As mentioned four years ago (http://nfggames.com/forum2/index.php?topic=5123.0), I've got about 15 years of Backup Technique and GameLab magazine I want to scan and preserve.
It's a wondrous and unique archive of computer and console technical detail, with hacks, mods, DIY projects and plenty of schematics. It's also a really neat look at hacking culture in Japan, with maps of Akihabara when it was still worth visiting, etc etc. It starts off with pre-Famicom computers, but covers everything eventually, including Famicom and the Famicom Disk System, PC Engine, Megadrive, Playstation, Saturn, all the way to the PS2 which is where I stopped buying it, in about 2004.
No matter what, I'll be releasing every page, without charge or restriction. This is too good to keep to myself. But it's a massively time consuming operation. Each issue takes up to an hour to digitize (and I'll be posting about the rig I built for this purpose later) and then more time to straighten, adjust and crop every page.
So, if anyone wants to donate, I'll happily accept your money. =D
I started the process in earnest today, and pretty much finalized the rig. Issue #1 is done, and here's a preview. There's so, so much more to come.
(http://nfgworld.com/grafx/magazines/BT-1-Cover.jpg)
(http://nfgworld.com/grafx/magazines/BT-1-1.jpg)(http://nfgworld.com/grafx/magazines/BT-1-2.jpg)(http://nfgworld.com/grafx/magazines/BT-1-3.jpg)
Fuck. Turns out I'm missing about six of the very first GameLab issues. I'm quite sure I used to own them, I suspect they were lost in the floods. =(