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        <div>I was more of a "PC Magazine" kind of guy, but for those of
          you who read BYTE, I believe (I haven't fully tested it) that
          I've found the whole catalogue in .pdf format:</div>
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        <div><a href="https://worldradiohistory.com/Byte_Magazine.htm" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://worldradiohistory.com/Byte_Magazine.htm</a></div>
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    <p><span style="left: 39.21%; top: 73.34%; font-size:
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        from an issue in the month I was born:</span></p>
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        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
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    <p><span style="left: 39.21%; top: 73.34%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(1.03803);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">PASCAL</span><span style="left: 45.01%; top: 73.41%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.934904);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        COSTS</span><span style="left: 49.78%; top: 73.34%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.80px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.829874);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> ADD</span><span style="left: 53.19%; top: 73.48%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.40px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.839375);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> UP</span><span style="left: 35.97%; top: 76.17%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*3.50px); font-family: sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"><br/>
      </span></p>
    <p><span style="left: 35.97%; top: 76.17%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*3.50px); font-family: sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr">I</span><span style="left: 36.14%;
        top: 76.17%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*3.50px);
        font-family: sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span style="left: 37.17%; top: 75.73%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.956389);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">would
        like</span><span style="left: 44.67%; top: 75.8%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(1.0237);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> to
        respond to BYTEs </span><span style="left: 33.76%; top: 76.9%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.90px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.865429);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">comment</span><span style="left: 39.29%; top: 76.9%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.90px); font-family:
        sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span style="left: 40.75%; top: 77.01%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.70px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.892343);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">on</span><span style="left: 42.02%; top: 77.01%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.70px); font-family: sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span style="left: 43.3%;
        top: 76.94%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.934039);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">"Pascal</span><span style="left:
        47.37%; top: 76.94%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family: sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span style="left:
        48.59%; top: 76.86%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.874203);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">Critique</span><span style="left: 54.56%; top: 77%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.757567);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> and</span><span style="left: 57.62%; top: 77.12%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*5.20px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.597507);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> a </span><span style="left: 33.76%; top: 77.94%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.20px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.874302);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">Comment,"</span><span style="left: 41.43%; top: 78.08%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.00px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.682679);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> by</span><span style="left: 43.47%; top: 78.49%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*2.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.815083);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> J</span><span style="left: 43.72%; top: 78.49%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*2.90px); font-family: sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span style="left: 44.5%;
        top: 77.95%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.10px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.894508);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">O'Loughlin</span><span style="left: 51.83%; top: 78.04%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.838835);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        (December </span><span style="left: 33.93%; top: 79.15%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.872481);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">1978</span><span style="left: 37.51%; top: 79.12%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.00px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.925666);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> BYTE,</span><span style="left: 42.28%; top: 79.25%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.50px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.789964);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> page</span><span style="left: 45.69%; top: 79.15%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.775684);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> 179).</span><span style="left: 49.61%; top: 79.59%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*2.60px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.45145);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> I</span><span style="left: 49.73%; top: 79.59%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*2.60px); font-family:
        sans-serif;" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> </span><span style="left: 50.63%; top: 79.2%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.00px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.866534);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">feel</span><span style="left: 53.36%; top: 79.12%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.80px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.710047);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        that</span><span style="left: 56.43%; top: 79.19%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.70881);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> the
      </span><span style="left: 33.93%; top: 80.31%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.99942);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">UCSD</span><span style="left: 38.02%; top: 80.36%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.60px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.869376);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        Pascal</span><span style="left: 42.11%; top: 80.32%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.00px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.804331);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        system</span><span style="left: 46.71%; top: 80.45%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*5.70px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.644993);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> is</span><span style="left: 47.91%; top: 80.14%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.60px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.711828);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> not</span><span style="left: 50.46%; top: 80.39%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.30px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.709982);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> an</span><span style="left: 52.17%; top: 80.24%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.80px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.822942);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        affordable </span><span style="left: 33.76%; top: 81.42%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.80px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.855057);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">implementation</span><span style="left: 43.99%; top:
        81.35%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.10px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.650238);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> of</span><span style="left:
        45.86%; top: 81.43%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.60px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.869771);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        Pascal.</span><span style="left: 50.29%; top: 81.35%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.80px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.818377);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        Although</span><span style="left: 56.43%; top: 81.42%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.70881);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> the </span><span style="left: 33.76%; top: 82.5%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.70px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.879719);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">software</span><span style="left: 39.72%; top: 82.57%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.00px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.800001);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> costs</span><span style="left: 43.47%; top: 82.36%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.20px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.759318);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> "only"</span><span style="left: 48.42%; top: 82.51%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.60px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.918147);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> $200, you</span><span style="left: 55.58%; top:
        82.55%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.80px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.789092);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> need </span><span style="left:
        33.76%; top: 83.72%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.80px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.873405);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">56</span><span style="left: 35.97%; top: 83.74%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.684578);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> K</span><span style="left: 37.51%; top: 83.65%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.777478);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        bytes</span><span style="left: 41.09%; top: 83.57%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.30px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.649969);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> of</span><span style="left: 42.79%; top: 83.64%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.60px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.878473);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        programmable memory to </span><span style="left: 33.76%; top:
        84.9%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.30px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.909999);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">use</span><span style="left: 36.48%; top: 84.63%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*9.10px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.506136);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> it</span><span style="left: 38.02%; top: 84.73%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.10px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.867216);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> productively ($800),</span><span style="left: 51.32%;
        top: 84.8%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.768873);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> plus</span><span style="left:
        54.38%; top: 84.94%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*5.60px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.582118);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> 8</span><span style="left: 55.75%; top: 84.8%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.30px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.759676);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        inch </span><span style="left: 33.76%; top: 85.85%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.20px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.859597);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">floppy</span><span style="left: 38.36%; top: 85.93%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.40px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.762999);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        disk</span><span style="left: 41.26%; top: 85.88%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.809605);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        ($1000),</span><span style="left: 46.71%; top: 86.01%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.90px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.757567);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> and</span><span style="left: 49.27%; top: 86.2%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*4.70px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.597133);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> a</span><span style="left: 50.29%; top: 85.9%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.70px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.789857);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> terminal</span><span style="left: 55.75%; top:
        85.85%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.00px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.727762);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> with</span><br role="presentation"/>
      <span style="left: 33.76%; top: 87.08%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.884585);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">cursor</span><span style="left: 38.36%; top: 87.03%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.10px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.885494);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        control ($1000).</span><span style="left: 49.44%; top: 87.05%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.60px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.997066);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> Add this to</span><span style="left: 57.62%; top:
        87.28%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*5.20px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.597507);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> a </span><span style="left:
        33.93%; top: 88.19%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.60px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.907793);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">$1000
        mainframe</span><span style="left: 45.35%; top: 88.26%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.90px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.757567);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> and</span><span style="left: 48.08%; top: 88.21%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.40px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.726164);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> this</span><span style="left: 50.8%; top: 88.11%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*8.40px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.816222);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> "affordable" </span><span style="left: 33.76%; top:
        89.4%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.960688);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">system costs</span><span style="left: 42.28%; top:
        89.39%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.50px);
        font-family: sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.946996);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> $4000. Compare this to</span><span style="left: 57.62%; top: 89.59%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*5.20px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.597507);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> a </span><span style="left: 33.93%; top: 90.53%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.40px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.963564);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">$600
        TRS-80!</span><span style="left: 43.13%; top: 90.5%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.821359);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        Sure,</span><span style="left: 46.71%; top: 90.53%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.50px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.869327);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        Pascal</span><span style="left: 50.8%; top: 90.64%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.00px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.645353);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> is</span><span style="left: 52%; top: 90.49%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.20px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.782663);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        more</span><span style="left: 55.41%; top: 90.56%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.795502);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        read</span><span style="left: 33.76%; top: 91.68%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.881799);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">able</span><span style="left: 36.82%; top: 91.63%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.40px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.750449);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        than</span><span style="left: 39.89%; top: 91.6%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.70px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.894571);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">
        BASIC, but</span><span style="left: 46.88%; top: 91.63%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.40px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.860778);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> there</span><span style="left: 50.29%; top: 91.74%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*6.30px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.745964);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> are</span><span style="left: 52.34%; top: 91.57%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.80px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.763561);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> other</span><span style="left: 55.75%; top: 91.64%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.896884);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> con-</span></p>
    <p><span style="left: 41.77%; top: 92.69%; font-size:
        calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.90px); font-family: sans-serif;
        transform: scaleX(0.903246);" role="presentation" dir="ltr">  
        Text continued</span><span style="left: 51.15%; top: 92.77%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.893801);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> on page</span><span style="left: 56.09%; top: 92.72%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.60px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.748525);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"> 223</span><span style="left: 55.75%; top: 91.64%;
        font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*7.10px); font-family:
        sans-serif; transform: scaleX(0.896884);" role="presentation" dir="ltr"></span></p>
    <p>```</p>
    <p>Thoughts:<br/>
    </p>
    <p>a) this is relatable</p>
    <p>b) back-and-forth in monthly issues versus that in every-second's
      twitter/mastodon/forums.</p>
    <p>c) open source; origin stories; those are 1970-80 dollars<br/>
    </p>
    <p><br/>
    </p>


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