Entire run of CU Amiga magazine scanned and online

Jonathan Drain · 03 October 2012, 18:23

Archive.org has scanned what I think is the entire run of CU Amiga Magazine, back to March 1990:

http://archive.org/details/cuamiga-magazine

They also have a load of other magazines, including Commodore User and The One:

http://archive.org/details/computermagazines

DDNI · 03 October 2012, 19:29

Wow! This is great.
The read online interface is great! You search the whole issue for keywords!

lesta_smsc · 03 October 2012, 19:34

WOW! This is great news! I can't believe the entire scan is 100MB - just downloading a sample to see if quality that good!

EDIT: Quality is very good

lilalurl · 03 October 2012, 20:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by DDNI

The read online interface is great! You search the whole issue for keywords!

This and the various versions they offer is quite impressive. They must have some pretty powerful behind all this, especially in the OCR department.

I will try the version for Kindle next time I transfer files to mine.

Codetapper · 03 October 2012, 23:01

Amazing interface. This page of The Lost Patrol review is hilarious when you click the "listen to audio" button and hear the female voice read out a bunch of foreign characters or hex codes!

lilalurl · 03 October 2012, 23:26

You can do the same at home

, just grab the text version of the scan:
http://archive.org/stream/cuamiga-ma..._1990_djvu.txt
and use it with a TTS program.

It is the OCRed text that serves as a basis for the audio and search feature (for example, search for OQEl that you can find in the text version but does not make sense in English).

Still, I find it technically impressive how they manage to link the scanned page (images) with the OCRed text.

Peter · 03 October 2012, 23:52

That's really good - I wonder if they will do other Amiga mags, Amiga Format would be great... it's such fun to look through these old mags again - you never know what tutorials or interesting reviews crop up that you cant remember...

AmigaOneFan · 03 October 2012, 23:55

Was there a copy of the Wordworth update from 7.0 to 7.1 on the CU Amiga cover disks, or was that Amiga Future? If so, which one (CU or AF - either way.)

Thanks!

emufan · 04 October 2012, 02:59

AFCD52 has an index of all issues of their CDs. in folder "\+System+" there is "Find" tool and Indices folder. so you can search through the whole AFCD collection.
did so and only could find Wordworth 7.01 update on AFCD52 itself (aminet got 7.01 too).

Edit: AF = Amiga Format, sorry, my bad i guess

NovaCoder · 04 October 2012, 03:08

Hey that's cool, thanks for the link. Now I can catch up on all of the Amiga news I missed first time around (I only got into the Amiga scene in the past few years).

Kitty · 04 October 2012, 03:19

http://awesome.commodore.me/download.../#.UGzj-ZjA-So

mfletcher · 04 October 2012, 15:51

Thats pretty cool! Reading the PDF of the last CU Amiga issue right now. Drooling over the kit in the power computing ad. If only some of that kit was still widely available now.

Thank you to the original poster - its a good find - I cant wait to see what the epubs are like on my ipad.

Mark

Sektor 83 · 04 October 2012, 19:07

God, I'd totally forgotten about Vampyra... hahahaha!

lilalurl · 06 October 2012, 19:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by lilalurl

I will try the version for Kindle next time I transfer files to mine.

Tried that earlier (the mobi version, I might give the epub version later but I don't have much hope).

So to all Kindle and similar devices, don't bother with those.
It is basically the text version with images put here and there related to the text pages.
I guess the OCR system scanned the pages, cut the images without text and appended the text that can be found around them on the original pages.

diablothe2nd · 06 October 2012, 21:57

that's brilliant! i love that they kept the adverts.

I've just started collecting CU Amiga magazines with the covedisks as to be honest AMR wasn't quite cutting it for me.

I think I may be able to help though. Most of my magazines have barely yellowed at all. I was lucky enough to pick some up from someone that knows how they should be store properly and i've now done the same and put them in Mylar

MrDBUG · 07 October 2012, 13:14

Not to forget:

http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/

manic23 · 28 April 2013, 18:37

There really needs to be a new word invented to accurately describe how utterly awesome archive.org is, there is are not the words available. More people should know about this site. I only discovered it recently myself, I think I can honestly say that it is the best site in the entire interweb! except EAB of course ;o)

DH · 29 April 2013, 14:16

All links have been returned and the thread has been cleaned appropriately to reflect the OP topic from where I destroyed it.

Sorry guys and please continue.

diablothe2nd · 29 April 2013, 14:54

Glad to see that got cleared up

03 October 2012, 18:23	#1
Jonathan Drain Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sector K240 Posts: 338	Entire run of CU Amiga magazine scanned and online Archive.org has scanned what I think is the entire run of CU Amiga Magazine, back to March 1990: http://archive.org/details/cuamiga-magazine They also have a load of other magazines, including Commodore User and The One: http://archive.org/details/computermagazines Last edited by DH; 29 April 2013 at 14:03. Reason: Links returned

03 October 2012, 23:01	#5
Codetapper 2 contact me: email only! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Auckland / New Zealand Posts: 3,182	Amazing interface. This page of The Lost Patrol review is hilarious when you click the "listen to audio" button and hear the female voice read out a bunch of foreign characters or hex codes! Last edited by DH; 29 April 2013 at 14:04. Reason: Links returned

03 October 2012, 23:26	#6
lilalurl Global Moderator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: France Posts: 3,289	You can do the same at home , just grab the text version of the scan: http://archive.org/stream/cuamiga-ma..._1990_djvu.txt and use it with a TTS program. It is the OCRed text that serves as a basis for the audio and search feature (for example, search for OQEl that you can find in the text version but does not make sense in English). Still, I find it technically impressive how they manage to link the scanned page (images) with the OCRed text. Last edited by DH; 29 April 2013 at 14:05. Reason: Links removed due to site hosting copyrighted materials DH

04 October 2012, 02:59	#9
emufan Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: #DrainTheSwamp Posts: 4,545	AFCD52 has an index of all issues of their CDs. in folder "\+System+" there is "Find" tool and Indices folder. so you can search through the whole AFCD collection. did so and only could find Wordworth 7.01 update on AFCD52 itself (aminet got 7.01 too). Edit: AF = Amiga Format, sorry, my bad i guess Last edited by emufan; 04 October 2012 at 03:14.

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03 October 2012, 19:29	#2
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	Wow! This is great. The read online interface is great! You search the whole issue for keywords!

03 October 2012, 19:34	#3
lesta_smsc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 3,173	WOW! This is great news! I can't believe the entire scan is 100MB - just downloading a sample to see if quality that good! EDIT: Quality is very good

03 October 2012, 23:52	#7
Peter Still an Amiga user Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Kent Age: 55 Posts: 2,715	That's really good - I wonder if they will do other Amiga mags, Amiga Format would be great... it's such fun to look through these old mags again - you never know what tutorials or interesting reviews crop up that you cant remember...

03 October 2012, 23:55	#8
AmigaOneFan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, FL USA Posts: 11	Was there a copy of the Wordworth update from 7.0 to 7.1 on the CU Amiga cover disks, or was that Amiga Future? If so, which one (CU or AF - either way.) Thanks!

04 October 2012, 03:08	#10
NovaCoder Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Melbourne/Australia Posts: 4,400	Hey that's cool, thanks for the link. Now I can catch up on all of the Amiga news I missed first time around (I only got into the Amiga scene in the past few years).

04 October 2012, 03:19	#11
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	http://awesome.commodore.me/download.../#.UGzj-ZjA-So

04 October 2012, 15:51	#12
mfletcher Bawbag. Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chicago, USA Posts: 375	Thats pretty cool! Reading the PDF of the last CU Amiga issue right now. Drooling over the kit in the power computing ad. If only some of that kit was still widely available now. Thank you to the original poster - its a good find - I cant wait to see what the epubs are like on my ipad. Mark

04 October 2012, 19:07	#13
Sektor 83 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: UK Age: 40 Posts: 143	God, I'd totally forgotten about Vampyra... hahahaha!

06 October 2012, 21:57	#15
diablothe2nd Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northamptonshire, UK Age: 41 Posts: 1,236	that's brilliant! i love that they kept the adverts. I've just started collecting CU Amiga magazines with the covedisks as to be honest AMR wasn't quite cutting it for me. I think I may be able to help though. Most of my magazines have barely yellowed at all. I was lucky enough to pick some up from someone that knows how they should be store properly and i've now done the same and put them in Mylar

07 October 2012, 13:14	#16
MrDBUG Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Larvik, Norway Posts: 125	Not to forget: http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/

28 April 2013, 18:37	#17
manic23 Only Amiga! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: London / UK Age: 53 Posts: 512	There really needs to be a new word invented to accurately describe how utterly awesome archive.org is, there is are not the words available. More people should know about this site. I only discovered it recently myself, I think I can honestly say that it is the best site in the entire interweb! except EAB of course ;o)

29 April 2013, 14:16	#18
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	All links have been returned and the thread has been cleaned appropriately to reflect the OP topic from where I destroyed it. Sorry guys and please continue.

29 April 2013, 14:54	#19
diablothe2nd Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Northamptonshire, UK Age: 41 Posts: 1,236	Glad to see that got cleared up

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