Retro Mac books, magazines, etc. digitization by Bob Kiwi

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2014, January 25 - 8:20pm

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Retro Mac books, magazines, etc. digitization by Bob Kiwi

Hey guys, I've spent the last few months prepping a lot of great retro Mac content, but they don't fall into the "Games" or "Apps" categories too well, as it's more like "Books, Magazines, Tapes" and the like.

I was thinking it'd be cool to have a content section for books, magazines, videos, etc. But, until then (or we group them into Apps), come here for the latest goods.

With each release I write a short blog entry. Nothing too much, but I'd love for people to at least pop on by.

Here's my list of items currently "deatomized":
1) Classic Mac-era books.
A) Bob Brant's 1991 book "Build Your Own Macintosh and Save a Bundle"
- Entry: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-build-your-own-mac/
- PDF: http://deatomization.s3.amazonaws.com/Build%20Your%20Own%20Macintosh%20a...

B) Sean Wagstaff's 1994 book and CD 3-d Starter kit for Macintosh
- CD: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/3-d-starter-kit-macintosh
- PDF: https://deatomization.s3.amazonaws.com/3D%20Starter%20Kit%20for%20Macint...

2) MacAddict Issues

1996: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-1996/
001- MacAddict-001-199609-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 110.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!l1ZT2b7Q!t6mvcAU6Y8hE2c7Ide24QzVaL5VTgeNyQikdgjMDH9o
002- MacAddict-002-199610-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 119.0 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!spYwnaIY!V-JwFjN4M8HZxihY4p2xnQc1vdeoCw5UuO2r5XeZnwo
003- MacAddict-003-199611-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 125.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!QphE3Q5T!F8njCqBXJoStNN93_N8R_BM6qNaho6dvGrO6Y-3J9eM
004- MacAddict-004-199612-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 133.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!E4pBRB6Y!B8lhcKiaiyjqUkk6FRh41TTBproPxiumMAvyTP0IwYE

1997: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-1997/
005- MacAddict-005-199701-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 135.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!Y5wTlATB!0v7yfmtrmJGZiptK4eDeoi6jf582-EpPwyPRTLtPGVo
006- MacAddict-006-199702-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 130.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!5pByAQ7A!0eILff2gIH6iUVByYoNSX1eQnlMRBGC6uhVnLecIGm8
007- MacAddict-007-199703-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 124.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!UtR0xKAJ!LiuoQkt_VJXZgYzxL0d55OGpTp3b5TT0YiMHhXlLjyA
008- MacAddict-008-199704-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 118.0 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!49JxyKIY!ksA-VyQHJ6_F02Qg560genhNnKhxBhHrW3oFeGlSmic
009- MacAddict-009-199705-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 128.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!x0AHCJjQ!RrEUR4-trdJPR_73z1DZoo4fgTezlFoN5uQr0gHmTcA
010- MacAddict-010-199706-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 122.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!BsRDhBAR!CyaDbVTCYpF9spxRlNcqjshU9zxZf7TMj3s_-ij51AQ
011- MacAddict-011-199707-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 124.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!40RBmTQY!4ENQjKsTciO4HXxrWG71-AwbAM4Pn2qmodGpfLvDsbI
012- MacAddict-012-199708-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 126.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!g4Z2ESha!nZ3wkXLMp-2OUAsrqZo2fpo1WOqOSfv9fhBpqJRzBnI
013- MacAddict-013-199709-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 118.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!U04HiKZC!cOMRfadZqkNOcAT5Q5qo34FAbvxJYW21VnlfA76v618
014- MacAddict-014-199710-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 129.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!M0pwHDAJ!eGAZZ9H2GK3Zggp1LBzwQFvrLvbjywSZsXZf32gG9DE
015- MacAddict-015-199711-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 132.0 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!N5RXXTZZ!Z8KGFQPKD2W_eenehJZcwaVe-vJmv7a_R8NH77bt8cc
016- MacAddict-016-199712-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 135.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!19ZgjCLS!41VYcsIb14Gj4dW7W4lr0cFJOpbaC44lqvp05FcazSM

1998: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-1998/
017- MacAddict-017-199801-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 135.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!dgAzwARI!8VqQ4fNm8MEMnamQ6Fe5FzSvwkr398KaYuhJ8D49UA8
018- MacAddict-018-199802-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 122.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!s4pAmR7a!grwypgdVYVb5oQRoH1gBvXxbD55HHEPc38o47XsSt6Y
019- MacAddict-019-199803-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 121.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!g1AjibBa!BepDgsGo5BT0xZLPfjRuJSRhMbRtTIYIhnLU5B9kEaY
020- MacAddict-020-199804-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 103.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!8hp10ZaT!fbRVV5HImX2ErGB8866hePZLZDO05_5WlFYaP7iMxUY
021- MacAddict-021-199805-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 106.4 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!p5AH0TZY!7L0MbOjwdDnrMz3aMtDgJ7cwX9D0kfrT92yAHjdo_rA
022- MacAddict-022-199806-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 106.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!5shBAaza!jGuzbCTEDjlvXhoIep6Il7ENUMgmDMAVWCSkui3vrvQ
023- MacAddict-023-199807-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 104.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!t8hzXIhI!2ELCzm55nuPHDJ9C_VHJc2ptegyFBSmaVGQ72gnzyn8
024- MacAddict-024-199808-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 120.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!1x4xBCoK!QROD63FER7XEi3kn60RFJduThrKbLBrXARRDA1qIQBw
025- MacAddict-025-199809-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 110.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!50AwgRoS!zbDe3dlb6rzkh0k6Z6Eo6g2AcyapbL1vLKGa2wEKh0I
026- MacAddict-026-199810-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 111.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!044TTJ5a!fy9hqyPDWt3wbi4mbZHmurVERAe3GhZsgSZB7JKRZlI
027- MacAddict-027-199811-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 127.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!5tRBjS4Q!GRJBe71V0CGdL169m0vevxBmqY5kn0y0X5Zjk5hMnf4
028- MacAddict-028-199812-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 136.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!Al5nRSoa!2nPQHxQexpIE5Rdz6pihkWeVXYVP1ZlshNJ7oIqLVvY

1999: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-1999/
029- MacAddict-029-199901-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 123.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!VhRCkKSD!F8UFebWITuhn4-AUDbWiwDn-zf48tZa5yNvWiyw9DUg
030- MacAddict-030-199902-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 124.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!d5JyxSTY!puGBI4qSz3FS0jA5rRKjWJbkqyR0cZ04jv3noO1b9XQ
031- MacAddict-031-199903-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 113.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!I44GiTKB!TdXHtPq4_AGtoascFrJR462H_scno5P0KtXGQT18AVo
032- MacAddict-032-199904-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 111.4 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!FgxjXQKT!WVabKKnx_dVtjNBe9Lys3ynLA7-XSoks8P-y5npFRXY
033- MacAddict-033-199905-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 113.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!g0on0D6K!eNSvOBD_Xeip-0yiH5ebXOyaLP9qcpT3nXixxkQzbQw
034- MacAddict-034-199906-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 112.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!tkRWQAoA!4ijRTX644cXLLUQjhnw9TVUdKt6X_ZqmdgKwthev8GQ
035- MacAddict-035-199907-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 119.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!00hURJ4T!HJ8OZk2AapjyrKO24XOaaWaWR8KOO7mcICXYQQGKMFA
036- MacAddict-036-199908-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 116.4 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!ZhYWRJKT!GQoamFzbrpNNTX5ijMEJGZvi3xjDxcLSoXw_FhxufHU
037- MacAddict-037-199909-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 111.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!5s4mEI6J!k1wyAyvCEMOePkW9o9tzQPzmMJg2suwfdRuB1le8YKk
038- MacAddict-038-199910-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 115.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!tppyCQ7S!newCa0XmZZvYl831I5fEkjnPTXD7Y1qIoDoDIbbnw1k
039- MacAddict-039-199911-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 130.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!R8ZxGAbY!ot5dOnRdDYkqSRz2z_6QXh7NZ0wN8cZkWHHq8nqYZPw
040- MacAddict-040-199912-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 145.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!h0Zlmaxb!Yzn0Ao314TBUf8ryveqe7oapf2Yemuz9AwfyMCFHwyw

2000: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-2000/
041- MacAddict-041-200001-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 138.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!ttYjRDZQ!PHHXGYfWTmR2rvAzvCh2L7DRcSGpNu4zPnvaxe6QpSM
042- MacAddict-042-200002-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 115.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!I4YC0ZLS!N3x50ryU5OdL1hvHYO6EAWtWafc6hs3EJUA9eoUZAp4
043- MacAddict-043-200003-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 105.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!to4w3JZS!LeVjMc_L-0hnkc2W2CaZcWoexaedgRx9PvTm4p8xvFk
044- MacAddict-044-200004-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 109.4 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!wlZFBaQa!bXMWoEG1feOzwdtHenkdhpI4o06BgjfY9NlYDC4KNbE
045- MacAddict-045-200005-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 108.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!IggCSQDL!H5vMOoWSHR40zXsgnvwVcxfM_4_WbazmBuEksD95P9g
046- MacAddict-046-200006-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 118.0 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!h5wSDRYC!wB3qRXFbc5lOukYyJhghONABwBefqXqh78Wm_TqR1l4
047- MacAddict-047-200007-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 127.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!g0I3kSCJ!xD-rjMZ_5XsGQ_RxQjSmjSFP5LRuiVzz70INPyYQElg
048- MacAddict-048-200008-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 129.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!BwpSGIKI!kRKrbHjtn87dJSgYbjp9_LCIlUSylQrY-X2OA9KK02E
049- MacAddict-049-200009-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 122.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!I0IGDQLY!U_tygnPSVN7kjoKJdfZ9V6kk2wmPweatub8vmXPfxOw
050- MacAddict-050-200010-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 118.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!Zhp01aBL!59EKqmRjZae2CWgyX3XmZ-JQnpNYrpPscuBGfRkhGHM
051- MacAddict-051-200011-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 122.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!c543kB7B!0VNe_zBQjvSljdpmSIFqjUXRIOltmZFAR-ch4jnktH0
052- MacAddict-052-200012-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 132.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!F8BxGQhC!12c9SuZcnKsOJr1Z-0i1jJ8TBRKja7jdSEdLewCVUrg

2001: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-2001/
053- MacAddict-053-200101-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 121.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!co5QjAQI!hp45JVab5DrWleVJ5a48Wi1m2rXIQfcD501OSWlsTgY
054- MacAddict-054-200102-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 116.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!woYHTRjK!1vGz_0o_2VawhiCOxz1F7WESQ9G8fJNmduO7MDWXYoY
055- MacAddict-055-200103-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 110.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!h5pBGSRJ!J1TAW8L11Ki_73BoMDcFd9GBtSakLTlCPJiu1ux6qOY
056- MacAddict-056-200104-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 104.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!NsRX3QxS!9jg2BBN4V-denpyHf8gPFOs-QRPurebwhNZVoQq7Xe4
057- MacAddict-057-200105-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 106.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!AgolTJaR!l9lCGwqdHH_Rv0l6muRQZrQFyCeOmD70dqRo_xlshHM
058- MacAddict-058-200106-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!lsIEzJZK!m6DA-XtgSHn9H-SOOUu1cJaS8JVGe27mXTtIyDp9cT4
059- MacAddict-059-200107-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 99.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!EogGhLzD!8_JzVwV2WODyuWAHUag959rytlM24JTREIC5WudsWj4
060- MacAddict-060-200108-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 88.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!Ao5ViZbS!FrdNIVDJ2oXOuvkisz9z5LyQj3OJsuQ5l5f7dSELRXU
061- MacAddict-061-200109-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 92.4 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!VlpyGQrA!JnzECdQ8_MndWYOrrjIoYKAV_tUuSzq5VzzQrU0wHQo
062- MacAddict-062-200110-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 94.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!hkZSXABA!MjJ4TPYmpzgTRvPiYiyJns5HLmICdWmcjyzQ2QEgNQA
063- MacAddict-063-200111-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!8tIzHKIK!at8HcfQRqawr3AstiPOcPQoJ44FNoLCBFnoBv4muzqk
064- MacAddict-064-200112-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 92.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!89RHQDiD!DXzjZHxzO9JentEGWQi5EYGAi-rM8Wcu-g09pzoyx4c

2002: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-2002/
065- MacAddict-065-200201-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!BpxyGI7C!4Xl9tiIBEQ3Lp_nMUXBMYgZMwzMDQIy077_4Q0noCoY
066- MacAddict-066-200202-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 94.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!w94gGKLD!IyCA-Pz7CF10Tj2izq-UcBN2uQnz-GqnY2QVZeTLHJc
067- MacAddict-067-200203-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 89.0 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!854QCJpI!SN9iheFvkYqsbD1SgQSpXRqDR5ohUZk0Ey3YPYapo1A
068- MacAddict-068-200204-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 93.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!11BERbIS!L7WxgPr2KJdBcc4KMAvFpsZliWZvWeQWigLzNnz5IbM
069- MacAddict-069-200205-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 93.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!k5QQWRaa!KanIzXdPTLValtunBvaFfXx4vKPVnICfu6L8vIxYA5s
070- MacAddict-070-200206-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 85.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!Rh5Tnbob!TGCy7pa735TAVGrwHSKlw5n1Xw4j9H5pOTlWlO5sAzs
071- MacAddict-071-200207-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 91.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!olhD3RrA!4kXG8SGxvryRzVGSaS3sR9Z1pnxIxH1NzA3zLifFGzg
072- MacAddict-072-200208-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 91.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!0g5HDTbS!hMEsRmpM6nyR0jkOjlB9XuNRus5yZjrN3ZH4MzlHxIU
073- MacAddict-073-200209-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 92.7 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!h1ZhRQaA!DHQhjXuNa7yyT2tuwwXibnlqBjmwRppcfyIxwxeFfRY
074- MacAddict-074-200210-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 92.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!kpAwlBJZ!Ykyh_3VJnyzKP2kmmoPGUGQ-rbm4Ff5Gm2gzr-4NKAM
075- MacAddict-075-200211-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 99.0 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!lhomQTDS!vqzzSv3J_tauo9lOdlkfXthMGY9I90_ppd218BSHpfQ
076- MacAddict-076-200212-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 102.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!0kgQmLBT!WtgDZli3uYCC1SNbUenO5hFlto6hWR1Jipkr0UxQWgQ

2003 and 2004: http://kiwidget.com/deatomization-macaddict-2003-2004/
077- MacAddict-077-200301-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 99.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!o55jQDTL!moKtTP9x2MJ0JTm_7-og2VZijcmNnZMw3mnbPskdJp4
078- MacAddict-078-200302-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 97.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!EgwSRS7J!aLv4bagaOxnwo8tLVC5qA717nmkUvsBGGMYXPzu8jvw
079- MacAddict-079-200303-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.4 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!Mt4gUBSR!F0_m2rMdBDayd71ikhN8kyNXyhggTTkvxrvV1hodaBg
080- MacAddict-080-200304-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!xpZQBALa!VU9yMwCY1okX7d75mkYIdj1qaxsQ7A8GmDBur186VoI
081- MacAddict-081-200305-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!15A1iIrD!7JYFVNpLpndbs_62W96DNeDKTxotuSkLmCSL1hFMtHc
082- MacAddict-082-200306-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 96.1 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!g8RjDASJ!SZ9dAWENGMZVogTUL5gTLTEwh-qUF6MZW4LamMt6E2E
083- MacAddict-083-200307-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!YtAHVKoZ!UeSZ9r0gu0cLKrQzrZ-k9zo_5LSZFNU_AFHKJ_aBy1s
084- MacAddict-084-200308-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 96.6 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!9gYF2CzT!pF-zvoDTyZrUVB4nnF_VlmCh_8_1twGH_98WwKRiswE
085- MacAddict-085-200309-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 95.4 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!xw42XLTb!ms1UbGkwKd98REt6ydJKBVtHiyoWL7OjkvKk-cI2wTg
086- MacAddict-086-200310-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 92.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!ZsBSmY5A!jU6IO-eODyMeR8hMc98n3PqmOUCszIbHr4oAuTlGfLk
087- MacAddict-087-200311-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 91.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!xgRQWLDQ!lLTD05FeHUIfOk4ohpnyWdFMwq4tgmvK_4ZY-O8jhQc
088- MacAddict-088-200312-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 93.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!JwByBKBS!7VWktldghJuXAo7uHLk8uX6_qlcvEEPTSCkv1kCGKgY
089- MacAddict-089-200401-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 90.9 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!59QlyS6Z!91D7-dXm30C6ENmkfQk7frYQEJ3k9-geoTjR5VL9Woc
090- MacAddict-090-200402-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 92.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!Eg43GbDJ!R8BDUYdy2e0AxNPRHts-R6OBsavoc32Lxh7CSzq5eNE
091- MacAddict-091-200403-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 92.8 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!xtI3mLIC!mtcuqeoMe1yppyNtMFagWbEdVq4-fjX40y1amJ_Le68
092- MacAddict-092-200404-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 81.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!UgYCwYQS!mYe8PtkhQ3VTKGCSMeotkNmAhYmk9Z0dFM-URlBB0q8
093- MacAddict-093-200405-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 96.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!59BQWZKC!2EchEAAXRnKhZoOjOXDZx4lLjKj_PaaZ8W_kdArivvE
094- MacAddict-094-200406-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 97.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!koZBARTD!FACDjbjpjYE4skiFpc04sBBtZ0fCx6glOKO9QE71S6Y
095- MacAddict-095-200407-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 89.0 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!4pxygBSJ!q9KUslgLRD2yM9r4UcINwwVAGGWVwasyRRryJORz1sI
096- MacAddict-096-200408-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 89.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!005BhRjK!EbMr4dMzc8i6MXH4s3J1YgRiReX5E7nGpLJEbrXQQYY
097- MacAddict-097-200409-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 89.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!ctYUBDJL!6pHkwvLIWK3FX-urj61zNfAEXySr98YGXhLPLNm5WIU
098- MacAddict-098-200410-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 91.5 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!5pxERCrB!YKPyQBBiRc-oeb8P9NZ9mdRB7_16SeCE040yUKzDjDY
099- MacAddict-099-200411-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 76.3 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!c1pEwSCT!CMYVnKh7u2_G42SpN8naH8k8SHzvvYk1hJLowgbCfJ0
100- MacAddict-100-200412-BobKiwi-v1.pdf 80.2 MB https://mega.co.nz/#!4p5G1ArY!2N-0YQJPOU8Wb-pJkTe_GS1QgrFoYpPLPDnU_UVqOmI

Temporary Joe has a cool project on indexing MacAddict reviews and the like over at http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/the-macaddict-index and http://carbon-izer.s3.amazonaws.com/projects/macaddict.html - Please check it out!

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I hope the community thoroughly enjoys the end product!

I uploaded a lot of stuff to MG back in the Megaupload days and lost my motivation. But I've acquired a dedicated Mac OS 9 machine (a TiBook 1GHz) and a dedicated Mac OS X PPC machine (the last generation PBG4). I've been focusing a huge amount of effort into defeating Stuffit passwords in my side project, Kasper. Built a Hotline server like I used to have in 1999-2002. That and my "deatomization" work I hope you guys enjoy the content I've prepared. I've had a great time getting here.

Thoughts? Questions? Request? Fire Away :3

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2014, January 26 - 5:40pm

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Brant's BAM&SAB (my abbreviation for it) is certainly an interesting book, though it's a bummer that you can't even doing anything like that anymore since processor boards can no longer be bought through mail order. It's quite scary that something like a Mac IIfx (an amazingly fast machine for its time, admittedly) cost around $10,000 in late 1980s money.

As for me, I got some ambiguous-quality scans from a Jan 1998 MacAddict magazine I started scanning, and I did scan a MacSoft catalog from the mid-1990s in its entirety.

As for my videos, I have a few non-Apple (but Mac related) videos, but I have no way of transferring them, though I've been keeping them so heat won't destroy it. Books I have a couple, but a lot of them are too heavy to be scanned.

2014, January 27 - 7:41am

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File size way too large Bob. All text pages can be OCR'ed and recreated with real type. This can cut down your size of the document (at same settings) by 3/4 or more.

I don't know if you want to go to that much trouble, but if you have some Adobe software, you could create left and right page master guides/grids, and character/paragraph styles for type/headers. It would only take a minute or two position new OCR type over the scan, then crop it down to graphics (or delete if no graphics on page).OmniPage 8+ used to OCR while keeping format intact. With styles, it would be even easier (although you need to pick a compatible format (Word?).

Hope you understand what I mean. If you get the typefaces CLOSE visually, it shouldn't deter from the fact that it is not ORIGINAL or an authentic scan. I would probably do it the following way. OCR to Word 4/5 doc, import to InDesign (compatible version), probably 1.5/2.0.2, Import new type over existing scans, and align/fix flow. Crop, or delete scan.

All text documents of 1 to 4 pages come out at 64kb, so add a few B&W/grey pics, and it can be a very small document indeed (with jpg compression especially).

Best of luck with this.

2014, January 27 - 2:41pm

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Interesting, I had attempted to OCR the text whole-sale, but it turned the work into a hot mess. I'll see about creating what Adobe software can offer. For a book like this, it shouldn't be too terrible.

I do have some things prepped for next weekend, but I don't think they can be easily OCR'ed without a huge effort. I do have an Adobe Acrobat de-skew macro too. Potentially I can make some changes here, and maybe PDFShrink will have minor problems given the black/white nature of this book. Let's see what I can do this week.

I of course would love to get things right the first go, but getting things out is far more rewarding

2014, January 28 - 6:32am

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I always scan HD greyscale for OCR work, best results (at 400dpi). I attempt to scan as straight as possible, and usually run a batch job thru Photoshop to adjust the brightness/contrast.

At best, OCR will be about 98%, and numbers/diacritical marks will get destroyed. Once you have checked a few pages, you will know what to look for, and be fairly accurate at fixing issues too. Sadly, I have only ever done this with 4pg/8pg booklets, so a MANUAL will take a lot longer.

If you have colour scans, it will be worth doing a greyscale conversion into a new folder, adjusting the brightness/contrast at the same time, as a batch. Save as uncompressed TIFF. Straighten the resulting TIFF files manually (use a horizontal guide under a long line of type) using the crop tool. Remember that this is just for OCR.

I'm just starting to see now how big a task this might be, but if you want top quality PDF results, you have to go through something like this. Later Acrobat versions do the conversion for you I believe, but you should look into that yourself.

Best of luck.

2014, February 3 - 2:25am

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All right, I've made some great progress. I found that Adobe Acrobat XI does a fantastic job at deskewing, OCRing, and lowering the filesize of the PDFs losslessly.

I have updated the original post/PDF with an OCR version.

I have also launched the first major goal of my project, the MacAddict magazine. I plan on releasing each yearly weekly, giving me time to read them, make some comments and reflect nostalgically, and then process the PDFs. Please bear with me!

2014, February 3 - 3:55pm

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My two cents? I think it's good idea to have a another category for books and magazines no longer being published or the copyrights has ended. Especially, those hard to find printed materials!
I read The Brant's book a long time ago. It was a good book! despite that by today's standards being dated. Trying to get the Mac parts. You're better off building a PC. Or at best? Customize it(Applefritters.com).

2014, February 4 - 3:01pm

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This is great, love the macaddicts. Very good job digitizing!

2014, February 5 - 4:36am

themacmeister

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Nice one!

I am going to read those Mac Addict's tonight!

2014, February 10 - 1:33am

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I've been getting some solid positive reception. It really means a lot to me! Here's this week's batch- MacAddict 1997! Phew, was a lot more work reading 12 issues to check for any problems after OCR/Deskew than 4, but it's a labor of love.

Check 'em out, lemme know what you think. I don't read them too in depth, please point out all the amazing stuff in those pages- I know there's some gold in there!

2014, February 10 - 3:37am

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Some of the pages (not many) are getting trimmed by the process (usually into two pages, but on at least one page, it was trimmed off way too early). If you keep your eyes peeled, you should spot such occurrences, and be able to replace that single page within Acrobat Pro.

I read ALL of those 4 issues. I cannot remember the Mac clones being that prevalent, but they certainly were hot for the 1 or 2 years they were available. I am constantly looking for a clone, but have yet to find one for sale (PowerComputing mainly). It was a real blast-from-the-past, took me back to my heyday!

Many thanks for these.

2014, February 11 - 6:01am

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Dang it, got a LOT more reading to do now

I find myself looking through the ads in the back of the mag, and getting excited about what hardware is available, and getting out my wallet, and then realising that it is a 20 year old magazine and most (if not all) of these companies are kaput

2014, February 11 - 9:23pm

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Enjoying these immensely, especially since I have the CDs.

2014, February 12 - 12:00am

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I used to love getting and reading Macaddict! Until, they change the format. Now, I rarely pickup an issue from the bookstore. One good article was setting up and running a "LAN Party".

2014, February 12 - 10:48am

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Almost done... phew!

2014, February 13 - 1:55pm

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Hah, I'm quite glad to see the positive feedback. MacAddict only gets better for at least a few more years. Just keep checking back, I hope to keep posting every weekend, every weekend until, oh my, like April. ;3

2014, February 16 - 10:29pm

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1998 is up! Was a great year and a great look back for me personally. I've also optimized the process within Acrobat by using the Action Wizard. Needless to say, after 36 hours of straight computing, 90% of the OCR/Deskew/etc. work is done. So in the future all that's left is a read through for any obvious problems and a writeup.

Enjoy!

2014, February 18 - 12:39am

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themacmeister

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damn! I was SO CLOSE TO FINISHING!!!

damn!

2014, February 23 - 8:25pm

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Bob Kiwi

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1999 is up, this process is getting easier and faster

Enjoy!

2014, February 24 - 10:43pm

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Many thanks for the wonderfully preserved magazines and sharing them by your "labour of love".
Your magazines are valuable witnesses of computer history from the last millenium.
People will be thankful for your effort and for giving the files away for free.

2014, February 26 - 4:50am

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themacmeister

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Many thanks for a great collection. Please make sure to archive these in a safe place. This is a very nice historical collection.

2014, March 1 - 9:51pm

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Bob Kiwi

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Thanks for your kind words. It means a great deal to me.

2000 is now available, enjoy!

2014, March 2 - 1:27am

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Fantastic, many thanks again!

2014, March 3 - 2:48am

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themacmeister

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OMG!

I'll never have time to read all these

2014, March 8 - 7:56pm

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Bob Kiwi

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It's a heavy task to read them all! I suggest skipping product reviews for things you don't care about. Come back to them later

2001 is now available, enjoy!

2014, July 6 - 10:40pm

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Over in another thread, I'm building a "MacAddict Index" to help you find specific articles.

2014, July 8 - 2:54am

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Temporary Joe

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MacAddict #2's page 40 (42 in the PDF) just displays a blank page.

Does anyone else know what the page is supposed to look like?

2014, July 9 - 12:39am

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MacAddict-002-199610.pdf? I see page 40 (42 in the PDF) just fine. It's Symptoms 1-5 of an article on the top 21 symptoms. Try another PDF viewer, mayhaps? I read each PDF for correct pages/OCR before publishing

And thanks for the bump. I'll aim to get another year online this weekend!

2014, July 9 - 12:48am

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this is awesome!

Bob, I suggest you upload this stuff to the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/upload/

I'd include it in "Community Texts" — if you want it moved, you can go to #archiveteam or #internetarchive on EFNet IRC and ask. Many magazines are already on there.

2014, July 9 - 1:26am

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Temporary Joe

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I think Archive.org already has the MacAddict CD-ROMs on there.

2014, July 10 - 10:06pm

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Temporary Joe

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I loaded up Issue 4 and it's all purple and green. Is anyone else having the same problem?

2014, July 18 - 2:22pm

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Temporary Joe

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Here's an example of what I mean.

2014, July 18 - 6:34pm

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Those muddy shoes in issue 4 look fine to me. Sporting a very nice beige and brown.

Using OS X 10.9 Preview and Firefox's PDF viewer.

2014, July 18 - 7:23pm

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Looks normal to me too, using SumatraPDF for Windows.

I was thinking it'd be cool to have a content section for books, magazines, videos, etc. But, until then (or we group them into Apps), come here for the latest goods.

How about filing them under Apps > Reference > Mac Info for the time being? As long as you link to files on your own webspace instead of uploading to the internal server, it'll be trivial to move them if that separate area for scans and recordings is ever introduced.

2014, July 19 - 1:10am

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Temporary Joe

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I was viewing the PDF via Chrome because I didn't want to download it, but now I did. Now I don't have to gouge my eyes out anymore.

2014, July 19 - 12:50pm

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Beautiful work Bob much appreciated......
Just for fun...When the sims first came out and the review hit Macaddict they had a typo on the price....It was 2 grand....oops....

2014, July 19 - 6:50pm

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That's not a bad idea to place them there Daxeria. I've got a little time available, so I may do that in the future.

2002 is online!

I've also digitized a Classic Mac era book and CD, the 3-D Starter kit for Macintosh, which I have uploaded the CD at http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/3-d-starter-kit-macintosh and will link the scan once it's done.

Wanted to link TJ's MacAddict Index topic here http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/the-macaddict-index

And I'm glad to see that the color problems were part of Chrome. The OCR and compression process probably takes a toll on the PDF design that Chrome chokes on.

2014, July 19 - 7:04pm

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Bob Kiwi

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Anyone know why this says "Unpublished post" now? I stumble into a glitch?

2014, July 19 - 9:25pm

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Daxeria

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Anyone know why this says "Unpublished post" now? I stumble into a glitch?

Looks like it. I've set the post back to Published.

Thank you so much for all of this work!

2014, July 24 - 5:33pm

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I have a PDF copy (downloaded from Apple.com a number of years ago, but it's gone) of the "OpenDoc Cookbook". You can see that here.

2014, August 16 - 6:21pm

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Bob Kiwi

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2003 and 2004 are online, I've moved over to MEGA for hosting the files. If it works out, I intend on making an entry like Daxeria mentioned over at Apps > Reference > Mac Info.

Enjoy!

2015, February 7 - 1:57am

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Please do; I'd like to cross-reference it with the other periodicals.

Not sure how this thread keeps getting unpublished (possibly an overzealous anti-spam tool), but I've restored it again.