[biztos]

What I really loved about those magazines, living in a small town, was how they simultaneously showed you the variety of what was out there, mostly through the small ads, and the speculative future of the technology through the articles, while also giving a kid the ability to grow their skills Right Now in the form of printed-out programs.

[protomyth]

Computer Shopper was the last time I welcomed the ads. You learned so much from those ads.

[bombcar]

Before the widespread pricing on the internet I remember following computer parts via the ads in the local weekly computer paper.

DRAM was $32 a meg for soooooo long