20 Mar
2010
20 Mar
'10
3:02 p.m.
On Mar 20, 2010, at 5:42 PM, Guy Sotomayor wrote:
I have both hard copy & PDFs for most things that
I work on. The
PDFs take considerable *less* physical space than all of the
paper. A cabinet maker friend of mine built me a bookcase
specifically for all of the 11x17 binders that DEC put the prints
into. It makes them *much* more accessible.
I prefer to use the paper when I'm actually working on a machine.
To help preserve the originals that I have, I typically print out a
few pages that I might need from the PDFs when working on the
actual HW. That way I also don't feel bad when I scribble notes on
them.
I do the same thing. I have hardcopy prints of a great many DEC
systems and boards, but for me, it takes a lot less time to look in ~/
Documentation/DEC/pdp<x>/xxx than to carefully sift through huge
stacks of fragile 11x17 printouts.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL