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annie rauwerda@[email protected]

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extremely fun archive.org rabbit hole https://archive.org/details/computermagazines

trippy "digital design" magazine cover with massive apple (bigger than the sun) behind a city skyline. computers are in the foreground

"analog computing" cover shows a man eating dinner with a computer monitor around his head

analog computing cover of an atari with a square cut out, revealing the inside is cake

input sinclair magazine shows a boy riding a keyboard like a sled through the air, over mountaintops and pink clouds, along a thin ribbon-like path that is the pattern of piano keys

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Oct 22, 2026 · 13:50 UTC

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annie rauwerda@[email protected]

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more retro computer magazine covers that I wish I could live inside

byte magazine cover shows a checkerboard with mysterious dome shaped covers over some squares. a hand lifts one such cover to reveal a computer with "YOU WIN" on its screen

L'ordinateur individuel cover of a massive computer being used as an elementary classroom, with students each sitting on a keyboard key and the teacher pointing at the PC's screen as if it's a blackboard

Mini-Micro Systems cover shows a surreal trippy scene with disembodied lips, ears, mouths appearing in a cloudy sky. the "ground" appears to be the inside of a computer

El ordenador personal cover shows two PCs with real hands reaching out from each of their screens and shaking hands

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