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davidk24/10/2016 17:56:41
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 23/10/2016 15:48:39:

We could put the lot on a single DVD.

Would people be prepared to pay around £50 if it was nicely presented (proper case, colour inserts and cellophane wrap), and included some sort of index?

Neil

If as Roger mentioned, it included all issues from no.1 to the present day, then I think £50 would be a good price. Bearing in mind that would be nearly 250 issues, or just over 20p per issue.

Regards

David

Rod Ashton24/10/2016 18:21:13
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Here`s my £50! When is it available?

Martin 10024/10/2016 18:35:52
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Posted by Ady1 on 22/10/2016 10:00:52:

Unless something gets done 50 to 100 years of ME from 1898, with about what, 3000 years of human effort within its pages, will be lost in the next 50 years to the ME community.

As old magazines on tatty paper disintegrate and become unusable only a few places will still have access to that unique historical record of ideas and skills

I presume that eventually google books will put it up, as it has with other publications

Someone, I think in the US scanned many years of ME a decade or more ago maybe from the first issues up to the 1950's I can't recall exactly the coverage.. Many sets were distributed originally on CD iirc before activity was shut down with threats of litigation. Copies, possibly only partial, still exist in the darker corners of the web.

Neil Wyatt24/10/2016 22:43:49
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You should be able to download the pocketmags viewer and your paid-for issues to your computer and be able to view them as long as you like without any further need for Pocketmags to be involved. .I would suggest keeping the install file for the viewer so it's easy to move to your next computer...

Thanks for the feedback on a DVD, I can't make any promises, bit I will raise it.

Neil

Robbo24/10/2016 23:15:00
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Neil,

If I were to buy your proposed £50 DVD, can I part-exchange my paper copies from No 1 to date, currently occupying 2 small Ikea cabinets?smile p

John Stevenson24/10/2016 23:44:48
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Good God, I'm going to loose a fortune here as I'm currently sitting on over 800 copies of MEW.

Obviously not 1 to 800 as they haven't been printed but duplicates of many of them.

Personally I think it's a bad idea. wink

Dullnote25/10/2016 11:21:55
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The DVD sounds good, only one problem when I look through the back issues on the site I end up reading all sorts of articals I end up forgetting what I started to look for, complete series I could be lost for days

Dullnote25/10/2016 11:23:23
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Neil I will look into the back up of the purchased mags, just in case PM closes down

Nicholas Farr28/10/2016 21:09:16
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Posted by Neil Wyatt on 21/10/2016 17:03:05:

They are pirate copies and we've had t move mountains to get eBay to pull them.

Use the money to upgrade to a digital sub and get access to the online archive and help me feed two dogs and a cat.

Neil

Hi Neil, it still looks as if they are available XXXX

Regards Nick.

<Thought I ought to remove the link - we don't want to promote people who are pirating our magazines!>

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 29/10/2016 21:43:16

Michael Gilligan28/10/2016 21:15:16
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Interesting assertion at the bottom of that listing:

FOR EBAY : This listing complies with all eBay rules and regulations. The item is in the public domain. No trademarks, copyrights. or eBay rules have been violated in this listing. This product fully conforms with eBay compilation and international media policy and downloadable media policy

What opinion does MTM's Legal Advisor have, I wonder

MichaelG.

Cyril Bonnett28/10/2016 21:50:52
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Google have most of Popular Mechanics online some going back into the 19th century!

**LINK**

Free to search, be nice if the first copies of ME we digitised and put online.

Just mind and not try some of the early electrical articles.

Cyril

Neil Wyatt28/10/2016 21:54:48
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Thanks Nick,

We have got ebay to pull others in the past, but they often pop up again under a slightly modified email address or username.

I've asked if we can produce an official DVD, not least as it will help us prove we are being pirated - eBay appear to presume in favour of the seller until you can prove you own the copyright (we have done in the past, but it is byzantine).

N.

Nicholas Farr28/10/2016 22:24:36
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Hi Neil, I was actually searching for a couple of 1980's issues of ME when that ad showed up. I've managed to get one on a BIN but another one is an auction, so will have to wait a week.

Regards Nick.

Adrian Giles29/10/2016 09:47:40
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Not sure about the cellophane wrap, have you tried getting one off!,

Enough!29/10/2016 18:49:55
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Posted by Journeyman on 23/10/2016 10:53:34:

HTML5 is now the preferred option.

Preferred, yes, but Flash is very firmly entrenched. There are millions (billions?) of websites out there using Flash and they won't be recoded overnight - or anything like. This site is just one of them.

Like you, I have Flash turned off but I have the browser option set to ask me if a page requires it. I then either move on or answer "yes this one time" or "yes for this page from now on". For the archive here I've used the latter so it invokes Flash automatically.

Elliot Hirst18/02/2022 19:56:28
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Has anything been sorted about getting access to online back copies now that Flash has gone?

Neil Wyatt19/02/2022 12:43:34
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It now looks like the archive will be moved onto (yet another) new platform later this year.

Neil

Elliot Hirst19/02/2022 12:59:41
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Thanks. That's good news.

Iain Downs19/02/2022 14:40:14
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I would also like to get digital access to magazines prior to when I subscribed. I would be prepared to pay a reasonable price to do so.

Iain

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