Yes, I have LOL. But it's not so bad if it's progressively. A few now,
a few then... might take a year to get all of them up. But yes... it
would require lots of time, space, and bandwidth. So right now the
status quo is much easier. :-) Freddie Bingham wrote: Have you considered the time it would take to scan 100 magazines? :eek:Freddie Vintage Gaming - http://www.vintagegaming.org-----Original Message----- From: Stephane Racle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW Museum Hehe. You may be willing to cut up my magazines, but I'm not! Well, I'd cut up duplicate issues. It probably wouldn't be too difficult for issues 25 and up, but the earlier ones can be difficult to find. I guess the options are... Stick to covers/ToC - ZD is probably less likely to notice and may not care all that much. But then, you don't get all the interesting articles! Contact ZD - High (?) chance of getting rejected, but potentially permission to scan the articles. The question is... how much does ZD care about these older magazines? Would they be willing to let someone scan/display them for free? The way I see it, this only generates interest for the magazine. However, ZD may want to make people pay. Any thoughts? Anybody know anyone at ZD? :-) Some of these early articles are extremely interesting and very well written. It really would be great to have them available. Stephane Jim Leonard wrote:Regardless of how it turns out, please make sure to provide text or text-aware file formats, like PDF that has been OCR'd, or DjVu (no OCR'd text, but separates text and background graphics andcompresseseach with separate algorithm for better compression, also supports progressive downloading and localized decoding which is great for modem users (they can look at a section of the page without downloading the whole thing)). As for approaching it the right way, tell ZD about your project and ask that you are willing to host the pages, do all thescanning, tellthem you'll offer pages in multiple formats, etc. and thatall you askin return is permission from the company to do so. To help sweeten the deal, tell them you're willing to cut up the magazines for the best scan. Seriously. Crappy 300 DPI JPG scans that are warped because the magazine binding is still intact won't impress anyone :) However, you run a big risk of getting a cease and desist letter in return. But since you already run the risk of that, youmight as wellcontact them right now instead of running the site for two years, building it up, and THEN getting the cease and desist letter. I wish the best of luck, I personally would love to readsome of thoseolder reviews. If/When contacting ZD, make sure you actually call people on the phone; email inquiries to generic addressesrarely getto the *right* person. Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:Hey, if you approach it the right way, they might even payyou to doit... Stuart -----Original Message----- *From:* Stephane Racle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] *Sent:* Wednesday, March 17, 2004 11:49 AM *To:* swcollect *Subject:* Re: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW Museum Doubtful I could do that without incurring the wrath of ZD... BL wrote:Great job man, looks awesome. If your ultimate plan isto have theentire mags scanned, I can't wait! Brad ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephane Racle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "swcollect" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2004 3:01 AM Subject: [SWCollect] Announcing the CGW MuseumI'm pleased to announce that my web site, the ComputerGaming World(CGW) Museum, is finally on-line! The Museum is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of all CGW items relatedto the timeperiod covered by the first 100 issues of Computer Gaming World magazine. Currently there is not a whole lot of textualinformationavailable, but you will find scans of the covers of most of the first 100 issues, among other things. The goal is, of course, to expand as time allows, and all suggestions/constructive criticism/comments are welcome! Anyhow, you are all welcome to take a look! I am hopingthat thiswill prove to be a useful resource for the vintage gaming community, as I do not believe that the informationprovided by theMuseum is available elsewhere on the web. You will find the museum at cgw.vintagegaming.org. Many, many thanks to Freddie Bingham for hosting! Oh, and never mind the March 20th date on the news page.Amazingly,we're 3 days early... :-) Stephane---------------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. 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