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PostPosted: March 6th, 2013, 6:10 pm 
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I know most of this is not Japanese, but I have been updating my Retroprograms site with a miscellaneous pile including:

Floppy images from a Sanyo MBC-555 I once had, NCR Decision Mate V, NCR PC4, and PC floppy images and a scan of an Apple ][ Windfall magazine from 1983 a nice man gave me, more links to stuff on the Internet Archive, and what knows.

Maybe of interest to some here.

http://www.retroprograms.com/


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PostPosted: March 7th, 2013, 10:03 am 
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Thanks! All things that are preserved and saved from the ravages of time are fine ;)

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PostPosted: March 9th, 2013, 2:30 pm 
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Help!!

I got a bit carried away bidding on magazines. Seemed like a good idea at the time. What have I won?

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Thanks. :oops:


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PostPosted: March 9th, 2013, 4:32 pm 
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ゲームラボ! (Gamelabo)

Very informative magazine about hacking and moding games and programs of various computer equipment.
Predecessor magazine バックアップ活用テクニック (backup katsuyou(use) technique)
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http://www.sansaibooks.co.jp/category/gl


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PostPosted: March 9th, 2013, 4:54 pm 
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Thank you very much al32gabby - you are always a great help! Much appreciated. :D


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PostPosted: March 20th, 2013, 5:06 pm 
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Hot off my scanner, Super Soft Hot Information 9 - 1993, link to the file on the Internet Archive up on the Retroprograms Super Soft page:

http://www.retroprograms.com/magazines/magazines.html

Lists of all the top games off Takeru, X68k, PC98, Towns, Arcade, Famicom, Gameboy and what knows.

( I am uploading to the Internet Archive because they are likely to be there when I am dead and buried, and, of course, because they can afford the bandwidth :wink: )


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PostPosted: March 20th, 2013, 5:51 pm 
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Greatly compressed scans, when converting to pdf. Small Kanji not read at all.


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PostPosted: March 20th, 2013, 6:22 pm 
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I resized the scans down. I'll upload a "large" pdf with full sized ones. 211MB though - for 36 pages! Heaven help me with a bigger magazine.


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PostPosted: March 20th, 2013, 7:45 pm 
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What program do you use to create pdf.
I use Image2PDF Pilot.

http://yadi.sk/d/d5fOidM53QGYs


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PostPosted: March 21st, 2013, 3:25 am 
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Thanks al32gabby. I'll give that a try and see if it does a better job.

I have been scanning on a Canon multifunction printer using its software at 200dpi ( any more and it will take just too long ) to .bmp files, then using FastStone Image Viewer to create .jpg files, reducing 50% in both dimensions, and using that software to build the .pdf at 100% quality ( ie: not reducing the .jpg any further ). This has worked just fine for the few English mags I have done so far - I can read fine print no problem and I have terrible eyes LOL.

In the mean time I have put up a "large" .pdf at that Internet Archive link, using unreduced .jpg files to make the .pdf.

EDIT. Sadly the file you supplied won't install - the installer gives what looks like an error code once you get past the EULA. I have downloaded the trial software and mucked about with it, but so far it does not seem to be any better. I'll try some more as time allows.


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PostPosted: March 21st, 2013, 5:12 pm 
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What I spent my National Human Rights Day doing. These are HARD to scan. One could not even consider chopping the spine off ( not that I would ) as the glue which is as tough as hell goes very deep into the magazine. You could use these magazines as tank armour LOL. A few blurry pages, but a compromise of time/clarity/file-size. Oh! X number 8 of 1990:

http://www.retroprograms.com/X68K/X68K_List.html


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PostPosted: March 22nd, 2013, 5:37 pm 
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Super Soft Hot Information 10 - 1993, link to the file on the Internet Archive up on the Retroprograms Super Soft page:

http://www.retroprograms.com/magazines/magazines.html

Issue 4 of The Home Computer Course ( not Japanese LOL ):

http://www.retroprograms.com/Others/Other1.html


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PostPosted: March 23rd, 2013, 5:03 pm 
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Thanks for the work.


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PostPosted: April 9th, 2013, 3:38 pm 
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What on earth have I won, part II.

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This lot looked quite fun, but I have no idea really?


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PostPosted: April 10th, 2013, 3:36 pm 
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All magazine Bishoujo game reviews. Different times.

one issues pasocom praradise
two issues PURE GIRL
One magazine did not catch.

two issues technopolis テクノポリス
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three issues of the magazine PC Angel PCエンジェルl
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three issues of the magazine Colorful PURE GIRL カラフルピュアガール
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two issues of the magazine PUSH!! プッシュ
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