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Ymgve
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 84 |
Diskmag conversion project reborn
I've started up my diskmag conversion project again, hopefully I'll manage to keep active this time.
Head over to http://c64mags.untergrund.net and tell me what you think. |
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hollowman
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 474 |
If the chapters are packed I just run the magazine and load them one by one in vice and dump them from memory. Perhaps it would save some time with an unpacking tool, but making such a tool (unless there is something around already like unp64) would take time and magazines often change after a few issues, if the files are packed, how they are packed, the format of the text, what characters are in the charsets etc.
So I have just stuck to dumping text manually unless the files are unpacked, and using custom programs for converting text to unicode, which needs to be tweaked between magazines and issues. |
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xIII
Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 210 |
Yep, that's how I'm doing it atm :) |
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xIII
Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 210 |
Uploaded some issues of Internal, Expansion, A-Head, Addybook.
Anyone interested in uploading other mags ? |
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Celtic
Administrator
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 807 |
Personally i use alot of magazines for the dating of groupchanges and demo releases.
It would be nice if you could focus a bit more on 1989-1990 magazines if you have the inclination.
Also please leave a link to the wiki in the profile of the release on csdb either in comment or i guess preferably in trivia or something.
Nice to see in a glace the magazine is available online.
either way, nice going, nice job! |
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bepp
Registered: Jun 2010
Posts: 265 |
I agree, I use the diskmag wiki a lot for dating releases and member changes... It's a really good source from a history perspective - although information sometimes should be taken with a pinch of salt. If I could I would help out but I guess my skills are a bit limited :-| |
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xIII
Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 210 |
Glad the work is appreciated.
I also see the wiki as a source for information on groups and individuals to complete and/or adjust the info on csdb.
If you have a certain magazine in mind, just let me know.
At the moment I'm focusing on our magazine Internal but after I converted those 29 issues I can start on any other magazine. |
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Celtic
Administrator
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 807 |
well for me, like is said, the early/old magazines, since a lot of the information of the old scene is harder to find. |
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