Currently it's image only due to the fact that it's only the covers and
the Table of Contents. I did, however, plan to include some text
information about each issue. If I do end up putting up the contents of
the magazines, then I will make sure to choose a format that is
text-aware, so that you may be able to search individually each
throughout each issue. As for an overall index, that's a possibility
too. Actually I believe CGW did put out annual indexes starting in 1986
or so, but I have never seen one.
Stephane
Tomas Buteler wrote:
I checked it out, and liked it a lot. Great idea, by
the way.
One doubt, though: is it image only, or some amount of
text input will be available as well? I'm no expert in
database or anything, but I'd like to be able to
search the magazines for contents (reviews, previews,
hints or even ads), without having to browse through
all the images. Any ideas? Am I talking nonsense here,
or got the wrong idea about the museum?
Anyway, I got a few magazines myself (20-30), some of
them are even cut out already :) Never did have much
care for them, even though I was an avid reader.
Although mine are mostly post-92/93 (hey, some of
those mags are almost as old as me!), I would be glad
to help out in the beginning.
Best regards,
Tomas
--- Stephane Racle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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 and compresses
each 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
the scanning, tell
them you'll offer pages in multiple formats, etc.
and that all you ask
in 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, you might as well
contact 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 read some of those
older reviews. If/When contacting ZD, make sure
you actually call
people on the phone; email inquiries to generic
addresses rarely get
to the *right* person.
Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
Hey, if you approach it the right way, they might
even pay you to do
it...
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 is to have the
entire
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 Museum
I'm pleased to announce that my web site, the
Computer Gaming World
(CGW) Museum, is finally on-line! The Museum is
dedicated to the
preservation and presentation of all CGW items
related to the time
period covered by the first 100 issues of
Computer Gaming World
magazine. Currently there is not a whole lot of
textual information
available, 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 hoping that this will
prove to be a useful resource for the vintage
gaming community, as
I do
not believe that the information provided by
the Museum 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
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