22 Apr
2005
22 Apr
'05
3:55 p.m.
Second, it's much easier - for me at least - to
flip through a PDF than
it is to flip through microfiche. Right now, I don't have a fiche
viewer at home (despite the DEC MDS fiche I now have) so I have to make
I'm the reverse. I have a fiche reader here (it meets my criterion of
being possible to repair :-)), I have no easy way to 'flip through' pdfs
(and I certainly don't feel like downloading them on a 14K4 modem...)
I've found that I can tell what the pages on a fiche are -- whether they
are text, program source, or diagrams with my naked eye. Very useful to
see if a given fiche contains the schematics...
a trip to the library to view it. It's much
easier to print out a few
pages of a PDF (or all of it) and bring it with me to look at, than it
is to haul around a microfiche reader...
It's a pity standard fiche is larger than 5*4"....
-tony