Magic Magazine

[Randy DiMarco]

I noticed last night that at least some of the Magic Magazine issues are now showing up in the IPad app. Don't see them on the web page yet.

[Richard Kaufman]

For some reason the company doing this for us is having problems getting MAGIC to show up.
Yes, some are in the app, but I did not want to make the official announcement until all 25 years are up.

[Jack Shalom]

Hi Richard,

What is the status of the Magic Magazine digital archives?

[Richard Kaufman]

The status is that I keep complaining about it and trying to find what the problem is! Argh!

[Chris Aguilar]

For some reason the company doing this for us is having problems getting MAGIC to show up.
Yes, some are in the app, but I did not want to make the official announcement until all 25 years are up.

As far as I can tell, not a single issue is showing up in the android app. Perhaps they're only showing up on apple devices?

[Evan Shuster]

I can access all issues, effortlessly, on my iPhone. I can also access all issues on my Kindle, but it is quite a bit more cumbersome switching between issues, and switching between Genii and Magic. Nonetheless, I do have access to all.

[Richard Kaufman]

More issues of MAGIC are now showing up on my Apple devices, but it's still missing many issues.

[Ted M]

I have neither iPhone nor Kindle, and see no sign of MAGIC in my desktop browser.

Been looking forward to it since its announcement last year...

[Richard Kaufman]

No, it doesn't appear in the desktop browser and I have no idea why. Can't get a straight answer out of the company, either. Argh.

[Ted M]

We feel bad complaining to you.

Can we complain directly to the company?

[Richard Kaufman]

No. Only I have access to the company, and I do complain regularly, and more recently quite vocally.

[Ted M]

That's the spirit!

[Mowee]

Any further word of Magic Magazine for the web?

[Q. Kumber]

Any further word of Magic Magazine for the web?

Yes. They were up, but some problems still have to be worked out See this thread:
viewtopic.php?f=10&t=50452

[Richard Kaufman]

It was on for a while, but was too buggy and I had it turned off.
The company has been working steadily in improving the speed and I've seen a test site where things look to be well on the way to success. I hope that access to MAGIC will be back up in a week or two.

[Bob Farmer]

Nothing on my Commodore 64. Ditto my Timex Sinclair 1000. Who should I call about this!?

[Richard Kaufman]

HAL.

[Philippe Billot]

HAL Bundy?

[Bob Farmer]

As Martin Gardner pointed out, if you move the letters in HAL one space to the right you get IBM. I'll call them and that will give me a chance to complain about my IBM PCjr: the touch screen has never worked.

[Philippe Billot]

Hi Mr. Kaufman,

I inform you that Magic Magazine May 2001 has only the first three pages visibles.

[Richard Kaufman]

Thank you.

[Richard Kaufman]

Phillipe, how did you view the issue of MAGIC? Was it on your browser or through the app? Was it Android or Apple if using an app?

[Chris Aguilar]

Hi Mr. Kaufman,

I inform you that Magic Magazine May 2001 has only the first three pages visibles.

I just verified the issue (online archive).

Can only see the three first pages of this issue (Billy McComb on the cover). Other issues seem to work fine.

[Richard Kaufman]

Browser or app?

[Chris Aguilar]

Browser or app?

Browser (firefox), Windows 10. The other issues load fine.

[Jack Shalom]

I recently stumbled upon the archive of MAGIC Magazines, and it seems to be functional. On FireFox on my Mac, I clicked on the most recent Genii issue, then clicked on ISSUES on the right. You'll see a bunch of Genii covers with the words "Genii Magazine" on top. But it's a drop down menu; click on it and you can switch to MAGIC.

Just letting people know because even though it may have been functioning for a while, like me I'll wager there were people who didn't know it was now active, or how to access it.

[Richard Kaufman]

It's been active and functional for years.

[Jack Shalom]

Richard, if you look at this thread, you'll see that there was never a definitive announcement that it was now working properly on all platforms. And it's easy to overlook the dropdown menu. I suspect some, as I did, have only just become aware of how to access it. Anyway, thanks for setting this up--it's a very valuable resource and another great reason to subscribe.