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Bajtek was one of most popular Polish computer magazines at it its times.

Bajtek was started in 1985 by Władysław Majewski, an editor of "Przegląd - Komputer" - , which was an insertion added to "Przegląd Techniczny". First The first issue would be published by "Krajowe Wydawnictwo Czasopism", but because it was started 'ad hoc', it didn't have paper allowance(dear reader - Dear Reader, please remember, that at this time Poland was a communist country), so it had to borrow paper. The "Sztandar Młodych"(Youth Banner), the newspaper of ZMP(Polish Youth Association - an organ of the communist party for the young communists) decided to lend paper for the Bajtek, and the first issue could be printed. It was continued followed by three other issues during the year 1985 and all 200000 200,000 copies were sold on the spot.

The editor of "Sztandar Młodych" editor liked the idea of a computer magazine adresed at addressing the young computer entusiasts(enthusiasts rather than at computer scientists - as all other polish Polish computer magazines, at that time did), - so much, that he decided to take it over.

In the Fall fall of 1985, The the editor of "Sztandar Młodych" Aleksander Kwaśniewski(, who will later became President of Poland) become , became "minister do spraw młodzieży"(Minister of Youth minister? minister in matter of youth? Blah, communistic 'nomenclature' is really hard to translate and my english ain't good tooAffairs), and his first decision, was to make Bajtek, a part of the "Sztandar Młodych" publishing house. Since From 1986, until to 1989 Bajtek was published by "Sztandar Młodych".

In the year 1989, thanks to the 'Round Table', there were many changes in Poland. One of the most important, was the closing of the Office of Censorship and stoping stopping of the press regulation. With that(and many other changes), Bajtek was divided separated from the "Sztandar Młodych" and continued on it its own, published by Bajtek Publishing House, an a co-operative stared started by Bajtek 's redactors. It ran down until 1996, when bancrupcy bankruptcy of Agrobank had bringed brought Bajtek Publishing House to it's its knees, eventualy bancrupting eventually bankrupting it too.

On the beginningBy that time, Bajtek had mainly articles about computers from "private import"the popularity of the CPC in Poland was rising. That was to the simple fact that CPCs were (more communistic thanks to CP/M+ and 80 column mode) considered a cheap alternative to IBM PC and other 'nomenclatureprofessional machines'). Personally, particulary I've heard about ZX Spectrum, which became quite popular CPC applications in Poland in the first half of the 80'iesscientific calculations, mainly which on its own shows how this trend was strong. That was because of iteven institutions (like universities) couldn's pricet afford buying substantial amounts of PCs. In Poland was at that time a very poor country and high currency exchange rates added to the 1986problem. Also, there was an advent of 'clans' - subparts of Bajtek, each dedicated to only one machine/producerCoordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls (All Ataris, All Commodores and so onCOCOM), which meant that really big machines were out of reach.

By that timeMoreover, the popularity built-in Centronics port of the CPC in Poland was risingSchneiders enabled very easy producing of so called "publikacje bezdebitowe" ("debitless" publications). That was, "Debit" is a word from French meaning "to the simple factsell", "place of selling" and "bez-" is a Polish prefix for "without". At that CPC were (thanks time, if you wanted to CP/M+ and 80 column mode) considered as cheap alternative distribute your publication, you had to IBM PC and other 'professional machines'have a "debit", a consent from the Office of Censorship. PersonallySo, I've heard about CPC applications in scientific calculationsshort, witch on it own shows how this trend was strong"bezdebitowe" or "debitless" publications were illegal papers distributed by the underground political organizations. That was because even institutions(like universities) couldn't allow themselfs for substantial amounts As they usually were produced in quantities of PCs. Poland was around 200 copies, a CPC with a good NLQ (at that timenear-letter quality) very poor country printer and high exchange rates added possibly a copier was all you needed to the problemfight with communism. AlsoNeedless to say, there was COCOM, which meant that really big machines were out-of-reachCPC became quite popular in the underground.

Also, the bulit-in Cetronics port of the Schneiders allowed very easy producing of so called "Publikacje bezdebitowe"('debitless' publications). Debit is a word from french, meaning 'to sell', 'place of selling' and 'bez-' is a polish word for without. At that time, if you wanted to distribute your publication, you had to have 'debit', an allowance from Office of Censorship. So, in short, "bezdebitowe" or 'debitless' publications were illegal 'papers' distributed by underground. As they usally been produced in quantities of around 200 copies, The CPC with good NLQ printer and possibly a copier was all you need to fight with communism. Needless to say, CPC became quite popular in underground.  Thanks to that, CPC was noticed by Bajtek and The the "Klan Amstrada/Schneidera", a clan for the CPC and PCW computers was also formed. UnfortunatlyUnfortunately, because of the typical profile of polish Polish CPC users, polish 'a Polish "scene' " never formed, so there weren't autors were no authors in "the CPC clan" who could portrey portray the "Colour in CPC". Most articles was were about practical applications of CPC and PCW.

|Arnold - Rozmowa z Joe Oki||Arnold - interview with Joe Oki||5/-6/1986[''1'']||6

|CPC 464||n/aCPC 464||5/-6/1986||10

|Mini organy||Mini organ||5/-6/1986||12

|Drugi drążek sterowy||Second Joystick||5/-6/1986||13

|Pisać zamiast pisac||Imposible Impossible to translate - this was article was about polish Polish diacritical signs||5/-6/1986||13

|Animacja||Animation||5/-6/1986||14

|Odzyskiwanie plików omyłkowo skasowanych na dyskietce(6128)||Recovering data deleted from disc by accident(6128)||7/1986||19

|CPC 6128||n/aCPC 6128||8/1986||8

|Lista zmiennych||variables Variables list||8/1986||11

|Jednoręki bandyta||BlackjackOne-armed bandit (?slot machine)||9/1986||12

|Jak odbezpieczyc odbezpieczyć program w BASIC-u||How to unprotect a BASIC program||9/1986||14

|Transmat||???Transmat||10/1986||15

|Polskie litery||Polish letters(again about polish Polish diacritical signs)||11/1986||8

|Pamięć pod lupą||Memory under magnifing magnifying glass||11/1986||9

|Amstrad PC 1512||n/aAmstrad PC 1512||12/1986||11

|Circle||n/aCircle||12/1986||11

[''1''] - Troughout the 1986, there were some problems with continous continuous publishing, so there were a couple of bi-monthly issues

|PCW8512||n/aPCW8512||1/1987||20

|Co piszczy pod klawiaturą(1-12)||What squeaks under the keyboard(part 1 to 12)||1-12/1987||[''1'']

|BASIC CPC 464||n/aBASIC CPC 464||5/1987||14

|Jezyki Języki programowania||Programming languages||6/1987||13

|Instalacja polskich liter w CP/M PLUS dla CPC6128||Installation of polish Polish letters under CP/M PLUS for CPC 6128||8/1987||13

[''1'']] - This article was in 12 partparts, each one had been on diffrent a different page. I could list all 12 entries, each one stating the correct page number, but, as I don't think, any of You collect Bajtek(now or will in the future), I don't see the point. === Links & Download ===1. ZbyniuR at [http://www.speccy.pl Speccy.pl] (Polish forum of Spectrum & Amstrad users) share a .dsk images of Bajtek's listing in [Categoryhttp:CPC Press//speccy.pl/forum/index.php/topic,1319.0.html this topic]. Some of these programs were rewritten with bug fixes and/or enriched additions compared to the original source.2. Scans of the Bajtek magazine are available at [http://atarionline.pl/v01/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1234027498&archive=&start_from=0&ucat=8&amp%3Bsubaction=showfull&amp%3Bucat=8&ct=biblioteka#zin=Bajtek__rok=Wszystkie AtariOnLine] (Atari's user page) in djvu format.3. There is also a project [http://www.t2e.pl/pl/434/0/434/Projekty/ "Bajtek Reduks"], involving the transfer of the full content of the paper issues of Bajtek into the electronic form (PDF).  [[Category: MagazinesCPC Press]] [[Category:Stub]]