Byte Magazine May 1977 cover featuring the Apple II computer, showcasing colorful artwork and the magazine title prominently displayed.
Table of contents for Byte Magazine May 1977, highlighting articles on artificial intelligence, personal computing, and hardware descriptions.
Back cover of Byte Magazine May 1977, advertising the Altair 8800 with features on expandability and reliability.
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Byte Magazine May 1977 cover featuring the Apple II computer, showcasing colorful artwork and the magazine title prominently displayed.Table of contents for Byte Magazine May 1977, highlighting articles on artificial intelligence, personal computing, and hardware descriptions.Back cover of Byte Magazine May 1977, advertising the Altair 8800 with features on expandability and reliability.

Byte Magazine May 1977 WOZ Historic Interview Featuring the new APPLEII Computer

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Byte Magazine – May 1977 | Vol. 2, No. 5 | Artificial Intelligence Part 1 | No Label | Good

This May 1977 issue of BYTE Magazine (Vol. 2, No. 5) is a landmark early exploration of artificial intelligence, marking the first in a multipart series on the subject. The feature “Artificial Intelligence, An Evolutionary Idea: Part 1” delves into the emerging possibilities of machine intelligence. Alongside this, Steve Wozniak introduces the Apple II, Steve Ciarcia contributes hardware insights, and a wide range of software and hardware projects capture the innovative spirit of the mid-1970s.

The magazine is in good condition, showing expected wear for its age. The copy pictured is the exact one you will receive. All issues come in a plastic protective covering. Please review photos for condition.

Highlights from this issue:

Foreground (Practical Systems & Software)

  • A Catalog of Liberating Home Computer Concepts — Speculations (Lau) (p.17)

  • The Apple-II — System Description (Steve Wozniak) (p.34)

  • Interfacing with an Analog World, Part 1 — Peripherals (Carr) (p.56)

  • What’s in a Floating Point Package? — Software (Linker) (p.62)

  • A Guide to Baudot Machines, Part 2 — Interfaces (McNatt) (p.98)

  • All This Just to Print a Quotation Mark? — Software (Chapman) (p.132)

  • 8080 Programming Notes — Software (Krystosek-McCarty) (p.136)

Background (Concepts & Development)

  • Artificial Intelligence, An Evolutionary Idea, Part 1 — Software (Wimble) (p.26)

  • Come Upstairs and Be Respectable — Hardware (Steve Ciarcia) (p.50)

  • Using a Keyboard ROM — Hardware (Brehm) (p.76)

  • Implementing the Tiny Assembler — Software (Emmerichs) (p.84)

Nucleus (Columns & Departments)

  • In This BYTE (p.4)

  • Surveying the Field (p.6)

  • Letters (p.10)

  • What’s New? (pp.46, 121, 143)

  • Technical Forum (pp.68, 142)

  • BYTE’s Bits (pp.116, 127, 152)

  • New ASCII Standards (p.117)

  • Classified Ads (p.120)

  • BYTE’s Bugs (p.128)

  • Solution to 8080 Bug in the Stack (p.145)

  • Answer to Bar Code Puzzle (p.145)

  • Book Reviews (p.146)

  • Ask BYTE (p.148)

  • Clubs & Newsletters (p.156)

  • BOMB (p.176)

  • Reader Service (p.176)

Condition Notes:

  • Good condition for age

  • No mailing label

  • Mild shelf wear

  • Includes protective plastic covering

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This issue is a must-have for collectors, featuring Steve Wozniak’s Apple II introduction and the launch of BYTE’s Artificial Intelligence series, offering a rare glimpse into the earliest discussions of AI in personal computing history.

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