14 Aug
2000
14 Aug
'00
9:06 a.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
I hate to burst anyone's bubble with this project,
but most of these
magazines are already being archived by probably more than 100 of the
large libraries (in large citys and universities) scattered around the
country. You might want to check with some of them first before
undertaking such a huge project - you may be reinventing the wheel.
It depends upon the market that the magazine is aimed for. Most libraries
and universities that I have tried have a sizeable collection of PC titles,
but are lacking in their coverage for other titles. Games titles such as
C&VG are rarely included, neither are ST, Amiga, Acorn, etc. I recommend
having a look around the net to avoid duplication of effort.
Amiga Magazines
Claude Mueller's magazine site http://magazines.ch
Amiga Interactive Guide: Magazine section (mine)
http://amiga.emugaming.com/magazines.html
AP2 - http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/ap2/
Commodore Magazines
Iain Black's Zzap! 64 (and various other mags) site -
http://www.zzap64.co.uk
The Commodore WWW 8-Bit Server - http://www.hut.fi/Misc/cbm/
Atari Magazines
Atari Historical Society - http://www.atari-history.com/
Little Green Desktop - http://www.fatal-design.com/desktop/
BBC Magazines
Stairway to Hell - http://www.stairwaytohell.com
There was also an obscure page on the Keele university web site a few months
ago. It was brief, misinformed, but strangely interesting reading.
Sinclair Spectrum Magazines
Various sites that I can't remember the URLs for. Try a search for World of
Spectrum, The YS Rock and Roll Years, YS2, Sinclair User, and Crash. The
Speccy has hundreds of sites that cover YS, SU, and Crash. However, there is
a notable absence of other 80s Spectrum titles (whose name I seem to have
forgot).
PhilipBelben wrote:
I'm still getting Hostname Unknown, I'm
afraid. I'll try again another
day...
It works here.
Are you grouping by system covered? Could be
difficult - Microcomputer
Printout
started as PET only, and went through Commie only to
practically
everything in
the space of a few years.
CU Amiga was even worse. It started as Vic Computing, evolved into a
Commodore mag, and eventually became Amiga-specific.
> before 1995. I don't want to run into a lot
of copyright issues. As
always
> if a mag is on our site and the publisher, if
there still around, wishes
it
> not be there we will take it down, but hope they
consider this project
> worthwhile and let us keep them there.
I have some experience in this area and have discussed it with various
people. Future Publishing and EMAP are tolerant, and in many cases flattered
by tribute sites. As long as you do not abuse the name (ST Format Porn
anyone?) or launch a magazine using that name you should be OK. You may find
it difficult to find who owns the rights to the various magazines - Crash
was incorporated into Emap's SU and Zzap! 64/Commodore Force was bought by
Future Publishing after Impact magazines went bust.
I really do think you ought to ask publishers'
permission _first_. To say
that
you will remove anything on encountering objections is
all very well, but
probably won't satisfy the lawyers!
--
Gareth Knight
Amiga Interactive Guide
http://amiga.emugaming.com