Tapes on TZX Vault but not here

[SkoolKid]

Is there any collaboration between the TZX Vault and ZXDB/this site?

Just wondering because there were/are tapes over there that aren't here. Olga 1 was one example. The Spectre of Larry Horsfield (no tape here) is another.

I can probably find others, too, if anyone's interested.

[PeterJ]

Hi @SkoolKid,

Please let us know of anything that you find. If you feel comfortable with using the preservation tools it's easy to upload files for existing entries. Let me know if you want any help.

@Einar Saukas certainly works with Steve Brown. Trouble is that I don't believe that site is database driven, so it's probably a manual exercise. I'm going through a similar exercise with Type Fantastic.

Thanks for letting us know.

Peter

[SkoolKid]

Please let us know of anything that you find. If you feel comfortable with using the preservation tools it's easy to upload files for existing entries. Let me know if you want any help.

I haven't used the preservation tools before, but I'll give them a try later, and post back here if I run into trouble. Thanks.

[SkoolKid]

OK, I'm stumped.

On the "Add new files for existing ZXDB title/entry" form, what do I enter into the "ZXDB existing title/entry (fulltext)" field? I've tried the Infoseek ID (16695) and the full name (The Spectre of Larry Horsfield), but either way when I click "Upload file" I get the error message "Selected title/entry is invalid (ID not found)".

[equinox]

@Einar Saukas certainly works with Steve Brown. Trouble is that I don't believe that site is database driven, so it's probably a manual exercise. I'm going through a similar exercise with Type Fantastic.

In this case, to avoid multiple people going through the same fun: we should determine some kind of ruleset for the TZX Vault and Type Fantastic entries (if they don't have unique IDs, even a URL or "line number" might be enough). Then we could make a list and people could work through it methodically. -- Thanks to everyone who does.

(In the worst case, download 'em all and <s>let God sort 'em out</s> compare checksums.)

[Einar Saukas]

On the "Add new files for existing ZXDB title/entry" form, what do I enter into the "ZXDB existing title/entry (fulltext)" field? I've tried the Infoseek ID (16695) and the full name (The Spectre of Larry Horsfield), but either way when I click "Upload file" I get the error message "Selected title/entry is invalid (ID not found)".

When you start typing "The Spectre of Larry Horsfield", you should see a list of matching options immediately below. Click on the option you want, even if there's only 1 match. Afterwards you will be able to upload files.

[Einar Saukas]

TZX Vault and Type Fantastic entries (if they don't have unique IDs, even a URL or "line number" might be enough).

All titles from Type Fantastic should already exist in ZXDB. Although most of them are missing files.

When uploading files, please be careful: there are lots of different type-ins with exactly the same title. Sometimes published in different issues of the same magazine!

This link may be useful:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/typeins.php

[PeterJ]

Yes, it's finding the missing files that I'm mainly doing! It's a case of checking the title, author, magazine, issue and page number. Whilst the data in Type Fantastic is good, it's not perfect.

Whilst most titles are already in ZXDB as Einar says, Type Fantastic does not reference all issues of some magazines. Some issues of these magazines have
come to light since Type Fantastic was last updated.

It's never quite as simple! Neil is doing a great job cataloguing other issues not on Type Fantastic.

Example...

[SkoolKid]

When you start typing "The Spectre of Larry Horsfield", you should see a list of matching options immediately below.

Well there it is - I was pasting the name into the field, not typing it! (It would never have occurred to me that that was the problem. Maybe adding a note along the lines of "Type one character at a time, don't paste" would help other unwary visitors.)

TZX for "The Spectre of Larry Horsfield" (from TZX Vault) uploaded. Hopefully it worked...

[SkoolKid]

The TZX Vault has some tapes for titles that ZXDB deems "distribution denied". Would it be OK to upload those too?

[PeterJ]

Hi @SkoolKid,

You could do with the hope that one day the author or company will provide permission. Whilst they are flagged as denied there will not be a download link against the entry though.

I'm planning on appealing to Steve Wilcox again in the near future.

[Einar Saukas]

Well there it is - I was pasting the name into the field, not typing it!

It also works with copy/pasting.

Try copy/pasting "The Spectre of Larry Horsfield", wait a second for the matching option to appear, then click on it.

[SkoolKid]

It also works with copy/pasting.

Try copy/pasting "The Spectre of Larry Horsfield", wait a second for the matching option to appear, then click on it.

No, that doesn't work for me (I've tried in both Firefox and Chromium). No results appear until I press a key in the field after pasting (e.g. down arrow).