Compute!'s Gazette Available for Download!

Golan Klinger · September 26, 2008, 03:42 PM

A complete set of Compute!'s Gazette (83 regular issues plus the special issues) in PDF form (~50MB per issue, approximately 4.5GB in total) is now available in alt.binaries.emulators.cbm. If you download any issues please spread them around to prevent parasites from trying to make some cash from this collection. Compute!, Commodore World, Ahoy! and lots of others to follow.

Go crazy.

airship · September 27, 2008, 01:01 AM

Wow! Who's doing this, Golan? I could be persuaded to send them a complete set of INFOs if they'd guarantee to get them scanned and PDF'd.

saehn · September 27, 2008, 02:10 AM

INFO would be awesome! I had two or three issues, back when it was mostly an Amiga production, but I enjoyed it anyway.

airship · September 27, 2008, 06:31 AM

Has anyone actually been able to download and read one of these PDFs, or is it just more usenet binary porn? I'm glad I can't actually see any newsgroup stuff at work.

Golan Klinger · September 27, 2008, 09:16 AM

Quote from: airship on September 27, 2008, 06:31 AM
Has anyone actually been able to download and read one of these PDFs, or is it just more usenet binary porn?

I'm not sure what you're asking. Yes they are there and yes they are downloadable (and being downloaded from what I gather). I've taken the liberty of making the first issue available here so that folks can see that this is for real.

Completed so far are 26 issues of Ahoy, 1 issue of Commodore, 8 issues of Commodore Microcomputers, 17 issues of Commodore Power/Play, 3 issues of Compute!, 85 issues of Compute!'s Gazette (complete!), 25 issues of Commodore World (complete!), 9 issues of dieHard, 5 issues of Go64!, 94 issues of RUN (complete except for one special issue), 36 issues of Transactor and 107 issues of Zzap64 (complete!) So far, no issues of Info or ReRUN so yes, your Info would come very handy. I'll PM you to discuss details.

In the next week or so I should be able to put out a detailed list of which issues of what are needed in the hope that people will be willing to contribute.

Andrew Wiskow · September 27, 2008, 09:28 AM

Yeah, all of these are historically important and should be made freely available. Who in their right mind would try to make a profit off of these? Oh wait, someone tried that... Never mind...

airship · September 27, 2008, 12:14 PM

I'm glad to hear it's real, Golan. (I've just been made very skeptical of usenet binaries due to 'issues' in the past.) I'll look forward to your PM. I only have one spare set of INFOs, so I just want to make sure it's legit. But I'm glad to hear you say it's so.

Andrew, I know of which you speak, and it shall forever remain unspoken of here.

airship · September 27, 2008, 12:25 PM

As you make that list, Golan, be aware that when Compute's Gazette and Compute's Amiga were canceled late in their lives, they were rolled into Compute itself. However, you had to subscribe to the special Compute/including Compute's Gazette or Compute/including Compute's Amiga editions in order to get them. (That's where my columns for them ended up.)

Even later than that, both were merged into a single Compute/Gazette/Amiga subscription-only edition. The regular newsstand issues of Compute didn't have any (or at least, not much) Commodore content.

In other words, even when Compute's Gazette died, it wasn't really quite dead, yet. For completeness, you'd need the later Compute/Compute's Gazette hybrids, too. Just thought you'd like to know that life isn't always as simple as it seems.

BTW, does anyone else remember Commander magazine? It ran for 83-84 at least. I have just one issue on hand.

xlar54 · September 27, 2008, 02:35 PM

hefty downloads... bittorrent anyone? I need a good usenet server

Blacklord · September 27, 2008, 03:45 PM

I think I'll get these & stash 'em on the server here.

RobertB · September 27, 2008, 05:34 PM

Quote from: airship on September 27, 2008, 12:25 PMBTW, does anyone else remember Commander magazine? It ran for 83-84 at least. I have just one issue on hand.

Yes, I have several issues of Commander magazine.

Now in Sacramento, California,
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xlar54 · September 27, 2008, 11:53 PM

Quote from: Blacklord on September 27, 2008, 03:45 PM
I think I'll get these & stash 'em on the server here.

Thanks.. I almost went and bought a small subscription to a usenet server just to get these. Let us know when it comes in please. Back in the day I had almost all of the Compute!'s Gazette and RUN magazines. BOXES of these things...and loved them. I kick myself for letting them go ... as with anything C= related

Appreciate the download!

xlar54 · September 28, 2008, 01:50 AM

Well.. I went ahead and picked up a subscription to Giganews temporarily...been awhile since Ive done usenet anyway, so it was worth a look. I do see RUN magazine as well, so Im pulling those down as well. Ill send as soon as they are complete. Golan's right - these should definitely be preserved. And ah..to look over the old ads again... I miss drooling over all those things I couldnt afford

Golan Klinger · September 28, 2008, 04:50 AM

I'll have Torrents available shortly.

xlar54 · October 04, 2008, 05:00 AM

Dunno if this was Golan or someone else (but wasnt me):

http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/4423178/Computes_Gazette.4423178.TPB.torrent

Get em while they're hot...

(Edited with direct link to torrent - Lance)

Golan Klinger · October 04, 2008, 07:52 AM

That's strange. Your link doesn't work and when I went to correct it for you it was pointing to the correct place. I'm stumped.