[sdiy] Old electronics magazines

[Oren Leavitt]

On 12/15/2011 8:10 AM, David Anderson wrote:
> Yes, Popular Electronics (Don Lancaster and Forrest Mims were regular
> contributors) and Radio Electronics (Lancaster, Mims, Ed Roberts, and
> John Simonton contributed many articles) were the two biggies.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Electronics
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-Electronics
>
> When Popular Electronics shifted away from projects in the mid 80s,
> Modern Electronics was started:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Electronics
>
> Also look out for Hands-On Electronics
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands-On_Electronics
>
> I assume you know about Polyphony/Electronic Musician.
>
> If you're not yet a subscriber, check out Nuts and Volts. A few years
> ago there was a good series of articles on cmos and op amps.
> http://www.nutsvolts.com/
>
> You may also want to dig through old (late 60s-mid 80s) issues of
> Electronic Design Magazine and EDN.
>
> In the UK, Electronics Today International was really good. Everyday
> Practical Electronics is pretty good too. Australia's Silicon Chip is a
> fun read. Elektor (from the Netherlands) started publishing in English
> in 1975; I've seen good articles in it.
>
> A lot of these magazines turn up on eBay but I'd recommend going to your
> local library and seeing if you can get back issues on microfiche. Or
> hit up garage/estate sales.
>
> David
>
> On 12/15/2011 1:06 AM, dan snazelle wrote:
>> thanks everyone!
>>
>> by the way, those BYTE magazines are AMAZING!
>>
>> were there other magazines from that time that had so much info on
>> hardware? articles from lancaster,etc?
>>
>> wow
>>

I subscribed to Popular Electronics for a long time in the 1970's. It 
was much fun and very inspiring for me as a kid getting into electronics.

Before it was Popular Electronics, it was "Electronics World" in the 
early 1960's. The Jan 1961 issue had an article by Bob Moog for a 
"Transistor Theremin".

- Oren