I find these two BYTE covers from the late 1970's interesting for opposite reasons.

We're not yet in the 23rd century, but we already look at 60 year-old BASIC as ancient technology. Not just as having fallen out of the mainstream, but truly ancient.

And 64 year-old LISP, unlike BASIC, never even went mainstream. It's the language of future past, as futuristic now as the blinking lights on the OG Enterprise's bridge.

And all-caps names? Also ancient.

#retrocomputing #computing #history #art

The “Open Circuits” book by @tubetime and @oskay is a piece of art.

Just look at these photos of the popular 2N2222 bipolar junction transistor. Fascinating, especially when compared to the real thing.