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| Phil23 Guru  Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1667 |
Probably one for Geoff, I've found myself constantly flicking back to old issues of SC for reference to some of the original stuff in the articles. They are great references, but it's a pain, finding the right issue, reading it in print, going to another issue etc, etc. So yesterday I scanned & PDF'd the first few I've been referring to. Much better to work with for me. Question is, is this a resource I could post here for others to refer to, or would that be a copy right infringement, in which case I'll just keep them for personal use. I know they are all Geoff's articles, but not sure who holds the copyright. Cheers Phil. |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2949 |
Sorry Phil, It would be deemed to be contravening copyright.. (SC's Copyright) Similar posts have been deleted (was it Mono Maximite) in the past. Kind Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1667 |
So I assume they are not likely to give permission to release even older reproductions. |
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TassyJim Guru Joined: 07/08/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 6268 |
You can purchase old articles from SC so it would be unlikely that they would be willing to give them away. Some of the projects are on Geoffs website as well. Jim VK7JH MMedit |
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| Chris Roper Senior Member  Joined: 19/05/2015 Location: South AfricaPosts: 280 |
No Chance of being able to publish PDF versions of anything from SC. On the other side of the coin that is probably one of the reasons that they are still in business. http://caroper.blogspot.com/ |
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Geoffg Guru Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3282 |
Yes, even though I wrote them the copyright belongs to SC. I put up abbreviated versions on my website which are aimed towards the more knowledgeable user. These web pages use different words so they do not infringe on SC's copyright. This is how the industry works and I am happy to go along with it as it is part of what keeps them in business. Geoff Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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| Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1667 |
Anyway..... Scanning for my own use works for me. Too many issues of too many magazines floating around here. 1/2 hour to find the May & June '14 issues to reference back to them. Then 5 minutes every time I need to look where I last left them now I've found them. Did these with the flatbed, just cause I has sitting beside it, but if you need to easily pdf documents, and haven't heard of it, have a look at Cam Scanner Fast & accurate. Cheers. |
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| Phil23 Guru Joined: 27/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1667 |
Grrrrr, 45 Minute search to uncover January 2015 issue. Packed in the shed with other stuff after previous years camping trip.... Find it a valuable resource to be able to go back & follow the evolution of the Micromite. Helps a lot in understanding the current version. Cheers. |
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| austfox Newbie  Joined: 05/03/2016 Location: AustraliaPosts: 18 |
I do the same as you and scan all the projects from Silicon Chip that I am building, including the Micromite articles. I convert them into PDFs and also print them out. I find it avoids the magazine becoming tattered when building a project, as well as having quick computer PDF access when needed. |
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| Chris Roper Senior Member Joined: 19/05/2015 Location: South AfricaPosts: 280 |
Theses are the Magazine scans I have: 101-Electronics Project 73 Magazine 99-IC-Projects BYTE Circuit cellar Creative Computing Electronics for you Electronics Hobbyist Handbook Electronics Illistrated Electronics Now Electronics Today International Electronics-Handbook Electronics-Theory-Hanbook Elektor Electronics Elementary Electronics Everyday Practical Electronics Experimenters-Handbook Hands on Electronics Kilobaud Micro Modern Electronics Nuts & Volts Poptronics Popular Electronics Practical Electronics Practical Wireless Radio Constructor Radio Electronics Radio Electronics - Special Projects Wireless World The total size is in excess of 65 gigabytes and many issues go back as far as the 60's. I find it very useful to copy them from the central server to my tablet to read on the road or to my Laptop to take to the workbench, as well as have on my desktop Machine for general browsing when looking for ideas or techniques. Certainly beets piles of paper. I have every Issue of Model Railroader Magazine ever published and it fils a small room. There was no way I could keep originals of all the Electronics Magazines too. The More Modern magazines I get via Digital Subscription. For the older Magazines take a look here: http://www.americanradiohistory.com/ and scroll down too:TECHNICAL: Consumer Electronics - Modern Era Cheers Chris http://caroper.blogspot.com/ |
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BobDevries Senior Member Joined: 08/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 266 |
What I call fortuitous... Right at this moment I'm trying to ressurect my Playmaster 140 published in Electronics Australia. I did have at one time scans of the articles, but that was many moves ago. Does anyone have these to hand? Chris, are you in a position and willing to share some of those scans that you have? I'm particularly interested in Elektor Electronics Regards, Bob Devries Dalby, QLD, Australia Bob Devries Dalby, QLD, Australia |
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| Chris Roper Senior Member Joined: 19/05/2015 Location: South AfricaPosts: 280 |
I gave up my subscription on Elektor a while ago, so am not totally up to date, but older issues I may be able to assists if you can give me dates. Cheers Chris http://caroper.blogspot.com/ |
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Gizmo Admin Group  Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5116 |
Chris Roper wow you have quit a collection. I have a couple of 101-Electronics and 99-IC-Projects somewhere, and remember BYTE, it was a big thick magazine. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Chris Roper Senior Member Joined: 19/05/2015 Location: South AfricaPosts: 280 |
If you remember Byte then you may like this story... "How kilobaud started Wayne Green, the Publisher/Editor of kilobaud, had been the publisher of BYTE magazine, (another influential microcomputer magazine of the time) where he published the first four issues in his own office. But one day in November 1975 Wayne came to work, and found that his ex-wife and the rest of the Byte magazine staff had moved out of his office and had taken the January issue with them.[2] Consequently, the January 1976 issue had Virginia Green listed as publisher instead of Wayne Green. Wayne was not happy with this development, so he left Byte to start a new magazine to compete with the fledging Byte. He wanted to call it "KiloByte" to trump Byte. But the people of Byte quickly trademarked KILOBYTE as a cartoon series in Byte magazine. So he named the new magazine "kilobaud" instead. The magazine was first published in 1977." Cheers Chris http://caroper.blogspot.com/ |
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palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1982 |
@ BobDevries What year was the playmaster 140. If I don't have it I think you can get it from Silicon Chip. Paul "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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| Bill7300 Senior Member Joined: 05/08/2014 Location: AustraliaPosts: 159 |
From memory, I would say about 1975 or 76? I remember I built its predecessor the Playmaster 136, which was published by Electronics Australia in 1972.Still have it in storage somewhere here, although I think I need to replace some capacitors to restore one channel. Bill Bill |
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| palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1982 |
I still have my valve one from 1966, I think it was called 10X10 stereo amplifier. Still works well but I very haven't fired it up for years. Probably got electrolytic cap problems with it by now. Paul. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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lew247 Guru Joined: 23/12/2015 Location: United KingdomPosts: 1702 |
I would love it if they made back issues cheaper then I'd buy them, but I cannot justify paying stupidly high prices for an online issue when most of the profit has already been made, and it's much cheaper to produce an online issue than a paper one. Having said that I also can't afford Silicon Chip which seems to be a brilliant magazine, living in the UK they dont publish it over here. I know some of you will say but its only AUD8.20 but that is a lot of money for someone on disability who gets almost nothing as it is. Personally if they cut the prices of back issues they'd sell a lot more and make a lot more profit in the end also. Any money coming in from back issues is money they never would have made if they hadn't put it online so why keep the prices so stupidly high? I'd get all the back issues of Silicon Chip, Practical Electronics and Practical Wireless if I could - but again unless I can find them on one of "those" sites I'll just go without |
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| matherp Guru Joined: 11/12/2012 Location: United KingdomPosts: 10201 |
I agree with Lew247. I think their business model is very out-of-date and counter-productive. I would be happy to pay for a subscription if, as with many other magazines, that gave you access to back issues for the duration of your subscription or if the online back issues and/or particular projects were sensibly priced AND they could be downloaded. It would be simple enough to individually watermark online downloads so they couldn't be distributed. Having to buy two or three back issues to get online-only access to a single project is just not reasonable. The concept that they also charge more for online access over and above a print subscription is even more of a turn off 
As it is google can often find individual articles/issues somewhere on the web..... They certainly will never get a cent from me unless they change their business model |
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| Chris Roper Senior Member Joined: 19/05/2015 Location: South AfricaPosts: 280 |
Well one out of three is a start http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Practical_Wireless_Magazine.htm Cheers Chris http://caroper.blogspot.com/ |
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