Bajtek Explained

Bajtek
Publisher:	Wydawnictwo Bajtek
Founder:	Waldemar Siwiński
Firstdate:	1985
Finaldate:	1996
Country:	Poland
Based:	Warsaw
Language:	Polish
Issn:	0860-1674
Oclc:	68735290

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. The founder was Waldemar Siwiński.^[1] The magazine was very well known in the late 1980s in the country.^[2] 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!.^[2] The sponsor of Bajtek was Polish Socialist Youth Union which is also known as ZSMP.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Waldemar Siwiński . IREG. 13 February 2020.
2. Book: Gerard Alberts. Ruth Oldenziel. Ruth Oldenziel. Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes. 3 September 2014. Springer. 978-1-4471-5493-8. 136.
3. Web site: Kultowe gazety - Bajtek 11/1986 - ostatnia puszka. Fulko de Lorche. gameplay.pl. 19 March 2018.
4. News: Pixel Heaven 2016 - relacja z imprezy na RetroGraczy - Retro magia. 19 March 2018. pl-PL.
5. Web site: Polskie magazyny o grach (odc. 1): Jak to się zaczęło, czyli Bajtek edukuje Polskę. Gamezilla. pl. 12 April 2018.
6. Book: Juliane Fürst. Josie McLellan. Dropping out of Socialism: The Creation of Alternative Spheres in the Soviet Bloc. 13 December 2016. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-4985-2515-2. 162.