "Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service" FAIRS N4USA Ham radio station Floyd Virginia. https://www.n4usa.com
Your video editor, producer, and videographer https://www.kk4ww.com
http://www.microcomputermuseum.com David Larsen blogs about his interest in Historical Microcomputers, Chantilly Farm, Rural land development and the Tiny House Movement
https://wn.com/Byte_Magazine_David_Larsen's_Story_Timeline_Of_Covers
Byte Magazine - David Larsen's story -Timeline of Covers https://tinyurl.com/y5lfzshx
Computer Museum of America (CMoA) https://tinyurl.com/y3lg52h8 SEE TEXT BELOW VIDEO
CMoA videos https://tinyurl.com/y5qknxty David's Videos https://tinyurl.com/y6ekxhmp
Byte Magazine and Wayne Green were very influential in creating a huge buzz about the new microcomputer revolution in the 70's and early 80's. The first commercial microprocessor chip - Intel 4004 4 bit CPU (1971)- did not create much interest the first few years as engineers did not really know what to do with the technology. The 4004 was designed by Dr. Ted Holf at Intel to be programmable logic for a simple calculator made by Busicom. It took a few years for microprocessors to take off an eventually spin off thousands of applications and companies. It was 1974 before any computer products were available for the individual user to have his/her very own computer. A few were - 1973 the Micral - 1974 the Scelbi - March 1974 the Mark 8 - January 1975 the MITS Altair 8800 - 1975 the COSMAC ELF - 1976 the Apple 1. Their were others but these are the pioneering microcomputers. Look at my Blog Post " The History of Microcomputers" for a short introduction - https://tinyurl.com/y5bqhltr
I was well aquainted with Wayne Green. Wayne attended the Dayton Hamvention for many years and we always had some interesting times chatting about his adventures. Sometimes he was on a wild idea but most of the time he did make good sense of his ideas. I mentioned some of the personal discussions in the video. The one that always stays with me is his desire to travel to Russian with my wife Gaynell and I. He was very sure he could teach them Russians something. Fortunately he backed out at the last minute. I say fortunate because he would have tried to control our entire visit and that would have been a social nightmare. I did like him and always enjoy our visits.
I wrote an article for Wayne's 73 Magazine (September 2002) about one of our "Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service" (FAIRS) trips to Dominica. I was lucky to get a photo on the cover of our portable 3 band beam. The beam was (is) 2 elements on 4 bands and included a fiberglass mast about 35 feet in height. See my blog post about this story.
https://tinyurl.com/y5lfzshx Here is photo of the cover for the 73 ariticle - https://tinyurl.com/y48gba4j That is me about 1/2 way up the tower. Don Clements helped make this DXpedition antenna and also traveled with us to operate in Dominica.
This video was made during a visit to the "Computer Museum of America" (CMoA)
9/19/2020. My wife Gaynell and I were visiting the CMoA for a special showing of the Enigma German code machine - A recent significant acquisition to the museum - SEE https://tinyurl.com/yxh8dcf7
Karin Mimms, Vice President of the CMoA made this video and sent it to me for posting here on my YouTube Channel. Thank you Karin for the nice video.
Here is a good look at building the Byte Wall of Covers https://tinyurl.com/y6sjc4gj
Wkipedia Byte Magazine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte_(magazine)
Wayne Green - His life - short version https://www.qcwa.org/w2nsd-07522-sk.htm
Wayne Green - ARRL - https://tinyurl.com/qeu8h3m
Wayne Green Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Green
The Grand Opening of "Computer Museum of Americia" - https://tinyurl.com/y2ypx6cq
This is early video I made (2010) about Byte Magazine https://youtu.be/EYT6mvo2BsA
PLEASE HELP BY SHARING THIS VIDEO https://youtu.be/FwiRWMerR4Y - Thank you
Info about David's 66 years if amateur radio http://www.kk4ww.com
Subscribe to my channel http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=lcfgroup
The LCF Group has developed and maintains the following web sites.
http://www.chantillyfarm.com Festival and Camping Venue in Floyd County Virginia.
http://www.chantillyfarm.us video made from drone about Chantilly Farm features
http://www.virginiamountainland.com our land for sale by owner web site
http://www.lcfvideo.com LCF Video's about 500 videos about our various projects
http://www.fairs.org About "Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service" FAIRS N4USA Ham radio station Floyd Virginia. https://www.n4usa.com
Your video editor, producer, and videographer https://www.kk4ww.com
http://www.microcomputermuseum.com David Larsen blogs about his interest in Historical Microcomputers, Chantilly Farm, Rural land development and the Tiny House Movement
- published: 23 Sep 2020
- views: 549
5:51
Reviving Byte Magazine 8080 Single Stepper
Reviving Byte Magazine 8080 Single Stepper
Going down memory lane to get inspiration for a Z80 single stepper from a vintage article in Byte Magazine about an 8...
Reviving Byte Magazine 8080 Single Stepper
Going down memory lane to get inspiration for a Z80 single stepper from a vintage article in Byte Magazine about an 8080 single stepper.
https://wn.com/Reviving_Byte_Magazine_8080_Single_Stepper
Reviving Byte Magazine 8080 Single Stepper
Going down memory lane to get inspiration for a Z80 single stepper from a vintage article in Byte Magazine about an 8080 single stepper.
- published: 06 Apr 2024
- views: 53
2:43
Colección completa de la revista Byte. Complete collection of Byte magazine
Justo Morgado nos ha donado la colección completa de la revista Byte, un referente para el resto, con todo los números desde septiembre de 1975 hasta 1995, un a...
Justo Morgado nos ha donado la colección completa de la revista Byte, un referente para el resto, con todo los números desde septiembre de 1975 hasta 1995, un auténtico diccionario de la historia de la computación. También nos ha donado una lámina de Robert Tinney, el mítico ilustrador de sus portadas. Y para rematar, nos ha donado la estantería que coincidía exactamente con el tamaño y número de revistas.
Ya podéis ver las 15 primeras en el museo, el resto en el almacén para variar.
https://wn.com/Colección_Completa_De_La_Revista_Byte._Complete_Collection_Of_Byte_Magazine
Justo Morgado nos ha donado la colección completa de la revista Byte, un referente para el resto, con todo los números desde septiembre de 1975 hasta 1995, un auténtico diccionario de la historia de la computación. También nos ha donado una lámina de Robert Tinney, el mítico ilustrador de sus portadas. Y para rematar, nos ha donado la estantería que coincidía exactamente con el tamaño y número de revistas.
Ya podéis ver las 15 primeras en el museo, el resto en el almacén para variar.
- published: 18 Jul 2019
- views: 350
15:25
Old Magazines, Scientific American, Byte, Interface Age
my wish list
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2GMV16DA02IA6?ref_=wl_share
Scientific American, Byte, Interface Age, magazines from the 70s & 80s. Also some...
my wish list
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2GMV16DA02IA6?ref_=wl_share
Scientific American, Byte, Interface Age, magazines from the 70s & 80s. Also some discussion of electronics, software, electronic music, and artificial intelligence.
https://wn.com/Old_Magazines,_Scientific_American,_Byte,_Interface_Age
my wish list
https://www.amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2GMV16DA02IA6?ref_=wl_share
Scientific American, Byte, Interface Age, magazines from the 70s & 80s. Also some discussion of electronics, software, electronic music, and artificial intelligence.
- published: 29 Jun 2023
- views: 175
18:31
Foenix F256 Jr goes online, OLD SCHOOL (CBBS meets a 5-line SuperBASIC RS-232 Terminal)
In this short video, we connect to *Ward Christensen's CBBS from 1978 (it's still running !!) using a 5-line SuperBASIC program and a simple serial connection u...
In this short video, we connect to *Ward Christensen's CBBS from 1978 (it's still running !!) using a 5-line SuperBASIC program and a simple serial connection using one of those new-fangled WiFi modems.
In early 1978, Ward Christensen (inventor of XModem) collaborated with Randy Seuss to create the first known instance of a Computer Bulletin Board System (BBS).
By the time a youngster in Patchogue, Long Island (me) got his hands on a VIC-1001 modem in 1983, BBS'es were absolutely everywhere, and many of them were so popular, kids my age would sit on redial tying up the home phone line for hours just to catch a glimpse of what treasures await (online games, people to converse with, and often, software downloads).
In this video, we briefly discuss the 1978 BYTE magazine article written by Christensen and Seuss, talk about the F256 Jr. Hardware, how to wire it up for serial communication, and then examine a SuperBASIC program to make it all happen. To close out the tour, we connect to a mirror of the original CBBS as it ran back in the day.
You will also see a refurbished Commodore C64 keyboard in use with this C256 Jr. In an upcoming video, we will go even further, and cook up a PETSCII based terminal, then connect to one of the many online resources for some character graphic fun.
Sad to say that Ward Christensen passed away on October 11th of this year (2024); aside from his contributions and passion for the early technology including CP/M, he worked for IBM for over 40 years. Another pioneer, gone.
Errata: I mentioned that my Father borrowed the Hayes Smartmodem (that is still in my possession) from work 30 years ago. That is incorrect, it was 40 years ago. Time flies!
*it's not really his online system but somebody is running a tribute site to honor the original.
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As always, resources to read and watch.
Link to the Archive.org BYTE mag., indexed to this article:
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1978-11-rescan/page/n151/mode/2up
Link to the VIC Modem manual:
https://archive.org/details/1600VIC-20VICMODEMManual
A Tindie seller, peddling the WiFi modem I demonstrated; be sure to read all of the details and ask questions to make sure it is right for your before buying; but I can vouch for mine. It has always been trouble-free:
https://www.tindie.com/products/8bit_bruno/simple-wifi-rs232-modem-v2/
Link to the Foenix Marketplace, a website where you can download code samples and articles pertaining to Foenix computers and related 8-bit platforms. As of today, "Foenix Rising" is midway through its 3rd year since issue #1 was published. Each issue ranges in length between short-form (6 page development focused articles), and long-form, multi-article issues (of 32 pages). At this point, you'll find about 85% of the material is Foenix focused but you'll also find vintage references, and history pertaining to the works of Compute Publishing and Dr. Dobbs journal article discussion. I expect to be writing more Commodore related content in the next year; but even today, there are Apple II, ATARI, and even Rockwell AIM65 and KIM-1 references, with more to come: http://apps.emwhite.org/foenixmarketplace/
Link to read about this particular CBBS instance via a great bbs resource/directory. And if you don’t have hardware, many of these offer a virtual Telnet interface:
https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/cbbs-nv/
Link to a prior video which discusses General MIDI, the DREAM 2695 IC, and a piece of software that I am developing as an educational tool for working with MIDI data (or to play the DREAM IC as a stand-alone synthesizer using the Arturia controller leveraged in this video): https://youtu.be/s9_o_lt4mK8
https://wn.com/Foenix_F256_Jr_Goes_Online,_Old_School_(Cbbs_Meets_A_5_Line_Superbasic_Rs_232_Terminal)
In this short video, we connect to *Ward Christensen's CBBS from 1978 (it's still running !!) using a 5-line SuperBASIC program and a simple serial connection using one of those new-fangled WiFi modems.
In early 1978, Ward Christensen (inventor of XModem) collaborated with Randy Seuss to create the first known instance of a Computer Bulletin Board System (BBS).
By the time a youngster in Patchogue, Long Island (me) got his hands on a VIC-1001 modem in 1983, BBS'es were absolutely everywhere, and many of them were so popular, kids my age would sit on redial tying up the home phone line for hours just to catch a glimpse of what treasures await (online games, people to converse with, and often, software downloads).
In this video, we briefly discuss the 1978 BYTE magazine article written by Christensen and Seuss, talk about the F256 Jr. Hardware, how to wire it up for serial communication, and then examine a SuperBASIC program to make it all happen. To close out the tour, we connect to a mirror of the original CBBS as it ran back in the day.
You will also see a refurbished Commodore C64 keyboard in use with this C256 Jr. In an upcoming video, we will go even further, and cook up a PETSCII based terminal, then connect to one of the many online resources for some character graphic fun.
Sad to say that Ward Christensen passed away on October 11th of this year (2024); aside from his contributions and passion for the early technology including CP/M, he worked for IBM for over 40 years. Another pioneer, gone.
Errata: I mentioned that my Father borrowed the Hayes Smartmodem (that is still in my possession) from work 30 years ago. That is incorrect, it was 40 years ago. Time flies!
*it's not really his online system but somebody is running a tribute site to honor the original.
----------------
As always, resources to read and watch.
Link to the Archive.org BYTE mag., indexed to this article:
https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1978-11-rescan/page/n151/mode/2up
Link to the VIC Modem manual:
https://archive.org/details/1600VIC-20VICMODEMManual
A Tindie seller, peddling the WiFi modem I demonstrated; be sure to read all of the details and ask questions to make sure it is right for your before buying; but I can vouch for mine. It has always been trouble-free:
https://www.tindie.com/products/8bit_bruno/simple-wifi-rs232-modem-v2/
Link to the Foenix Marketplace, a website where you can download code samples and articles pertaining to Foenix computers and related 8-bit platforms. As of today, "Foenix Rising" is midway through its 3rd year since issue #1 was published. Each issue ranges in length between short-form (6 page development focused articles), and long-form, multi-article issues (of 32 pages). At this point, you'll find about 85% of the material is Foenix focused but you'll also find vintage references, and history pertaining to the works of Compute Publishing and Dr. Dobbs journal article discussion. I expect to be writing more Commodore related content in the next year; but even today, there are Apple II, ATARI, and even Rockwell AIM65 and KIM-1 references, with more to come: http://apps.emwhite.org/foenixmarketplace/
Link to read about this particular CBBS instance via a great bbs resource/directory. And if you don’t have hardware, many of these offer a virtual Telnet interface:
https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/cbbs-nv/
Link to a prior video which discusses General MIDI, the DREAM 2695 IC, and a piece of software that I am developing as an educational tool for working with MIDI data (or to play the DREAM IC as a stand-alone synthesizer using the Arturia controller leveraged in this video): https://youtu.be/s9_o_lt4mK8
- published: 23 Nov 2024
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