Acorn Computing magazine (Amiga) 1988-1997 Complete OCR'd PDFs /// RetroPDFsseeders: 3
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Acorn Computing magazine (Amiga) 1988-1997 Complete OCR'd PDFs /// RetroPDFs (Size: 6.77 GB)
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Amiga Computing (UK Edition) issues 1-127 (June 1988 - October 1997)
Amiga Computing was a long-lived and respected magazine published initially by Europress, and later IDG, covering most aspects of the Amiga; although games were covered, the focus was on more serious subjects. Like most Amiga magazines, the page count peaked in the early-mid 90's, before dropping dramatically later in the decade. Amiga Computer finally ceased publication in 1997; short-lived US and Greek editions only lasted a few issues in 1995. These PDFs are the compiled collections of page scans available on public torrent trackers. They've been OCR'd to allow text searching and copying - this should prove very useful for the retro archivist who'd like to have their own local searchable archive. They look great on most PDF readers, including the iPad. The OCR software has done it's best, but has struggled with some of the more unusual fonts and layouts used and by the relatively low DPI of the source images. Some of the source page images were a bit odd too - I suspect the originals came from more than one source. The file size is a bit larger than the combined size of the original JPG images; I've done my best to make the PDF's as compact as possible without losing image quality. Be grateful for cheap storage :) More OCR'd scans will be periodically available - please check http://retropdfs.wordpress.com (or Google RetroPDFs) for more information. 90's style "greets" to anyone formally or currently involved in the Amiga scene, especially Pazza, Mic Flair, Violator, Denzil, Tango, Fat Will, mUb and Maximan, and anyone else who read or wrote for LSD Grapevine. Nostalgia ain't what it used to be ;) Ken D fabwhack@gmail.com http://retropdfs.wordpress.com (Google 'RetroPDFs') Sharing Widget |