Byte was great. For years it was the highlight of my month. And I thought the cover art was amazing. The Smalltalk hot air balloon logo came from the cover of the August 1981 issue, which was devoted entirely to Smalltalk.

Robert Tinney, who painted many of the covers, died in February:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46982354

https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1981-08