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The scans from here differ from the ones on the Internet Archive. These are lower quality (Marks on pages, yellower, compression artifacts, bleed through, incon

The scans from here differ from the ones on the Internet Archive. These are lower quality (Marks on pages, yellower, compression artifacts, bleed through, inconsistant page sizes) but as a result are much smaller. They are watermarked on each page. This archive also seems more complete than the IA one.

gompertz 4y ago
Also the ones on world radio history are searchable. They have a search feature on their website to search all their documents as they have all been OCR'ed.
JKCalhoun 4y ago
The site (worldradiohistory.com) was just featured on the front page yesterday with TAB books, and is an all around amazing resource. I have scraped hundreds now of hobbyist electronics magazines going back roughly 100 years. From time to time, when offline, I'll pull up these old electronics hobbyist magazines that I've culled and skim through them. Occasionally an old circuit like a theremin will catch my eye and I'll make a note of which issue I found it in in a file that I keep. Otherwise I think I like suffusing myself in the periodicals of those earlier decades (I think the 70's are one of my favorites). It is rather telling how prevalent the ads are though that show men being browbeaten by wives or bosses — these men are encouraged then to take some kind of correspondence course in electronics to make the big bucks and be their own boss! Apparently selling a product that trades on a reader's feelings of inadequacy has always been a reliable business plan.
- richardjam73 4y ago
  I also have a large collection I have downloaded over the years, primarily ones that I read when I was younger. I used an ipad to read them as that has the best screen resolution for such material for a portable device. The ipad unfortunatley broke last year and I haven't had enough money to replace it. It is interesting to read things like letters to the editor to see what people of the day thought.
- MonkeyClub 4y ago
  > Apparently selling a product that trades on a reader's feelings of inadequacy has always been a reliable business plan. A big aha! moment for me was reading up on older civilizations: archaeologists would discover golden jewelry, but also bronze replicas, which were affordable by the lower classes who couldn’t afford gold, but still wanted to project an image of opulence. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

gompertz 4y ago

Also the ones on world radio history are searchable. They have a search feature on their website to search all their documents as they have all been OCR'ed.

JKCalhoun 4y ago

The site (worldradiohistory.com) was just featured on the front page yesterday with TAB books, and is an all around amazing resource. I have scraped hundreds now of hobbyist electronics magazines going back roughly 100 years. From time to time, when offline, I'll pull up these old electronics hobbyist magazines that I've culled and skim through them. Occasionally an old circuit like a theremin will catch my eye and I'll make a note of which issue I found it in in a file that I keep. Otherwise I think I like suffusing myself in the periodicals of those earlier decades (I think the 70's are one of my favorites). It is rather telling how prevalent the ads are though that show men being browbeaten by wives or bosses — these men are encouraged then to take some kind of correspondence course in electronics to make the big bucks and be their own boss! Apparently selling a product that trades on a reader's feelings of inadequacy has always been a reliable business plan.

richardjam73 4y ago
I also have a large collection I have downloaded over the years, primarily ones that I read when I was younger. I used an ipad to read them as that has the best screen resolution for such material for a portable device. The ipad unfortunatley broke last year and I haven't had enough money to replace it. It is interesting to read things like letters to the editor to see what people of the day thought.
MonkeyClub 4y ago
> Apparently selling a product that trades on a reader's feelings of inadequacy has always been a reliable business plan. A big aha! moment for me was reading up on older civilizations: archaeologists would discover golden jewelry, but also bronze replicas, which were affordable by the lower classes who couldn’t afford gold, but still wanted to project an image of opulence. The more things change, the more they stay the same.