Amiga Format PDF scans

andyhants · 20 May 2014, 20:37

Hi all

Has anyone else had problems trying to download the Amiga Format PDF magazine scans from the Commodore is Awesome website? I can't say I have tried all of them but have tried most on the first page and several on others. On my home PC the download never finishes it seems to quit -out early saying the download was interrupted. On my work laptop from our office location our (McAfee) Antivirus kicks-in saying its detected a virus and prevents download.

Anyone else experiencing the same problem?

As a related question can anyone please point me to an alternative location for Amiga Format PDF scans?

Thanks for your help.

Arnie · 20 May 2014, 21:19

I can confirm this, the download just stops after slowing to a crawl. 20 mins to download one issue (129mb), way above my boredom threshold.

Kitty · 20 May 2014, 23:01

I will test out to see if there's a problem on the server we host them on.

DH · 20 May 2014, 23:01

We're working on fixing the problem, we don't yet know as to why we're experiencing these problems, but I'm sure as soon as we know, we'll re-post in this thread hopefully with it resolved.

Thanks for pointing out the problem to us

Kitty · 20 May 2014, 23:08

Magazines have been switched to another server, issue is resolved.

If you find any broken links or more problems post below.

chocolate_boy · 20 May 2014, 23:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyhants

As a related question can anyone please point me to an alternative location for Amiga Format PDF scans?

Thanks for your help.

Archive.org has all the big Amiga mags and all the specials too, Format is here:

https://archive.org/search.php?query...rt=-publicdate

CU, AUI, Power, Shopper etc. all here too:

https://archive.org/details/computermagazines

Kitty · 20 May 2014, 23:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyhants

As a related question can anyone please point me to an alternative location for Amiga Format PDF scans?

Thanks for your help.

Try again now, issue is resolved, see post #7 for info.
Thread should really be locked now.

DH · 20 May 2014, 23:38

No thread lock for now Kitty

As kitty said we have resolved the issue and you should be able to resume downloads, however, there may be one or two issues that are broken, so please state in here which ones, so we can get them working too.

Kitty · 20 May 2014, 23:45

The problem that we are/were experiencing is that many people are downloading them all at once (32gb downloaded today alone), and the reason why people couldn't download them properly, is that the server implemented a download restriction due to the heavy traffic it was experiencing. There's not a lot I can really suggest, except maybe download during off peak periods.

However currently they are now on a different server.

Minuous · 21 July 2014, 15:28

There seem to be some pages missing from the Amiga Format Comic Relief Special scan...

aeberbach · 28 May 2020, 00:16

Thread necromancy... wooo!

Has anyone had a look at the Amiga magazine CDROMs for sale on eBay by "Another World Games"? Quality?

"We are the original compilers of this collection, which is not available anywhere else." Yes I know you can download all the issues individually - and if they did just "compile" them off archive.org that would be a bit dodgy - but for the time it would take me to download, put in the right folders and put away somewhere I could just have a CDROM.

20 May 2014, 20:37	#1
andyhants Registered User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Hampshire England Posts: 184	Amiga Format PDF scans Hi all Has anyone else had problems trying to download the Amiga Format PDF magazine scans from the Commodore is Awesome website? I can't say I have tried all of them but have tried most on the first page and several on others. On my home PC the download never finishes it seems to quit -out early saying the download was interrupted. On my work laptop from our office location our (McAfee) Antivirus kicks-in saying its detected a virus and prevents download. Anyone else experiencing the same problem? As a related question can anyone please point me to an alternative location for Amiga Format PDF scans? Thanks for your help.

20 May 2014, 23:08	#5
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	Magazines have been switched to another server, issue is resolved. If you find any broken links or more problems post below. Last edited by Kitty; 20 May 2014 at 23:29.

20 May 2014, 23:45	#9
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	The problem that we are/were experiencing is that many people are downloading them all at once (32gb downloaded today alone), and the reason why people couldn't download them properly, is that the server implemented a download restriction due to the heavy traffic it was experiencing. There's not a lot I can really suggest, except maybe download during off peak periods. However currently they are now on a different server. Last edited by DH; 21 May 2014 at 01:13.

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20 May 2014, 21:19	#2
Arnie R.I.P Smudge 18-08-16 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Leicester/UK Age: 66 Posts: 3,968	I can confirm this, the download just stops after slowing to a crawl. 20 mins to download one issue (129mb), way above my boredom threshold.

20 May 2014, 23:01	#3
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	I will test out to see if there's a problem on the server we host them on.

20 May 2014, 23:01	#4
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	We're working on fixing the problem, we don't yet know as to why we're experiencing these problems, but I'm sure as soon as we know, we'll re-post in this thread hopefully with it resolved. Thanks for pointing out the problem to us

20 May 2014, 23:38	#8
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Might as well be WORK :( Age: 56 Posts: 4,110	No thread lock for now Kitty As kitty said we have resolved the issue and you should be able to resume downloads, however, there may be one or two issues that are broken, so please state in here which ones, so we can get them working too.

21 July 2014, 15:28	#10
Minuous Coder/webmaster/gamer Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Canberra/Australia Posts: 2,642	There seem to be some pages missing from the Amiga Format Comic Relief Special scan...

28 May 2020, 00:16	#11
aeberbach Registered User Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 423	Thread necromancy... wooo! Has anyone had a look at the Amiga magazine CDROMs for sale on eBay by "Another World Games"? Quality? "We are the original compilers of this collection, which is not available anywhere else." Yes I know you can download all the issues individually - and if they did just "compile" them off archive.org that would be a bit dodgy - but for the time it would take me to download, put in the right folders and put away somewhere I could just have a CDROM.

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