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Geoffg Guru  Joined: 06/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 3196 |
Mick, was that for their old website? They have now brought website maintenance in house and it should now be up there on the first of the month. Geoff Geoff Graham - http://geoffg.net |
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Grogster Admin Group  Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
You can purchase on-line ACCESS to the issue, but you cannot download it - important to distinguish between the two. What that means, is that you will always have on-line access to that issue, once you have purchased it, but you have to access it via the web and the SC website - you cannot download a PDF or other file of the issue. However, that may well suffice for many people. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2817 |
Does anyone have access yet to online edition for May? Website implies it will only be available on 1st May (also Geoff's impression). Please can anyone confirm this . . . For everything Micromite visit micromite.org Direct Email: whitewizzard@micromite.o |
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BobD Guru Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
I cancelled my subscription to the online SC when they changed to using Adobe Flash online. IMHO it is not a good way using Flash to deliver a product like that. Flash has too many vulnerabilities. Every time I went to see something I had to sit and wait for a download and I had some problems viewing due to inflexibility of the set up. |
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| shoebuckle Senior Member  Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 189 |
Magazine publishers deliberately put an advanced date on the cover so that they appear to be current for longer on the magazine stand. |
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bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Hi Geoff, When I started the Online Subscription it was pretty woeful, (actually VERY woeful) and didnt have `real' digital publications (like just about every other PC/Electronics mag did) and you had to read each and every bit separately, also NO advertisers offerings (not good for them and not good for us). Towards the end of my sub they brought in a half decent digital online copy but I had already given up on them due to their lateness with posting editions.. Also the cost was exactly the same which I reckon was a bit much.. You can subscribe for 3 years to US based mags for the same price and get twice the content each month.. Not that I am wish to make comparisons to US (large user base) mags and AUS (Low Market) as that isnt really fair but I would have thought some reduction in cost should have been offered as no printing, no transport, no delivery charges etc.. OK, I just checked, My last subscription was Jan'13 to Dec'13. I cant say it was EVER what I would call early and more often VERY late. Don would have his print edition well before I could read it online.. Things may have changed but if they dont reduce the price I will just buy the editions I am interested in.. About the only regular section I read every month was `the serviceman' a carry over from my `Electronics Australia' magazine days. I do love Silicon Chip mag as it resisted going almost exclusively AUDIO Gear which, IMHO, was the death of EA and ETI (Sad.. ETI - Electronics Today International, I had a few projects published in them) but I nowadays prefer digital content and SC could not be read on an iPad due to FLASH (or lack thereof on Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Groggy, Not Quite true, I had a Flash downloader on my old PC and I have a couple of copies from my sub saved away.. My new PC hasnt got the Flash Downloader installed yet.. These are saved as SWF files and can be played back by loading them into your browser.. What I hated is everytime I wanted to read a part of the mag it Downloaded the entire mag again (between 40-100MB each time) this is ridiculous so I saved them away and read off line if I wanted. Bob, Agreed, plus Firefox still crashes often (way too often) with flash. Other magazines can do it professionally at a fraction of the cost... It does make us (Aussies) look backward in comparison. They should bite the bullet and let companies like ZINIO handle it.. I have many subscriptions on ZINIO and they work well on a PC or iPad. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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palcal Guru Joined: 12/10/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 1873 |
I had every issue of Electronics Australia from April 1939 to the day of its demise (my dad bought the early ones and I took over in 1957). What an interesting magazine it was but unfortunately it ended up like so many other mags. just advertisements. I also have every issue of Silicon Chip but must admit it is getting more boring with every issue, every time they have nothing new they seem to revamp another Speed Controller or the like. The Micromite is sure to give it a boost for the next few issues but I am seriously considering cancelling my sub. and just buying the copies that interest me. I suppose it is difficult to come up with something new every month maybe a Bi Monthly mag. would be a better option. Just like it is hard to think of something new for the Micromite to do, I lie in bed some nights racking my brain for something new to use it for. Paul. "It is better to be ignorant and ask a stupid question than to be plain Stupid and not ask at all" |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
Okey dokey, fair enough - kinda like YouTubeDownload for saving YouTube videos - even though though there is no download button on the actual site per-se'. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| MOBI Guru Joined: 02/12/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 819 |
Once upon a time, when micro processors were starting to take hold, there was a column (series of articles) called "byteing the scene". Another series of articles was "understanding op amps". Perhaps a similar educational series could be started again to give the reader something to look forward to each edition.? David M. |
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| BobD Guru Joined: 07/12/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 935 |
I didn't cancel my online sub because of lack of interest. It was due to problems of delivery by Flash and lack of security of ownership. The truth is it is just another e-book which can be no longer available to you for whatever reason. The silly part of it all is SilChip probably make more money out of e-subs than the paper edition but they seem to treat it like a long lost relative who only turns up when they are broke. Edit: I now preview it each month online and if it looks interesting then I buy the paper edition. I do like that mate of Groggy's who tells the serviceman stories. |
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Gizmo Admin Group Joined: 05/06/2004 Location: AustraliaPosts: 5078 |
Same here, not signed up to the online edition due to its use of Flash. Its not necessary, and there are good reasons Apple wont support it. Actually I was planning to stop buying Silicon Chip full stop, bit sick and tired of the editorials, very right wing and narrow minded, and little to do with the content of the magazine. The April edition was the last straw for me. I was even going to tear out the page it was printed on and post it back to the publisher, but the back of the page had the magazine contents  Its a shame because the rest of the magazine is pretty good, just wish the editor would find another soap box to stand on.
But it now looks like I'll be buying the next four editions at least, I think the MicroMite articles will be worth reading. Like a few others I have copies of EA and ETI going back a few decades, and they are still good reading. Glenn The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago, the second best time is right now. JAQ |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
I still love SC for the Serviceman column too, and doubly-so for those fantastic cartoons which are part of that same column. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| bigmik Guru Joined: 20/06/2011 Location: AustraliaPosts: 2914 |
Cheers to that Grog, I only just logged in to see the current subscription rate, with a view to renewing, and nearly fell off my chair.. Although now they have the digital edition cheaper than the Print, they are certainly NOT cheap at $86 and $105 respectively.. I probably will subscribe again, in the future, if they ever get their act together and move away from Flash for the Digital Subs. Regards, Mick Mick's uMite Stuff can be found >>> HERE (Kindly hosted by Dontronics) <<< |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
I remember writing to SC and asking if they have ever considered publishing a book of all those cartoons, but they said it would have been too expensive. Although they did say that many others had suggested the same thing.... Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| isochronic Guru Joined: 21/01/2012 Location: AustraliaPosts: 689 |
I am wondering how Silicon Chip distributes the software ? If I understand it correctly, software that is produced using US compilers etc usually has at least notional restrictions such that it may not be transferred to prohibited hotspots such as Syria etc, without at least a signature/agreement ? |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
I have my May issues. One has already been taken, so I have two more copies for anyone here on the forums outside of Australia or New Zealand who might like a copy. Total cost will be magazine cost plus postage only - no mark-up. Depending on demand, I can get more copies, but for now, I only got three issues, with two of those still being available. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2817 |
Hi Grogs, How much do you think it will cost to post to UK? And don't know if its a weight or size thing, but would it still cost the same to post 2 magazines, 3 magazines, 4 magazines? If so wait until all four of Geoffs articles are published then ship as one (to save on multiple postages. Please let me know costs as I want to get the original magazines for this MicroMite series. You can PM me if you prefer . . .  For everything Micromite visit micromite.org Direct Email: whitewizzard@micromite.o |
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| Grogster Admin Group Joined: 31/12/2012 Location: New ZealandPosts: 9308 |
It is size and weight determined, but more weight then size. I can tell you that it cost NZ$14 to airmail an issue to United States today, which works out as about 7 pound 10p in your money, per issue, weight wise. Therefore, all four issues would run you about 28 pounds 48p in postage for airmail, if I sent all four issues at once. HOWEVER, England is a little further away from New Zealand then United States is, so I would actually expect that figure to be higher then what I have stated here. Regardless, it works out the same on an issue-by-issue basis, or all at once - the figure will still be about the same no matter which way you go. Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops! |
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| WhiteWizzard Guru Joined: 05/04/2013 Location: United KingdomPosts: 2817 |
Ok - please send me if you still have a copy of May. Let me know how much and I will PayPal you! Regards, WW For everything Micromite visit micromite.org Direct Email: whitewizzard@micromite.o |
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