[fitsumbelay]

I used to get a free subscription to BYTE in the early 80s, probably through Scholastic. Had no understanding of the code or the images I was looking at but never stopped looking or trying to get it. Byte in particular was pretty thick for a magazine. I believe it had a spine like a book if I'm not mistaken ...

[PaulRobinson]

Computer Shopper was basically 900 pages of adverts with some editorial and reviews here and there to make people want to subscribe.

BYTE was a little less obnoxious about it, and the quality of the writing was superb. I got it occasionally as a teenager in the UK and always looked forward to it, because the information density was insane. I have the "Best of BYTE" book, and often dip into it as a comforting, sentimental read. I really do wish a magazine like it existed today.

[WillAdams]

Many of the early computer magazines were quite thick --- the TRS-80 magazine was quite dense, and I spent a lot of time entering computer programs from them.

Byte gradually lost page count over the years... May 1991 was 388 pages, while Oct. 1995 was 250.

[greenbit]

I recall those being easily half an inch thick on a regular basis, with a definite squared-up binding.