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Zak, Back before you were born, Maximum PC offered the “PDF Archive” as an alternative to maintaining a physical library. While I realize that a digital subscription is offered (and I am a subscriber to it, plus the print version), there’s no way to really “save” a copy other than take screenshots (ugh). I don’t know how much revenue is generated from sales of past issues, so perhaps Future could make older issues available? For example, maybe issues older than a year or two could be posted somewhere.

Keep up the good work!

–B. Brabson

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, ZAK STOREY, RESPONDS: Hey there! Firstly: rude. I’m not that young, ha-ha! Secondly, I absolutely 100-percent agree with you, we definitely need a PDF archive (again), and it’s something I’ve been working quietly behind the scenes with Linux Format to sort of come up with a solution for. If you don’t already know, Maximum PC falls under the Tech Specialist division at Future, so the MPC and LXF teams are quite close to one another; we have meetings together every day, and we often share gear and ideas with each other. Recently, the Linux Format team redeveloped its website and began hosting its own back catalog of PDFs online under a new system/server. In fact, you can see it in action here: www.linuxformat.com/ archives. Basically, it allows subscribers to log in and view all of the back issues as PDFs without worry, simply using their subscription number and surname.