Spectrum Computing

Rorthron wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:14 am Yes. The overall quality of the .txt instructions in the archive is poor from a preservation perspective. They often have very little to do with the original instructions. Rather than transcriptions, they are frequently complete rewrites omitting information the author wasn't interested in and adding new material like POKEs and personal opinions on the game. So it would be great if we could have full inlay scans in the archive.

Rorthron wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:14 am
Yes. The overall quality of the .txt instructions in the archive is poor from a preservation perspective.

Rorthron wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:14 am Yes. The overall quality of the .txt instructions in the archive is poor from a preservation perspective. They often have very little to do with the original instructions. Rather than transcriptions, they are frequently complete rewrites omitting information the author wasn't interested in and adding new material like POKEs and personal opinions on the game. So it would be great if we could have full inlay scans in the archive.

Alessandro wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:14 pm

Rorthron wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 8:14 am Yes. The overall quality of the .txt instructions in the archive is poor from a preservation perspective. They often have very little to do with the original instructions. Rather than transcriptions, they are frequently complete rewrites omitting information the author wasn't interested in and adding new material like POKEs and personal opinions on the game. So it would be great if we could have full inlay scans in the archive.

That might have been true 20 years ago when all we had were the info files from the Spectrum Game Database, but since then there has been an enormous effort from the community to provide faithful transcriptions of inlay cards and instructions in plain text format. I have been picking them for my personal archive for years, and even contributed in writing several myself - leaving even the spelling or printing errors untouched (!).

There is only a handful of TXT info files left over from that era in the archive now.

Mort wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:56 am I agree, I have scanned all the reverse sides , extras, receipts , maps ,and even the front if its got a price sticker etc to get a full flavour of the original

All 4500 games I have scanned are done in this way , got to get them all

cmal wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:40 pm

Mort wrote: ↑Fri Sep 18, 2020 11:56 am I agree, I have scanned all the reverse sides , extras, receipts , maps ,and even the front if its got a price sticker etc to get a full flavour of the original

All 4500 games I have scanned are done in this way , got to get them all

Hi Mort

How about I make a list of my originals and mark the ones that have inside text. I don't have too many, but I'll publish the list and you let me know which ones you don't have or need better scans of.

Thanks

cmal wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:34 am Today I got around to complete the scanning of the Supercode manual. Here it is:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/61eraa65tqz6i ... e.pdf?dl=0

@R-Tape or @PeterJ : Please add this to the Supercode page for preservation:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/8 ... /Supercode


Here's a picture of the back of the box if it's needed. Sorry - my flatbed scanner does not work so I took a photo. When I get a new scanner I'll scan the box again.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/k6qwfg9xqlm48 ... k.JPG?dl=0

pavero wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:09 am
And what about the front of the box?

https://ia600604.us.archive.org/view_ar ... ercode.jpg

cmal wrote: ↑Wed Nov 18, 2020 6:40 am

pavero wrote: ↑Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:09 am
And what about the front of the box?

https://ia600604.us.archive.org/view_ar ... ercode.jpg

I didn't take a picture of the front because it's already on the SC site. But let me know if you need me to and I'll send it.

Mort wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 1:27 pm Hi Cmal,
Thanks for doing the scans, 600dpi is a great resolution and is overkill but should be good for any later reworking.

I have scanned the inside of Bear Bovver,Terra Cresta, Invincible Island and Universal Hero (not added as yet to the site)

Thanks for the other version of Road Toad , I have only got the DkTronics version scanned
I have scanned a tatty version of Young Learners so a better version is great
I have also a Scan of Maths test by MacMacSoftware 6-13 year olds (not yet added)

Great work , would you be also able to scan the cassettes themselves as I can see emulators having a virtual tape and tape player with the scans being used as the tape stickers