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Title: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Pentad on July 13, 2010, 03:15:45 AM
I think that DLH's site has one of the best collection of Commodore related material available.  He has now posted the first three volumes of Amiga World magazine.

They are nicely scanned -and zipped- and make for great reading (well I think so).

Great site, really.

Cheers!
-P


Link here:

http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Pentad on July 13, 2010, 03:21:30 AM
Sorry, had to post this from Amiga World (March/April 1986):

ZeitGeist - Guy Wright

"...But the numbers aren't every thing. If those 151,510 articles aren't worth reading then you might as well use the laser disc as a frisbee. (By the way. laser discs are nearly indestructible. So you could use it as a frisbee. then pop it in the dishwasher, put it back in the player and still have a working disk.)

By the time you read this there will be a few companies selling write-once laser discs with 3.2 gigabytes of storage..."

I wish scratches were as simple to remove by 'popping them in the dishwasher...' :-)
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Pentad on July 14, 2010, 03:08:28 AM
Doesn't seem like there is much interest...

However, Volume 4 is now available.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: broken on July 14, 2010, 03:15:24 AM
Thanks for the link.


Very cool site with lots of great vintage magazines to read.

I particularly like the BBS magazine and of course all the C= and Amiga mags.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: cecilia on July 14, 2010, 03:29:03 AM
that's great. I have many of these in paper, but maybe now I can fgure out which issue of Compute's I had an image printed. I made it in DeluxePaint and it was my first Amiga-as-artist sale
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: tone007 on July 14, 2010, 03:39:11 AM
I have every issue in the garage!

The digital copies smell better, though.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: AmigaEd on July 14, 2010, 03:45:06 AM
Quote from: Pentad;570230
Doesn't seem like there is much interest...


I started browsing through some of the material there and the memories really started to flood back in. I've got to say that it all somehow seemed so much more fun back in the day.

It's pretty cool to see the "new emerging technologies", the hair styles and clothing in the advertisements.

Thank you for posting the link. I'm guessing that most people appreciate it. Most were probably like me and stayed up way too late last night looking through the old issues and were too tired to get back here and post a thanks.

Regards,
AmigaEd
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: cecilia on July 14, 2010, 04:07:07 AM
wow! found it!

and I was wrong! (imagine that), but it's been years, after all. i didn't use DPaint.

issue 127 1991 of Compute, page 121 looking at the pdf.

Now all I have to do is figure out where the heck the floppy is and THEN figure out how I could read it (no longer have a working AMiga at the moment)

still, this means at least I now know what the issue is.

thanks!!
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: halvliter'n on July 14, 2010, 04:09:27 AM
Even a service manual for C-128 Computer from August 1985 as I see missing in the archive. Tons of Amiga Format and tons of Scandinavian Commodore magazines. You will not get any of them since they will remain at the attic here:) Good site then.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: B00tDisk on July 14, 2010, 04:50:55 AM
That is an amazing resource.  Just skimming Amiga mags and seeing so many different gadgets that aren't in the BBOAH or the AHD...wow.  Like this one little sled that sat under an A500 and let you add A2000 cards, a second floppy drive, etc. (not the bogeda bay, this one actually sat underneath the 500 and the ad mentions the rather dubious claim that it's easier to type on the already uncomfortably oriented A500 keyboard that way).
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Pentad on July 15, 2010, 04:59:40 AM
Volume 5 is now available for download!



Cheers!
-P
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: DLH on July 17, 2010, 02:56:50 AM
Volume 6 (12 Issues) has now been uploaded (824MB)
 
Server bandwidth jumped up to 50+GB a day of downloads.
 
Lots more to come in the coming days.
 
Take it easy and enjoy.
 
DLH
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: TheGoose on July 17, 2010, 03:12:41 AM
Wow, this is very cool, historical. We use to get Amazing Computing delivered I remember...
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: B00tDisk on July 17, 2010, 03:13:12 AM
Hey does anyone have the full torrent of the Compute! Gazette collection?  I'd love to snag it but nobody's seeding :(
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Pentad on July 17, 2010, 04:16:38 AM
DLH you rock!!!   Thanks for everything you have done and the great site!  


Cheers!
-P
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: DLH on July 24, 2010, 02:35:55 AM
All 103 regular issues (Volume's 1-11) and 3 special issues have now been posted. Also a couple of different books Amiga World published.
 
6.33GB for everything.
 
With that in mind please take it easy when downloading. Bandwidth has increased to 50 to 120GB a day.
 
Maybe someday I can get a dedicated server but for now please take it easy.
 
Thanks
 
Enjoy
 
DLH
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: SysAdmin on July 24, 2010, 03:01:20 AM
This is great news, thanx for all the hard work scanning these. Who is doing Video Toaster User next?
 
:)
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: DLH on July 24, 2010, 03:11:27 AM
I am only missing a few issues of Video Toaster User and have already started scanning them.
 
I also have a bunch of Avid, Breadbox and Keyframe issues.
 
In time they will all be online.
 
I have posted a bunch of New Tekniques already.
 
DLH
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Pyromania on July 24, 2010, 03:16:17 AM
Quote from: DLH;571834
I am only missing a few issues of Video Toaster User and have already started scanning them.
 
I also have a bunch of Avid, Breadbox and Keyframe issues.
 
In time they will all be online.
 
I have posted a bunch of New Tekniques already.
 
DLH


DiscreetFX may be able to provide you with missing issues of Video Toaster User. For free of course.

:)
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: DLH on July 24, 2010, 03:37:51 AM
I just checked my notes and I have the following issues of Video Toaster User.
 
Have
 
5-43, 45-48 & 50.
 
Missing
 
1
2
3
4
44 1996 Jul Vol 6 No. 7
49 1996 Dec Vol 6 No. 12
 
Not sure how many issues were published.  Issue 50 1997 Jan Vol 7 No. 1 is the last issue I have.
 
I also have a special issue 1983 Dec PVP, a VTU Special Report NAB
 
Glad to see there is interest in these.
 
DLH
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Duce on July 24, 2010, 06:25:34 AM
Having these mags as pdf's is a super thing, thank you very much!  Enjoying reading them on my iPad and iPhone.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Minuous on July 24, 2010, 07:25:50 AM
Why is each issue 800Mb or so? At 4c/Mb that means a cost of $24 per issue to download them.
  It would be cheaper for me to just buy them on eBay and scan them myself.
  Plus where would I store such gigantic files.
  Why can they not be compressed to a reasonable size?
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: prowler on July 24, 2010, 08:28:56 AM
Excellent site. Thank you for posting the link.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: quenthal on July 24, 2010, 11:08:14 AM
Quote from: Minuous;571849
Why is each issue 800Mb or so? At 4c/Mb that means a cost of $24 per issue to download them.
  It would be cheaper for me to just buy them on eBay and scan them myself.
  Plus where would I store such gigantic files.
  Why can they not be compressed to a reasonable size?

Afaik, its 800mb per Volume, not per issue. As there is around 10-12 issues per volume, I think the average size is quite the norm these days.

P.s. Where can you still get that expensive 'net?
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: JimS on July 24, 2010, 02:31:18 PM
I've got all my issues of VTU scanned... but I opted for lower resolution (150dpi) to save space, and keep them as individual jpegs... Also, I frequently toss pages that are just ads.... but I do have issues 44 & 49.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: B00tDisk on July 24, 2010, 03:15:29 PM
Quote from: JimS;571877
I've got all my issues of VTU scanned... but I opted for lower resolution (150dpi) to save space, and keep them as individual jpegs... Also, I frequently toss pages that are just ads.... but I do have issues 44 & 49.


Aaah!  Nooo sometimes the ads are the best - they give a window into what was available, pricing, etc.

There's stuff I've gleaned from looking at the AW issues that I had no idea even existed, much less is listed on the AHDB and Amiga History and so on.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Duce on July 24, 2010, 05:42:21 PM
Oddly, I'm loving the old adverts in these pdf mags.  Nice reflection of what a powerhouse system the Amiga was and the wide scope of available HW and SW at the time.  It sure went to hell in a handbasket in a rapid fashion once people started opting for Windows rigs.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: JimS on July 24, 2010, 07:25:57 PM
Quote from: B00tDisk;571881
Aaah!  Nooo sometimes the ads are the best - they give a window into what was available, pricing, etc.

There's stuff I've gleaned from looking at the AW issues that I had no idea even existed, much less is listed on the AHDB and Amiga History and so on.


Well, I actually agree with you pretty much. So I kept a set of ads in every few months to act as a snapshot of the market... but until I got my scanner with autofeeder, it was a pain to scan all those ads. The ones in VTU were a lot like the other home video zines of the day.. those huge multipage spreads from places like 47th street photo for VCRs and  toys only peripherally Amiga related. (excuse the pun)

I seem to have lost track of it (easy to do on a terrabyte disk) but I had a 300 dpi scan of the last run of AC's guide to Amiga that I was going to run through OCR software when I got a faster peecee... now that I have one, I'm going to have to look for those files.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: cecilia on July 24, 2010, 10:05:14 PM
Quote from: DLH;571834
I am only missing a few issues of Video Toaster User and have already started scanning them.
 
I also have a bunch of Avid, Breadbox and Keyframe issues.
 
In time they will all be online.
 
I have posted a bunch of New Tekniques already.
 
DLH
that is spectacular!!!
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: runequester on July 25, 2010, 01:12:53 AM
mirroring this on bit torrent might be a useful idea.

This is pretty rad though. Goes all the way back to 85. Was this a UK mag?
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: runequester on July 25, 2010, 01:59:38 AM
reading through the first issue made me slightly awestruck. Its hard to fathom just what a scifi monster the Amiga was in 1985
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Argo on July 25, 2010, 02:32:10 AM
Awesome resource.  Thanks for the effort....
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Iceburg on July 25, 2010, 01:54:35 PM
Great resource to have. It really is a step back in time.`I remember buying them at the news stand! DLH you might want to check the 3 special issues. I am getting error(14, 110) on all 3 of them.and i am running the latest version of Adobe Reader.  Mags have all worked great so far! Thanks DLH, you have a great site!
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: cecilia on July 25, 2010, 02:09:42 PM
Quote from: runequester;571949
reading through the first issue made me slightly awestruck. Its hard to fathom just what a scifi monster the Amiga was in 1985
and even into the 90's i have various issues of many of these magazines. It was SO exciting to find one on a stand and take it home. And, of course, I had subs to many of them. i loved getting my jumpdisks!!

There was always something new to discover
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: recidivist on July 25, 2010, 03:05:07 PM
A big thank you to DLH.

I wish I had bought your dvd set first and skipped the ebay ripoff artist.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: odin on July 25, 2010, 03:30:36 PM
Quote from: DLH;571828

[...]
With that in mind please take it easy when downloading. Bandwidth has increased to 50 to 120GB a day.
 [...]

If bandwidth is an issue, maybe consider torrenting it?
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: runequester on July 25, 2010, 04:56:58 PM
Some fun observations after reading through 85, 86 and 87:

One of the first magazines expecting CD ROM's to be standard in a year or two (took what? 8 or 10 years before that happened)

Computer hardware was ungodly expensive in those days.

A 20 MB hard drive provides "limitless storage"

Holy crap 8 megs of RAM was expensive.

The amiga had a TON of business app's... database, word processors, spreadsheets, sound, graphics etc very quickly, but games were a bit slow in coming.

Lots of options for coders/programmers too.

Never thought about it but with kickstart in ROM, the 500 was actually a more powerful machine than the 1000 (512 kb of RAM).

Lots of angry people when the 2000 came out.

A time where magazines would talk about coding.



EDIT: Was poking around the site, and it looks like you have scans of other mags too, like Amazing Computing but no download links. Are these not up yet?
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: DLH on July 26, 2010, 04:20:48 AM
I will start posting the Amazing Computing Issues very shortly.
 
Busy week coming up for me.  Final acceptance testing on the system I just installed.  Lots of people coming in from out of town. I will have to see how things go...  It's been almost 2 months since I have been home.
 
Enjoy
 
David
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: runequester on July 26, 2010, 05:46:59 AM
Quote from: DLH;572114
I will start posting the Amazing Computing Issues very shortly.
 
Busy week coming up for me.  Final acceptance testing on the system I just installed.  Lots of people coming in from out of town. I will have to see how things go...  It's been almost 2 months since I have been home.
 
Enjoy
 
David


No rush mate. You've done an amazing job so far.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: runequester on July 26, 2010, 06:58:31 AM
Continuing my read (a lot of skimming, really) I am at August 1988.

There's been talk so far about 020 and even an 030 board (at 2000+ dollars, yikes) but seems not a ton of utility for them. The magazine has talked about the 020 a bit but it didn't seem to be a big deal, unlike the RAM race.

Mention just popped up of an upcoming A2500 and a few wish lists for what a 3000 might look like.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: kinshi on November 04, 2011, 06:53:05 AM
Sorry to Necro post...but where is Issue #104?

The Bombjack site is great but it does not have the actual LAST issue of Amiga World.

I know this one, as I have 2 copies of it (as I was the author of the 'Face to Face With Morph Plus' article in that issue (that was also the headliners for that issue). Issue 104.

Did that last issue not make it out to many people I wonder?
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Nlandas on December 03, 2011, 12:16:26 AM
Quote from: Pentad;570100
I think that DLH's site has one of the best collection of Commodore related material available.  He has now posted the first three volumes of Amiga World magazine.

Link here:

http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/


   Wow amazing site. He should get some banner ads up on the sidebar to make some money to help support his work. Nice to see all that content not being lost.
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: DLH on December 03, 2011, 01:03:25 AM
Quote from the Mar-Apr 1995 issue of Amazing Compiting
 
"
AmigaWorld Ceases Publication [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]Readers Offered Choice of Options Peterborough, Nil (March 2, 1995) -
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TechMedia Pubtishingannouncsd today [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]that it will cease publication of AmigaWorld, the leading magazine
serv ing users of theCommodore Amiga computer, as of its April 1995 issue."

If you have copies of an issue I do not have posted please contact me so we can get it scanned and online for everyone.  All magazines of the period state that the April 1995 issue was the last published.
 
thanks
 
DLH
 
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Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: b41d3r on December 03, 2011, 12:00:12 PM
I couldn't imagine a better surprise for the rainy week-end.
Just have to dig in it to find more information about my favorite system.
And so good to see articles about software I didn't know at all !
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: Bigbronc on December 03, 2011, 03:28:08 PM
I vote the best site of 2011, I found this site from a link on Face book and have been stuck there for days. This is the best thing since sliced bread.:)
Title: Re: DLH now has Amiga World magazines online
Post by: J-Golden on December 04, 2011, 12:03:56 AM
HOLY CRAP!  AC's Tech Amiga mags!  I LOVED these.  Talk about a great reference of the time.  I remember finding the info to the creator's of the CDTV Joystick/mouse brickette.

Absolutely PRICELESS!

Thanks DLH!