Popular Electronics magazine was once one of the best-selling DIY electronics magazines. And now you can relive memories from many years back by browsing through this archive of PDFs of all back issues from 1954 to 1982. It is interesting historical content. In November 1982 the magazine became Computers & Electronics. Popular Electronics was sold to Gernsback Publications and their Hands-On Electronics magazine was renamed to Popular Electronics in February 1989. This version was published until it was merged with Electronics Now to become Poptronics in January 2000.
You can see the changes in electonics DIY field on the magazine as listed by Hackoday: In the 1950s and 1960s (and onwards) radio is a big deal. By the 1970s, hi-fi equipment is hot. It was followed by digital electronics and computers (like Altair 8800). Popular Electronics was a magzine with full range of construction projects using the newest technologies such as microprocessors and other programmable devices.
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