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Offline Robert17Topic starter

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Preservation of Amiga magazines of old
« on: August 07, 2011, 12:32:50 PM »
Afternoon all,

I have stacks of old Amiga Magazines and coverdisks kicking around, which I'd like to get rid of. I know folk aren't generally interested in taking these items - they're bulky and cost too much to post if you can't find someone local.

Anyway, not sure if it's been done before but I had an idea - instead of just throwing the magazines in the bin, I was thinking of taking each page out, and scanning, then re-assembling each magazine in a PDF document for all interested people to download/view and possibly sharing images of the coverdisks too.

Naturally I'd have to make a few enquiries to the authors to ask for permission, and it would be very time consuming so it is just an idea for now.

What I'd like is to first gauge interest from folks here to see if it's been done before, and if not if it's worth doing now as it seems a shame to throw so much paper history in the bin.

Robert.
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Re: Preservation of Amiga magazines of old
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2011, 01:45:13 PM »
That's a brilliant website! I wasn't aware of it's existence so many thanks for pointing it out, I'll be sure to share it with the other members in our user group too - I'm sure they will be interested.

As for my stock of magazines - I may as well bin them as this guy seems to have done all the leg work. I'll have to email him and see about making a donation for sure.

Robert.

Quick Edit:

I just looked through the site, and noticed there are quite a few issues missing from some magazines. I've emailed the chap to see of he'd like any of mine to add to the site before I dispose of them.
« Last Edit: August 07, 2011, 01:50:52 PM by Robert17 »
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