6 May
1997
6 May
'97
10:02 a.m.
Well how about a "Computer Journal" all our
own?
Just an idea... and it really wouldn't take that much effort!
I like this idea. Maybe it could be a group collaborative effort.
(Another mailling list?) Besides articles relating to collecting, I
think it would be really cool to try to obtain the rights to reprint
some classic magazine articles that some of us never got to see, or
were to shortsighted at the time to keep. (Construction type articles.
Maybe some reviews.)
(Are we talking about 'ink and paper' here or electronic? I was
thinking 'ink and paper', but [html,pdf,whatever] wouldn't be bad either.)
Les
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6 May
6 May
2:09 p.m.
On Tue, 6 May 1997, Scott Walde wrote:
I like this idea. Maybe it could be a group
collaborative effort.
(Another mailling list?) Besides articles relating to collecting, I
think it would be really cool to try to obtain the rights to reprint
some classic magazine articles that some of us never got to see, or
were to shortsighted at the time to keep. (Construction type articles.
Maybe some reviews.)
We could *summarize* old articles and as long as it's documented there
would/should be no problems. I have a stack of old Compute! mags (Mar
84-Jun 86) and another stack of 99'er and HCN from around the same time
period. Not to mention the piles of old BASIC books, users manuals,
FAQ's, and net mags that I have collected over the years.
(Are we talking about 'ink and paper' here or electronic? I was
thinking 'ink and paper', but [html,pdf,whatever] wouldn't be bad either.)
Well, HTML (etc.) would definitely be "easier" but printed copies would be
"neater" There are drawbacks to both (HTML allows easier/cheaper use of
color) but if we start with HTML it really wouldn't be too much trouble to
generate printed copies of the mag from it. PLus HTML is "free" wheras
printed copies would need a modest fee, means for collecting this, places
to print, etc. If someone wants to start a "printed copy" after we get
the netside of things going than I'm in, but I think we should start with
HTML or whatever.
Either way, I'm in!
Suggestions?
Les
6:03 p.m.
I like this idea. Maybe it could be a group
collaborative effort.
(Another mailling list?) Besides articles relating to collecting, I
think it would be really cool to try to obtain the rights to reprint
some classic magazine articles that some of us never got to see, or
were to shortsighted at the time to keep. (Construction type articles.
Maybe some reviews.)
Along the same line but not the same:
I've been reasearching the possibility of putting old magazine articles
up on the ClassicCmp web site. I'll probably be starting this weekend.
I've determined that articles from the following magazines are unlikely
to get me in trouble:
Softside, Micro, Call APPLE, Creative Computing
More may come in the future. The critera for "unlikely to get me in
trouble" are 1. Magazine and/or publishing company out of business and
unreachable 2. Statements that reproduction is allowed (like Creative
Computing!).
If you know of other "safe" magazines or are interested in scanning some
pages to put up, let me know.
Bill
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6:38 p.m.
On Tue, 6 May 1997, Bill Whitson wrote:
More may come in the future. The critera for
"unlikely to get me in
trouble" are 1. Magazine and/or publishing company out of business and
unreachable 2. Statements that reproduction is allowed (like Creative
Computing!).
Computist magazine was very specific to Apple ][s (at least until the
last issues where they began contemplating including other computers such
as Atari STs and Amigas) but was a great little magazine. It mostly
contained recipes for cracking software protection, but almost always had
an apple hardware project or other need tidbits. They're gone now. I
have about 15 issues, but the total run was maybe 40? That would be a
nice magazine to re-produce.
Sam
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