Dragon Magazine Archive CD


Dragon Magazine General Discussion


Is there a possibility that you will be putting out a new Dragon Magazine archive CD? Say a compilation of all Dragon Magazines, up through ast year or this year even? I am very interested in something like that, and I am sure other are as well.

Thanks,

Andrew

Dark Archive Contributor

No.*

*The world is pretty chaotic, so nothing is truly absolute. Let's just say the stars are not favorably aligned for another archive CD. ;)


See the Magazines on CD-ROM thread.

The short answer is ...Copyright issues.
When the CD came out, reproductions in electronic form wern't covered, so TSR got away with it.

Doesn't look hopeful for the rest of us collectors, though.

**As an aside, you could purchase a copy of Adobe Acrobat and create PDFs for your own personal use, but believe me, it's a lot of work (and da**ed expensive, too). **


I have been wondering about this and I would be happy with a giant index. You know like in the front of every mag. except with maybe a little more description about the article. All of the magazines indexes compiled into one document with the mag. and page number.

Mike McArtor wrote:

No.*

*The world is pretty chaotic, so nothing is truly absolute. Let's just say the stars are not favorably aligned for another archive CD. ;)


Undeaddragonhunter,
Why spend all that money on Adobe Acrobat when there's free "open source" software that does the same thing?


Irate Grizzly Bear wrote:

Undeaddragonhunter,

Why spend all that money on Adobe Acrobat when there's free "open source" software that does the same thing?

Really?!?

I was not aware of that. Please let me know what it is.
Thanks!


Just Google "open CD" or go to http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/ you can download a whole suiet of free office, multimedia, entertainment, internet, and utility software. The programs look and act like name brand versions, it's all been extensively tested and has fairly good documentation. The only thing you don't get is the name, the price tag, and someone to call for support; but how often do you call Microsoft and ask them how to use their software? (The last time I did was when Win95 first came out)

If you don't have a fast connection or a CD writer they'll even snail mail you a copy for $5 and ask you to share it with all your friends.


Has anyone out there tried to make pdf's of their dungeons or dragons with this method? If so do you have any pointers or tips?

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