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In article <b244361e-89bc-46f6-8629-d0c1b650d077n@googlegroups.com>,
 KP KP <jungletrain@outlook.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, August 22, 1990 at 10:12:51 PM UTC-7, Tom Limoncelli wrote:
> > I am giving away my magazine collection. Yes, GIVING AWAY. FREE. You
> > pay shipping. Buy a large fraction of them and I'll throw in something
> > else (make suggestions). I'm flexible on how it is paid for and I will
> > accept hardware/software trades (no pirated software!).
> > They are all in pretty good condition and they are quite old. Cataloging
> > them to make this post brought back a lot of good (and bad) memories about
> > the microcomputer industry in it's beginning. Lots of historical value in
> > these. Sort of breaks my heart to let them go.
> > There are computer and non-computer magazines.
> > Summary of what's available (detailed listing later):
> > Complete (Or Nearly Complete) Collections: (NB: I'm very proud of these)
> > Byte from 83 to 89
> > Compute! from 83 to 87
> > InfoWorld from Sep 84 to Aug 85 (documentation of the early micro industry!)
> > Popular Science from 80 to 87
> > Dr. Dobbs Journal from 86 to 89
> > Various issues from:
> > Amazing Computing (1986-89), Amiga Sentry (1987-88 including
> > premier issue), Amiga Transactor (1989), The C Journal (1985 &
> > 1987), Scientific American (1984-85), Transactor (1985), Unix
> > Review (1987-88).
> > 
> > This is a list of each any every issue being offered:
> > Byte: (Issue# is month # with "extra" issues beginning at #13 )
> > 1983: Vol 8: 1-2
> > 1984: Vol 9: 2-3, 5-6, 8, 10-13
> > 1985: Vol 10: 1-13 (COMPLETE)
> > 1986: Vol 11: 1-13 (COMPLETE)
> > 1987: Vol 12: 1-14 (except 7 and 13)
> > 1988: Vol 13: 1, 3-5
> > 1989: Vol 14: 2, 4, 8
> > Compute!: (BIG COLLECTION)
> > 1982: #29 (Oct)
> > 1983: #32-#43 COMPLETE
> > 1984: #44-#55 COMPLETE
> > 1985: #56-#61, 63, 64 (Jan-Sep except Jul))
> > 1986: #70 (Mar)
> > 1987: #82 (Mar)
> > InfoWorld: (BIG COLLECTION)
> > (Includes the Mac's 1-year birthday issue and the issue with
> > the Amiga on the cover with Jay Miner)
> > Vol 6: 28A (Jan-Jun 89 in review), 37-38,40-42,45-48 (circa Sep-Dec '84)
> > Vol 7: 6-15, 17-25, 28, 30, 34 (circa Feb-Aug '85)
> > Popular Science: (BIG COLLECTION)
> > 1980: June, Aug-Dec
> > 1981: COMPLETE
> > 1982: COMPLETE except Aug
> > 1983: COMPLETE
> > 1984: COMPLETE except Jun, Jul and Aug
> > 1985: Jan-Aug, Oct
> > 1986: Apr & Nov
> > 1987: Oct
> > Dr. Dobbs Journal:
> > #122 (Dec 86), #128 (Jun 87), #131-133 (Sep-Nov 87), #135 (Jan 88),
> > #137 (Mar 89), #152-4 (Jun 89), #156 (Oct 89), #159 (Winter 89)
> > Amazing Computing:
> > Vol 1.5 (Jun 86), Vol 2.4 (Apr 87), Vol 2.7 (Jul 87),
> > Vol 2.8 (Aug 87), Vol 2.9 (Sep 87), Vol 3.5 (May 88),
> > Vol 3.6 (Jun 88), Vol 4.7 (Jul 89), Vol 4.8 (Aug 89),
> > Vol 4.9 (Sep 89), Vol 4.10 (Oct 89)
> > Amiga Sentry:
> > Premier issue! (May 87), Sep 87, Nov 87, Mar 88, Apr 88, May 88,
> > Jul 88
> > Amiga Transactor:
> > Vol 1.4 (Jan 89), Vol 1.6 (Mar 89), Vol 2.4 (Jul 89)
> > The C Journal:
> > Vol 1.2 (Summer 85), Vol 2.4 (Spring 87)
> > Transactor:
> > Vol 6.1 (Jul 85), Vol 6.2 (Sep 85)
> > Unix Review:
> > Vol 5.6 (Aug 87), Vol 6.1 (Jan 88), Vol 6.4 (Apr 88)
> > Scientific American:
> > 1984: May-Dec except Sep
> > 1985: Mar and May
> > 
> > If you are interested, please send me email or call me. My email addresses
> > are in my .signature and my phone number is +1 201 408 5389.
> > -Tom
> > ---
> > tlim...@drew.edu ...if you like FQDN's. Tom Limoncelli
> > tlim...@drew.Bitnet ...if you like NJE. Drew University
> > tlim...@drew.uucp ...if you like maps. (That's Nuuu Joisey!)
> Have the magazine?

Given it's been 33+ years, the chances are probably slim :-)

That said, that collection would probably be worth quite something these 
days. (apart from the fun of reading them)

I wonder, how do you get to find such old posts from 1990? Most of the 
providers I know just keep stuff for a couple of years and claim 
"they're not an archive". What are you using?

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