These tech ads from back in the day show how far we have (and haven’t) come

A digital artist is compiling old computer ads into a compendium that singlehandedly reminds us how far technology has come in just a few short decades. The ads come from Byte Magazine, which ran from 1975 to 1998. It might be but a distant memory of a bygone age, but back in its day, Byte was a big deal — according to the New York Times, it was the top-rated computer magazine in the country, pulling in a profit of $9 million in 1983. Flipping through archived copies of the magazine, you can read fairly technical, well-written articles about tech back in…

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