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What's the difference between the Standard and Embedded edition?

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The Standard edition does not have the rich media (such as video clips) embedded in the downloadable PDF file. This makes the standard editon file size much smaller than the embedded edition. For the standard edition, we keep the rich media on the internet. When you want to view any rich media, the browser (such as Internet Explorer or Firefox) will appear and display the media. The standard edition also has lower resolution images to keep the file size down.

A new magazine has been released but I'm having problems accessing it

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Short answer: Your browser cache is stale. Flush your browser cache and you should get the latest information from our web site and be able to access the new issue properly.

Long answer: You have old pages stored in the browser cache memory on your computer.

When you visit web pages, your browser stores a copy of the page locally on your computer in its "cache memory". This speeds up page loading if you visit the site again later.

Any recommendations for those on slow dialup?

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Short answer: Try starting the download at bed time, and when you wake up the next morning, your magazine should be there waiting for you. Also consider using a download manager, since you can schedule downloads and restart them when they fail (more details in the long answer).

HELP! How do I access/read the magazine?

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Short answer: You have two basic choices, with a third if you're desperate:

If the magazine is free, why do I need to subscribe?

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Short answer: It's even more important for a free magazine to have a good subscriber number to give potential advertisers. Plus only subscribers can post comments, so that keeps down anonymous spam. The magazine's free so subscribing is also totally free.

This is great! How can I help spread the word?

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Short answer: Email all your modeling buddies. Post about us on forums or in your blog. Include one of our banners (below) on your web site or in your signature.

Long answer: The more readers we have, the more advertising dollars we'll get, and the more likely Model Railroad Hobbyist will grow and flourish as a rich media hobby resource that's free!

Email all your model railroading buddies and tell them about us - make sure and include our URL in your email:

What scale will the magazine focus on?

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Short answer: The hobby doesn't need another HO-centric model railroading magazine - our intent is to give all the scales some coverage. To make sure we do this, our table of contents will list what scales each article applies to. At a glance you'll be able to tell how well we're doing!

Long answer: We want to make sure we're not an HO only magazine, so to that end we're listing the scales that our articles apply to in the table of contents. For example, from issue 1:

How large is a typical MRH issue?

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Short answer: A full-size issue of about 100 pages of articles and columns, plus 20 pages of ads approaches 100 megabytes (issue 1 was almost 80 MB). We produce two versions - an EMBEDDED Edition with the best quality graphics and all rich media embedded - and a STANDARD version (20 MB or less) for quick download, Macs and Linux.

What's a rich media PDF magazine?

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Short answer: Rich media means the PDF is interactive - it has video clips, audio clips, and 3D virtual reality images. If a still photo is worth a thousand words, then interactive video, audio, and 3D images you can spin must be worth a million words! Hence the term, rich media.

Who wants a free eZine full of annoying popup ads?

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Short answer: We don't take annoying ads - and especially not involuntary popups. Period.

Long answer: We don't permit annoying ads with gratuitous animation or popup ads that get in your face while trying to read an article. The last thing we want to do is drive away readers, even if we are free. We encourage either static ads or rich media ads that inform, educate, and truly display the vendor's wares in a helpful light.

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