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How to use Rod's index: Do keep in mind there's also more than a few great threads on the MRH website, too - and for that you can use the search box here on the site - or my personal favorite is to go to Google and type something like: MRH couplers That gives you a comprehensive list of all the posts on our website about couplers, for example. A simple, nicely sorted, collection of contents from each issue Okay, you want a text doc that's essentially all the issue TOC's. That's not quite the same as an index and it's rather old school, but could be done I suppose. I don't think that's something we (MRH staff) is likely to do, but if someone did want to do one and send it to us, we'd be happy to pay you for it, and then we can make it a bonus download for anyone who prefers the low-tech approach.
Having had all but the last 2-3 years worth of MR here at the house for the last 15+ years, I'll pass (finally managed to give them away). Yes, there were many good articles, many good layout pictorials, many interesting track plans, etc. Etc., but as a resource for the club I belong to, it was a bust - no more than half a dozen issues were ever borrowed from the collection during those 15 years. DVD might be different if the search capabilities are good, but even then, as an individual, I really would have no need for the vast majority of plans, etc. Could be a good club resource though. Matt Nick Fotis 04.04.12 7:15.
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:15:45 +0300, Nick Fotis wrote: Having all these issues available in your computer is a nice thing (and in the Trains DVDs there is a search facility, so I suppose this will be included in the MR version) Based on the context your reply, I assume you do not have the Model Railroader magazine DVDs. The search function is one of the features I am most leery about, considering some of the comments on: 'The search engine is not the best. ' - Mr Train 'The basic search engine is awkward, but usable. ' - Jim Moore 'The search doesn't really work like I thought it would.' - Larry Wolohon 'Yes the search functions should have been professionally done. To not search by author is again inexcusable.'
- David Mead Mark Mathu Whitefish Bay, Wis. The Green Bay Route: Graham Harrison 05.04.12 14:23.
'Mark Mathu' wrote in message news:44gqn79ie58tj2smr8p7q8b4nvd4rgia10@4ax.com. The whole implementation of the Trains DVD leaves something to be desired. It works but it could be much better. And the thing the really irritates me is that they haven't thought 'what next?' It's all very well having all the issues up until in electronic format but how do I get electronic versions of subsequent issues? They've just introduced e-magazine versions but I'm not clear whether a subscription I buy for just one year will still be available to me if I choose not to subscribe for the following year. Also there is now a gap between the DVD and the e-magazine.
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Nick Fotis 06.04.12 14:55. Agreed that the search mechanism is not a brilliant piece of engineering:-) It takes some time to get used to its quirks. It works, though, if you are satisfied by full text search, plus some more criteria (basically years/issue numbers, if I remember well).
If you want a more advanced mechanism, though, you are out of luck. It would be nice to have a way of updating the DVD edition every 2-3 years. I haven't got any e-magazine copies (I still prefer to get the hardcopy print version - if the e-magazine is appreciably cheaper, I may bite - and my renewal time is approaching) I am seriously thinking of ordering the MR DVD edition myself. I have stopped getting the regular issues. Wolf K 06.04.12 14:58.
'Graham Harrison' wrote in message news:8vmdnbuLyfj5kOPSnZ2dnUVZ8tSdnZ2d@bt.com. They've just introduced e-magazine versions but I'm not clear whether a subscription I buy for just one year will still be available to me if I choose not to subscribe for the following year. If you are refering to the service they provide through Zinio,then yes the issues you buy will still be available even if you stop subscribing.You can also download the issue onto more than 1 device,eg an ipad plus a pc plus a smartphone. Graham Harrison 08.04.12 8:58. On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:58:52 -0500, Wolf K wrote: I'm interested, what do you want for it? If we can make a deal, I'll mail you a money order before you ship it. Use to reply to this post.
I just got my copy last month, so obviously I am not interested in this one. But I'd like to interject that I am happy with the DVDs; has been fascinating reading the articles and advertisements from the 1940s (especially the editorials) as the war began and limits appeared on modeling materials.
I wish the format were a bit more portable (I wish I could have it on our iPad or my daughter's Nook as opposed to having to sit at a desk to read the articles). My biggest concern before I bought the DVD was the thoroughness of the search algorithm.
Now that I've used it for a month, I'm satisfied with it. Wolf K 17.12.12 6:38. On 2:21 AM, Mark Mathu wrote: I just got my copy last month, so obviously I am not interested in this one. But I'd like to interject that I am happy with the DVDs; has been fascinating reading the articles and advertisements from the 1940s (especially the editorials) as the war began and limits appeared on modeling materials. I wish the format were a bit more portable (I wish I could have it on our iPad or my daughter's Nook as opposed to having to sit at a desk to read the articles). My biggest concern before I bought the DVD was the thoroughness of the search algorithm.
Now that I've used it for a month, I'm satisfied with it. Mark Mathu Whitefish Bay, Wis. The Green Bay Route: Thanks for the review, Mark. Can one print the articles? It would be handy if wanted to follow one of those early scratch-building articles.;-) I agree, Kalmbach should make it easy to use the content on other platforms. But I suppose they're a little paranoid about not being able to control copies of the DVDs. Silly, really, there are lots of paper copies still floating around, and scans/photocopies are easy enough to get.
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