What was Static Line?

Static Line was a monthly email magazine about the demoscene, existing between July 1998 and March 2004. At the time of its last issue, issue #52, it had 315 subscribers. Each issue contained a number of articles about varying subjects, including music and demo reviews.

New issues are no longer being published. However, the complete official issue archive is held on this site, as well as an archive of the old FTP site. The FTP server is no longer up.

Static Line was a SceneSpot production.

Invitation

Date unknown: Issue #1 (number of subscribers unknown)

1998-08: Issue #2 (30 subscribers)
1998-09: Issue #3 (42 subscribers)
1998-10: Issue #4 (51 subscribers)
1998-11: Issue #5 (53 subscribers)
1998-12: Issue #6 (56 subscribers)
1999-01: Issue #7 (number of subscribers unknown)
1999-02: Issue #8 (66 subscribers)
1999-03: Issue #9 (68 subscribers)

1999-06: Issue #10 (72 subscribers)
1999-07: Issue #11 (63 subscribers)
1999-08: Issue #12 (70 subscribers)
1999-09: Issue #13 (73 subscribers)
1999-10: Issue #14 (79 subscribers)
1999-11: Issue #15 (82 subscribers)
1999-12: Issue #16 (85 subscribers)
2000-01: Issue #17 (number of subscribers unknown)
2000-02: Issue #18 (90 subscribers)
2000-03: Issue #19 (90 subscribers)
2000-04: Issue #20 (112 subscribers)
2000-05: Issue #21 (126 subscribers)
2000-06: Issue #22 (130 subscribers)
2000-07: Issue #23 (135 subscribers)
2000-08: Issue #24 (137 subscribers)
2000-09: Issue #25 (151 subscribers)
2000-10: Issue #26 (161 subscribers)
2000-11: Issue #27 (175 subscribers)
2000-12: Issue #28 (187 subscribers)
2001-01: Issue #29 (175 subscribers)
2001-02: Issue #30 (195 subscribers)
2001-03: Issue #31 (205 subscribers)
2001-04: Issue #32 (205 subscribers)
2001-05: Issue #33 (209 subscribers)

2001-07: Issue #34 (221 subscribers)
2001-08: Issue #35 (228 subscribers)

2001-10: Issue #36 (239 subscribers)

2001-12: Issue #37 (243 subscribers)
2002-01: Issue #38 (254 subscribers)

2002-03: Issue #39 (260 subscribers)

2002-10: Issue #40 (288 subscribers)
2002-11: Issue #41 (295 subscribers)

2003-01: Issue #42 (300 subscribers)
2003-02: Issue #43 (309 subscribers)
2003-03: Issue #44 (325 subscribers)

2003-06: Issue #45 (341 subscribers)
2003-07: Issue #46 (276 subscribers - there was a subscriber cleanup at this point)
2003-08: Issue #47 (284 subscribers)
2003-09: Issue #48 (292 subscribers)
2003-10: Issue #49 (297 subscribers)
2003-11: Issue #50 (300 subscribers)

2004-01: Issue #51 (308 subscribers)

2004-03: Issue #52 (315 subscribers)