Maximum PC Magazine PDF Archive Found

[angelwolf71885]

Long time watcher of LTT since 2017

 

i just wanted to let everyone know i have uploaded a nearly complete PDF archive of Maximum PC Magazine to Archive dot org it is only missing 2 issues November 1999 and December 1999

 

the archive spans from September 1998 to October 2014 

 

please enjoy 

 

https://archive.org/details/maximum-pc-the-nearly-complete-collection#ia-carousel

[Coaxialgamer]

This may be an obvious question, but is Maximum PC freely available? Are these archives...legal?

[angelwolf71885]

18 minutes ago, Coaxialgamer said:

This may be an obvious question, but is Maximum PC freely available? Are these archives...legal?

Yes those archives were freely available they were released for FREE on there website several months to a year after publication here is the link to there archived web page as proof https://web.archive.org/web/20090907114642/http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/pdf_archives?page=8

[nveleven22]

Thanks so much for sharing these. My mom threw out a bunch of these without asking me and I've been on a mission to recollect them.

 

@angelwolf71885 - your description in Archive.org says you're missing Nov and Dec 2003 (11-1-2003 & 12-1-2003) but I see them in the collection so perhaps update your comment, what we're actually missing is November and December 1999, which I can't find the scans to anymore. 

 

If anyone has those Maximum PC scans, please scan or get in touch with someone who can scan them, they're pretty much lost on the internet forever.

 

I've got the full collection of Boot Magazine as well if anyone wants (shouldn't be too hard to find on Archive either).

 

CD-ROM Today (US) is also missing many issues online, if anyone has those, please upload them.

 

 

[angelwolf71885]

On 3/1/2023 at 7:15 AM, Coaxialgamer said:

This may be an obvious question, but is Maximum PC freely available? Are these archives...legal?

I have a better answer for you then before here is the archived article mentioning the creation of the archives and the intention to go back to the beginning 

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20080908104741/http://www.maximumpc.com/article/busy_little_bees_reports_from_internland

On 3/28/2023 at 7:38 AM, nveleven22 said:

Thanks so much for sharing these. My mom threw out a bunch of these without asking me and I've been on a mission to recollect them.

 

@angelwolf71885 - your description in Archive.org says you're missing Nov and Dec 2003 (11-1-2003 & 12-1-2003) but I see them in the collection so perhaps update your comment, what we're actually missing is November and December 1999, which I can't find the scans to anymore. 

 

If anyone has those Maximum PC scans, please scan or get in touch with someone who can scan them, they're pretty much lost on the internet forever.

 

I've got the full collection of Boot Magazine as well if anyone wants (shouldn't be too hard to find on Archive either).

 

CD-ROM Today (US) is also missing many issues online, if anyone has those, please upload them.

 

 

Thank you you are right i goofed I meant to say 1999 but that is all we are missing also i goofed on the numbering and double counted an issue so if somebody finds the two missing 1999 issues could you also fix my mistake in the number thank you 

 

also i would love a full collection of boot magazine please 

[Man]

 

On 3/1/2023 at 5:15 PM, Coaxialgamer said:

This may be an obvious question, but is Maximum PC freely available? Are these archives...legal?

I don't see how that's relevant?

While they definitely weren't free, I doubt you can "buy" these magazines anymore if you want to, unless they still happen to be in print or 'digital circulation' (i.e ebooks, etc.) - which they clearly aren't. 

 

It's mere archiving i.e preservation of information. It's perfectly legal though a lot of people - mostly publishers - are hellbent on turning it into a grey area lately!

[nveleven22]

On 4/29/2023 at 10:06 AM, Man said:

 

I don't see how that's relevant?

While they definitely weren't free, I doubt you can "buy" these magazines anymore if you want to, unless they still happen to be in print or 'digital circulation' (i.e ebooks, etc.) - which they clearly aren't. 

 

It's mere archiving i.e preservation of information. It's perfectly legal though a lot of people - mostly publishers - are hellbent on turning it into a grey area lately!

 

I suppose he didn't know they were once freely available and just lost to the passage of time rather than being copyright stricken.

 

Anyway, good news - December issue can be found here!
 

https://ia802202.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/15/items/tosec-pix/IBM/PC Compatibles/Magazines/Maximum PC/IBM PC Compatibles - Magazines - Maximum PC (TOSEC-v2011-03-19).zip&file=Maximum PC (1999-12)(Future Network)(US)%2FMaximum PC (1999-12)(Future Network)(US).pdf

Still trying to source the missing November issue and the archives will be complete.