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Ah, this is one I missed back in the day! It looks interesting, but viewing the PDFs in Foxit, the pages are all black text on dark gray background. Is anyone else getting that? Any known fix? For reference, Byte scans from archive.org display correctly on my system.
Works for me in MuPDF. Get an alternate PDF reader here: https://pdfreaders.org/
Like Creative Computing, I remember the pleasure I got from Algorithm Magazine, which included pseudocode for fractals, neural nets, cellular automata, and all those things that attracted me to computers. Algorithm Magazine was put out by noted computer scientist and author Alexander Dewdney ( http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/akd/akd.html ). I would gladly scan the few hardcopies I still have (not a complete set though)…
My contact details are on my profile :)
This is great! One problem with Creative Computing is that most libraries seemed to think it was ephemeral and they got rid of their holdings in the early 1990s, so it has been really hard to find. Even my mom thought it was ephemeral and she threw out most of my collection.
That's the thing I don't really get about libraries. They are incredibly deletionist. My pet theory: the librarians feel they have power that way, by "curating" the collection that will presented to the peasants.
Edit: Worldcat shows 570 libraries have the magazine in their collection, and every library worth its salt can get it from them by inter library loan. So its not hard to get your hands on by a long shot.
https://ia601604.us.archive.org/3/items/creativecomputing-19...
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I would like to know what the modern equivalent of this is too. Obviously blogs are there. But it is not for me but my kid. Something that can pique his interest.
I too would like to know of a modern equivalent. Magazines are able to deliver something that blogs often can't - like pieces of work that have been refined, and then refined again by an editor. Or diverse topics that still fall within a certain discipline. This is an itch that blogs can't seem to scratch for me.
http://pico8fanzine.bigcartel.com
Its tailored for PICO8, which is a 'fantasy console' in the same light as 80's 8-bit machines, but still .. its one of those 'zines that really takes you back once you get through an issue or two ..
Like Creative Computing, I remember the pleasure I got from Algorithm Magazine, which included pseudocode for fractals, neural nets, cellular automata, and all those things that attracted me to computers. Algorithm Magazine was put out by noted computer scientist and author Alexander Dewdney ( http://www.csd.uwo.ca/faculty/akd/akd.html ). I would gladly scan the few hardcopies I still have (not a complete set though)…