MADrigal Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Hello, I am the webmaster of the CreatiVEmu website - the main resource on the web, totally devoted to the VTech CreatiVision gaming console. I am looking for some lucky owner of the magazines listed below, that is willing to contribute the CreatiVEmu website by submitting high resolutions scans. The magazines can all be found online, but unfortunately the scans are at very low resolution, not good for my preservation project. Every contributor will be credited on the CreatiVEmu website. This is the list: Billboard, October 1982 (about the copyright controversy)Radio Electronics, February 1983COMPUTE!, March 1983InfoWorld, March 1983Creative Computing, April 1983Byte Magazine, May 1983Popular Mechanics, August 1983 Thanks for your time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Where are you located? If there is a large public or academic library nearby, copies of some of these magazines may be available. I have definitely seen complete (or nearly so) runs of Byte, Creative Computing, and Billboard magazine in major Canadian library collections. Presumably some American libraries would hold these titles as well. It may be more difficult to find Popular Mechanics, Radio Electronics, and the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vectorman Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Which Oct. 1982 Billboard issue do you need? It was published weekly, not monthly. What copyright controversy are you referring to? Copyrights to what? Music? Video games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADrigal Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Billboard 2nd October 1982, the article concerning the copyright controversy between Atari and HK manufacturers of videogames (Video Technology). URL: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=giQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT87&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false Unfortunately I am located in Sydney. I dont think I can find original paper copies of the US magazines here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhd Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I assume that you are in Sydney, Australia (rather than Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada). Byte, Creative Computing, and Compute! are all held by the State Library of NSW and the University of Sydney Library, both located in Sydney. Billboard is available at the State Library of NSW. Some other Australian libraries have holdings as well. The date range of the specific holdings is not listed in WorldCat, but a quick phone call (or visit) should address that question. I did not check for the other titles, but this should get you started. Never underestimate libraries or the power of librarians! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADrigal Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Thanks so much jhd! I will jump to NSW libraries as soon as possible. Thanks for your time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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