Bajtek is one of the first popular magazines devoted to computer science in Poland. Its title was a reference to the computer term byte and to the American magazine Byte.[1] The founder was Waldemar Siwiński.[2] The magazine was very well known in the late 1980s in the country.[1] It was published between 1985 and 1996.[3][4][5] The magazine was inspired by the British magazine Your Computer and the American magazine Compute!.[1] The sponsor of Bajtek was Polish Socialist Youth Union which is also known as ZSMP.[6]
 February 1993 cover | |
| Publisher | Wydawnictwo Bajtek |
|---|---|
| Founder | Waldemar Siwiński |
| First issue | 1985 |
| Final issue | 1996 |
| Country | Poland |
| Based in | Warsaw |
| Language | Polish |
| ISSN | 0860-1674 |
| OCLC | 68735290 |
References
edit- ^ a b c Gerard Alberts; Ruth Oldenziel (3 September 2014). Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes. Springer. p. 136. ISBN 978-1-4471-5493-8.
- ^ "Waldemar Siwiński". IREG. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
- ^ Fulko de Lorche. "Kultowe gazety - Bajtek 11/1986 - ostatnia puszka". gameplay.pl. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Pixel Heaven 2016 - relacja z imprezy na RetroGraczy - Retro magia" (in Polish). Retrieved 19 March 2018.
- ^ "Polskie magazyny o grach (odc. 1): Jak to się zaczęło, czyli Bajtek edukuje Polskę". Gamezilla (in Polish). Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ^ Juliane Fürst; Josie McLellan (13 December 2016). Dropping out of Socialism: The Creation of Alternative Spheres in the Soviet Bloc. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-4985-2515-2.
External links
edit- Bajtek at the Internet Archive
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