_____ ___ _____ ___ _\\_ /_____ / /______\\_ \_ _ _____.__ / (_ _) \_ // _// / / / _/ | _/ / \ / / \ / _ / \ | \ \_ /___ /_____\ ___\____\ __\____\ __\_____|__\_____/ ----_ _--diP------------------------------------- _\ __ ____ __ __\_\/_//_ _____ _\\_ /___ ___ / //_____. _____ _) \/ (_ _\\_ \_ _/ /___ / (_ _/ |/ //_ \ || / / / \ \_ _/ / \ | _/ /____||____\ _ /___\_____/ \ \_ _\_____| \ - ------_ _____\____\-dTR--_ ____\_____/-----_ _________\--> B L A C K M A R K E T # 2 2 8 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: blackmarket #228 was originally released at mekka^symposium 2001 as a demoscene papermag. following an inter-platform approach, it aimed at providing the reader with the back-then current state of the scene on on different machines and in different contexts. the main editing work was done by raver/pht^dcs in riga/latvia, sceners from around the globe provided articles. final touchups were done at dipswitch's place in cologne/germany just before the party. around 200 copies were produced by several enthusiasts and spread at mekka^symposium. originally, the idea was to keep this edition straight paper-only. then, at some point, we thought about producing a digital version which still would not make on-screen reading possible, but would at least print out the mag to be read on paper. however, these plans never came to life. now, over 10 years later, we decided that it would not do the back-then effort any justice to sit on the original .tiff files just like that. so we are releasing them now, in order to remind ourselves on the state of our scene(s) in a not-that-distant past, and also to pay respect to all the people involved in this undertaking back then and who are now getting - better late than never - the deserved audience well above the 200 copies of 2001. the magazine is a historical document by now. several platforms, sceners and contexts described there are long gone. the inter-platform scene spirit, however, that we tried to evoke with this mag, is stronger than ever. london-bielefeld, 21 october 2011 raver & dipswitch