Kilobaud Microcomputing
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| Kilobaud Microcomputing issue 01 cover | |
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| Editor | Wayne Green |
| Publisher | Wayne Green |
| Origin | Peterborough, NH, USA |
| Language | English |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Active | January 1977 - 1984 |
| Topics | Computers, Technology |
| Number of Issues | 85+ |
| Follows | NA |
| Precedes | NA |
| Associated Publications | 73, Byte, 80-Microcomputing, InCider, Hot CoCo, RUN |
| Website | NA |
Kilobaud Microcomputing was a magazine dedicated to the computer homebrew hobbyists from the end of the 1970s until the beginning of the 1980s.
How Kilobaud Started
Wayne Green, the Publisher/Editor of kilobaud, had been the publisher of BYTE magazine, (another influential microcomputer magazine of the time) where he published the first four issues in his own office. But one day in November 1975 Wayne came to work, and found that his ex wife and the rest of the Byte magazine staff had moved out of his office and had taken the January issue with them. Consequently the January 1976 issue had Virginia Green listed as publisher instead of Wayne Green. Wayne was not happy with this development, so he left Byte to start a new magazine to compete with the fledging Byte. He wanted to call it "KiloByte" to trump Byte. But the people of Byte quickly trademarked KILOBYTE as a cartoon series in Byte magazine. So he named the new magazine "kilobaud" instead.
Many Name Changes
The full title for the first magazines was "kilobaud The Computer Hobbyist Magazine, (Jan 1977)". These issues are unique for having a full index of the contents on the front cover but no illustrations (photographs). Later issues did have illustrations but also still had a full index on the cover, (a feature that remained for many years). The title was now shortened to only read "Kilobaud Microcomputing".
From the beginning of 1979 to the end of 1980 the subtitle "for business...education...FUN" was added. Later, after 1981, the "kilobaud" denominated was dropped altogether and the magazine was now simply called "Microcomputing" with the subtitle, "a wayne green publication". In 1984, the magazine folded.
After the success of kilobaud, Wayne Green diversified with magazines targeted to specific brands of home computers, such as 80-Microcomputing (also known as 80-Micro) a Magazine for TRS-80 users, InCider a magazine for Apple II users, Hot CoCo a magazine for TRS-80 Color Computers, RUN a magazine for Commodore 64 users and many others.
Intended Readers
Even more than Byte magazine, kilobaud contained articles written for people who were building their own 8-bit microcomputers at home, or were writing homebrew software for these systems. kilobaud, (much more than Byte) contained articles written for electronic engineers (or hobbyists interested in electronics), rather than for people who were technically interested in computers but not in building their own computer from scratch. Articles like "Two Hobbies: Model Railroading and Computing" and the article (written by the famous Don Lancaster) "Building a cheap video display for your Heathkit H-8" (a computer you could build yourself from a kit) are good examples.
In the May 1982 issue an article about building the Sinclair ZX-81 kit, the first, (and probably last) "mainstream" "do-it-yourself" computer kit was published.
After that the magazine more and more lost its hobby background and by 1984 it looked like any other computer magazine.
Downloads
| Issue | User | Link | Notes |
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| 1.01 (January 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.02 (February 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.03 (March 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.04 (April 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.05 (May 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.06 (June 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.07 (July 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.08 (August 1977) | |||
| 1.09 (September 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.10 (October 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.11 (November 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 1.12 (December 1977) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.01 (January 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.02 (February 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.03 (March 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.04 (April 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.05 (May 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.06 (June 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.07 (July 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.08 (August 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.09 (September 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.10 (October 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.11 (November 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 2.12 (December 1978) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.01 (January 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.02 (February 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.03 (March 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.04 (April 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.05 (May 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.06 (June 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.07 (July 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.08 (August 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.09 (September 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.10 (October 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.11 (November 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 3.12 (December 1979) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.01 (January 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.02 (February 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.03 (March 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.04 (April 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.05 (May 1980) | |||
| 4.06 (June 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.07 (July 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.08 (August 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.09 (September 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.10 (October 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.11 (November 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 4.12 (December 1980) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.01 (January 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.02 (February 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.03 (March 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.04 (April 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.05 (May 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.06 (June 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.07 (July 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.08 (August 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.09 (September 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.10 (October 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 5.11 (November 1981) | |||
| 5.12 (December 1981) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.01 (January 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.02 (February 1982) | |||
| 6.03 (March 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.04 (April 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.05 (May 1982) | |||
| 6.06 (June 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.07 (July 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.08 (August 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.09 (September 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 6.10 (October 1982) | |||
| 6.11 (November 1982) | |||
| 6.12 (December 1982) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.01 (January 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.02 (February 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.03 (March 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.04 (April 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.05 (May 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.06 (June 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.07 (July 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.08 (August 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.09 (September 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.10 (October 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 7.11 (November 1983) | Archive.org | Dark | |
| 7.12 (December 1983) | Archive.org | ||
| 8.01 (January 1984) | Archive.org |
| Extra | User | Link | Notes |
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| Kilobaud Lifetime Subscriber Certificate | Archive.org |
External Links
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