ThumpNugget Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 Excellent, excellent... The cheapest method for shipping is good.. I still have 50+ BYTES in the "to-scan" pile so there is a long way to go before worrying about any sort of shortage. As far as a new scanner.. I am betting this one is going to hold out for another 50,000 pages... thats my goal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiArcader Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 With these and all the Atari mags/books etc you're insane dude. And I mean that in the nicest possible way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 (edited) ThumpNugget, Thanks again for taking the initiative to scan these issues and making them available to everyone. I have a suggestion. I view the magazine in Adobe Reader's two-page mode on my 24-inch panels. It appears that I'm reading the actual magazine! I noticed that the left-hand pages are on the right side and the right-hand pages are on the left side. As originally published, some of the advertisements, etc were two-page spreads (as were some other things) where the pages faced each other. In the scans they're on different spreads (as they appear in the two-page mode in Adobe Reader). Not a big deal, just a detail. To fix this, how about making the back cover so that it appears as page 2 in the scans? This way all the following pages line up as they were originally published. The page numbers would then appear in the lower outside corners of the pages as originally published. The first page would be the front cover and the second page would be the back cover. Not a big deal, this is just a suggestion. Again, thanks so much for this! Thanks! Edited March 10, 2011 by jackb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+bcombee Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 To fix this, how about making the back cover so that it appears as page 2 in the scans? This way all the following pages line up as they were originally published. The page numbers would then appear in the lower outside corners of the pages as originally published. The first page would be the front cover and the second page would be the back cover. You can do this yourself with Adobe Reader... after you switch to Two-Up mode, go to the View/Page Display menu and check the "Show Cover-Page During Two-Up" option. That will make page 1 stand by itself, then start the two-up with 2/3, 4/5, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 I noticed that the left-hand pages are on the right side and the right-hand pages are on the left side. As originally published, some of the advertisements, etc were two-page spreads (as were some other things) where the pages faced each other. In the scans they're on different spreads (as they appear in the two-page mode in Adobe Reader). Not a big deal, just a detail. To fix this, how about making the back cover so that it appears as page 2 in the scans? This way all the following pages line up as they were originally published. The page numbers would then appear in the lower outside corners of the pages as originally published. The first page would be the front cover and the second page would be the back cover. But I wonder if that would mess it up for other people? For example, I use a 1600 x 1200 (20.1") panel. It lays out perfectly for me, in 2-page mode. (I reduced the resolutions here for filesize) The front cover, over on the right, like it's supposed to be. The next couple of 2-page ads and the table of contents. Everything looks ok? The back page, over on the left, like a real magazine. Is this working out ok for the rest of you folks? Now I'm curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Just scan in a blank sheet, grey or white would do fine. One for the front, one for the back. That way the covers have companion pages to keep it in sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirage Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Don't change anything, just learn how to use Adobe Reader or Acrobat as already suggested above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Don't change anything, just learn how to use Adobe Reader or Acrobat as already suggested above. yah, what he said. Cool! I tend to use Foxit Reader, and it supports the same display styles & options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackb Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 You can do this yourself with Adobe Reader... after you switch to Two-Up mode, go to the View/Page Display menu and check the "Show Cover-Page During Two-Up" option. That will make page 1 stand by itself, then start the two-up with 2/3, 4/5, etc. Oh sweet. Thanks for the tip. I just tried it and it works wonderfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 BYTE Vol 03-03 1978-03 Computer Music Systems - 228 Pages 153,461,543 bytes BYTE Vol 03-03 from March 1978... Good issue. Part two of the CIE network - this issue focusing on protocols... A user report on the PET 2001.. Part 3 from the brains ans machine articles. Lots of stuff for hardware people: A Two Computer Music System, the Microcomputer Pipe Organ, and the huge Interfacing OEM Floppy Disks into personal computer. The Pipe Oran reminded me of a restaurant as a child - they had a place called "Pipes and Pizza" that not only had the pipes computer controlled but many many more instruments on the wall like drums and symbols.. The place was great, It went out of business in the late 70's. I;m sure today they would have even more instruments and they would all be MIDI controlled Looks like there are still some "Pipes and Pizza" places around but they don't look anything like the one I remembered. Foreground PROGRAM YOUR NEXT EROM IN BASIC INTERFACING THE SYKES OEM FLOPPY DISK KIT TO A COMPUTER GET ON AT THE RIGHT ADDRESS Background A TWO COMPUTER MUSIC SYSTEM AN APPLE TO BYTE THE MICROCOMPUTER AND THE PIPE ORGAN THE BRAINS OF MEN AND MACHINES: How the Brain Analyzes Output USER'S REPORT: THE PET 2001 CIE NET: A DESIGN FOR A NETWORK MICROCHESS 1.5 VERSUS DARK HORSE TAKE A COURSE IN MICROPROGRAMMING CONTROLLING THE REAL WORLD THE INTELLIGENT MEMORY BLOCK Nucleus In This BYTE Don 't Ignore the High End ... or My Search for Manuscript Editing Paradise Some Enticing Advance WOrds Letters BYTE's Bits BYTE's Bugs Book Reviews Technical Forum: The Altair (S-100) Bus Forum : PCC 77 Programming Quickies Clubs, Newsletters What's New? Classified Ads BOMB Reader Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 03-03 1978-03 Computer Music Systems Cover Index 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 The next issues is a big one (660 page, 445 megs) and a really good one! All about user interfaces and making programs easier to use (15 large article on the topic) with a detailed look at Microsoft Windows 1.0 and a very detailed look at the ATR8000 for the Atari 8-bit.. First look at the Hercules Graphic card the 65C02. Posting will be Saturday morning (assuming I can get it uploaded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 BYTE Vol 08-12 1983-12 Easy Software - 660 Pages 455,438,031 bytes BYTE Vol 08-12 from December 1983... Oh I love big issues form the early 80's! So the theme is "Easy Software" and they really went to town for the theme this month: 16 articles. As I mentioned before the article on the ATR8000 and the other one on Microsoft Windows 1.0 and the one for the CMOS 6502 are the must reads. I am sure there are others! Columns Keep Power-Line Pollution Out of Your Computer BYTE West Coast: Microsoft Windows User's Column: Buddy, Can You Spare a Door Latch? Themes Easy Software An Introduction to Integrated Software Presentation and Form in User-Interface Architecture Why Is Software So Hard to Use? Walt Disney and User-Oriented Software Making Life Easier for Professional and Novice Programmers Simplify, Simplify, Simplify Integrating Voice in the Office World The Starburst User Interface The Complete Information-Management System The Allegory of Software The New Interface Technology Trackball Interfacing Techniques for Microprocessors The User Interface: Two Approaches The Future of Metaphor in Man-Computer Systems Reviews Reviewer's Notebook The Texas Instruments Professional Computer The ATR8000 The Hercules Graphics Card The Wang Professional Computer In Search of the Most Amazing Thing Features Color Graphics from Any Computer Mainframe to Micro: Adapting a Financial-Modeling Language POKEing Around in the IBM PC, Part 2: Subroutines for the BIOS Interface and Screen-Display Disk Storage The CMOS 6502 A Tiger Meets a Dragon A Computer-Algebra-Based Calculating System The User Looks at Books Nucleus Editorial: Christmas in Chapter XI MICROBYTES Letters BYTE's Bits User to USer Software Received Clubs and Newsletters Books Received Ask BYTE Event Queue What's New? Book Reviews Unclassified Ads Download it here: BYTE Vol 08-12 1983-12 Easy Software Cover Index 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 The IP address changed on one of my cable modems. This: http://24.96.150.90/events/byte/index.html is now this: http://24.214.130.70/events/byte/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exobuzz Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) The IP address changed on one of my cable modems. Have updated the mirror redirector. Edited March 13, 2011 by exobuzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThumpNugget Posted March 13, 2011 Author Share Posted March 13, 2011 BYTE Vol 02-04 1977-04 Baudot Machines - 180 Pages 109,260,127 bytes BYTE Vol 02-04 from April 1977... Going for four this week so I had to get this one out to make the goal.. I'm a but BYTEd out this week so I didn't go through the articles in an overly detailed fashion. The usual suspects of goodness: A bit on the 8008 - it is 1977 and they are already calling this processor slow and out of date and have labeled it "first generation". There is an article on the Apple II (with a picture) which I think is the first mention in BYTE (The magazine issue date is a month before the Apple II launch)... Some of the background articles have some strange names - "WHY AREN'T THERE ANY ALTAIRS ON ARCTURUS II?" I need to go back and see what these are about Foreground KIM GOES TO THE MOON A SOFTWARE CONTROLLED 1200 BPS AUDIO TAPE INTERFACE DESIGNING THE 'TINY ASSEMBLER"- Defining the Problem NAVIGATION WITH MINI-O, Part 3 Background A GUIDE TO BAUDOT MACHINES: Part 1 HAVING A "PRIVATE AFFAIR" WITH YOUR COMPUTER A REVIEW OF TOM PITTMAN'S TINY BASIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE : WHAT IS IT? ESTABLISHING THE CHU DYNASTY EARLY INDICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY IN ROMAN MILITARY ARTS or PLEXITUS WHY AREN'T THERE ANY ALTAIRS ON ARCTURUS II? MICROPROCESSOR UPDATE: 8008 MICROCOMPUTER GLOSSARY Nucleus In This BYTE Born 300 Years Ahead of My Time A Nybble on the Apple Letters Ask BYTE Review What's New? Book Reviews Classified Ads Technical Forum BYTE's Bits Computer Stores in Canada Clubs, Newsletters KilO'Byte An 8080 Bug in the Stack PAPERBYTES Forum BOMB Reader Service Download it here: BYTE Vol 02-04 1977-04 Baudot Machines Cover Index 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The IP address changed on one of my cable modems. Have updated the mirror redirector. Thank you! One question about the mirror redirector. Does it simply redirect to the actual files or to the index files? I have to manually build the index files and that keeps me from rapidly add new releases even though the files are there. If your redirector points directly to the files, then that solves my problem of updating the index files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exobuzz Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The IP address changed on one of my cable modems. Have updated the mirror redirector. Thank you! One question about the mirror redirector. Does it simply redirect to the actual files or to the index files? I have to manually build the index files and that keeps me from rapidly add new releases even though the files are there. If your redirector points directly to the files, then that solves my problem of updating the index files. it redirects to the root of your mirror. what index files are you having to update? if you mean the directory listing, then just let your webserver generate it perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 Good god!! Is that ever an ugly cover, this last issue...!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 The IP address changed on one of my cable modems. Have updated the mirror redirector. Thank you! One question about the mirror redirector. Does it simply redirect to the actual files or to the index files? I have to manually build the index files and that keeps me from rapidly add new releases even though the files are there. If your redirector points directly to the files, then that solves my problem of updating the index files. it redirects to the root of your mirror. what index files are you having to update? if you mean the directory listing, then just let your webserver generate it perhaps. Thank you for the explanation. I have a very old web server that no one would believe is acting as the server and turning off directory listings turns off the automatic indexes (which I need for privacy for the other things served by this server). Oh well, no biggie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exobuzz Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Thank you for the explanation. I have a very old web server that no one would believe is acting as the server and turning off directory listings turns off the automatic indexes (which I need for privacy for the other things served by this server). Oh well, no biggie. you cant control directory listings on a per directory basis? Sounds like you need an upgrade. Edited March 13, 2011 by exobuzz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vk2tds Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 ThumpNugget: I sent the BYTE magazines to you today via SEA mail. They will take about 2-3 months to get there probably, unless they send them by AirMail accidentally. The key numbers - 19 Issues; 15.560 KG (just under 35 pounds); A$153.70 postage; If you decide to scan more once you have up to volume 11, I have a lot more magazines I can get rid of. That I want to get rid of in fact :-) To the person who offered UPS, thanks, but in the end, ThumpNugget has a backlog of magazines so there is no need to get them there fast. Australia Post will get them there fast enough. Darryl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Thank you for the explanation. I have a very old web server that no one would believe is acting as the server and turning off directory listings turns off the automatic indexes (which I need for privacy for the other things served by this server). Oh well, no biggie. you cant control directory listings on a per directory basis? Sounds like you need an upgrade. I'd love to see one for a 486dx-33. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samir Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 To the person who offered UPS, thanks, but in the end, ThumpNugget has a backlog of magazines so there is no need to get them there fast. Australia Post will get them there fast enough.I wasn't concerned about speed, but replacement if the shipment got damaged. UPS is very good on payment for damaged shipments as well as a refund of the shipping costs if it's not on time, even on their slowest (cheapest) shipment methods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exobuzz Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 I'd love to see one for a 486dx-33. crikey! If you take that to recycling you can free up some space for a nice Atari computer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballyalley Posted March 16, 2011 Share Posted March 16, 2011 I've been taking advantage of downloading some of these magazines lately. Pretty great stuff in the early issues. By the time I was browsing the actual issues (in the mid-to-late 80's), the magazine didn't cover my interests (which, at the time was the C64 and games). I can't find Byte, Vol. 5, No. 5., so I presume it hasn't been scanned in yet. There is a review (according to Google Books) on page 121 of "Tiny Assembler, Version 3.1." I just scanned in the entire book and added it to my 6800 CPU programming website, here: http://www.orphanedgames.com/APF/6800_cpu_programming/6800_cpu_programming.html I'd like to also add this review of the book. How far along in the backlog is this issue? Can I make a request for just this one page? Adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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