PDF's was Many things

I started with a simple goal to post the manuals of greatest interest to me. I found a site that had similar goals (Howard Harte's manual site) and decided to send my manuals to him and mirror his site. I also mirror other sites I consider important such as Jim's SOL-20 Archive and post other files not part of my mirrors. After some thought I signed up for a 3gb site with a 25gb/mo band width. Before I knew it Howard's site exploded to over 3.5gb. I faced with the choice of going to DjVu or putting out more cash to keep the files as PDF's. I ended up purchasing another 4gb site with 75gb/mo bandwidth that I hyperlink to transparently giving me 7gb, I just hope it is good enough to last a year. I use PDF's simply because it works and it is the defacto-standard. It is not a perfect answer but it is the "best" answer, it gives access to the majority. Anyone unable to handle either the large file sizes or PDF formats have other options: They can talk a friend into downloading it and converting to PS or printing, pay a office supply/cyber-cafe to do it, check with Herb Johnson.

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