Jerry Pournelle, Byte, Python, and Python in a Nutshell

[Grant Edwards]

In article <mailman.1052512578.868.python-list at python.org>, sismex01 at hebmex.com wrote:

>> Yup. Byte stopped being a good magazine when the schematics and
>> circuit board layouts disappeared.
> 
> Why did that happen?

IMO, there were two reasons:

 1) The IBM PC and the Macintosh moved the microcomputer out of
    the hobbiest market into the appliance market.

 2) The increasing complexity of circuit boards (multi-layer,
    surface mount, etc.), made most roll-your-own projects
    either very difficult or very lame.

> Was the dissapearance of schematics and layouts a reason
> or a consequence?

Both, I think.

>:-(
> 
> Remember the old heathkit catalogs?

Yup.  Still have a Heathkit H-19 terminal.

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