22 Jun
2001
22 Jun
'01
4:36 a.m.
On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Zane H. Healy wrote:
In the case of the older DEC handbooks it's only a
matter of time before
the completely disentigrate anyway. They were published on the worst
quality paper imaginable.
Ack.
Your best bet is to take the books and have the
binding cut off
professionally. Then scan in the pages one at a time (not two). I
personally believe Adobe Acrobat is the best way of doing this.
Although I realize there are people here that are against Adobe
Acrobat.
Acrobat is nice but I think it's bloated. It won't be so much an issue as
computers continue to get bigger/better/faster (mine is a P3 700Mhz, 128MB
RAM, and handles them fine) but bandwidth is still a problem.
BTW, I'm the type person that considers damaging a
book a Capital
Offense! When I read a book I don't even crease the spine. Yet, in
cases like this I still think this is the right thing to do.
Well, we don't need everyone doing this. One or two handbooks being
destroyed to make a digital archive is fine. The best thing to do is
scour the net for prior work before one proceeds to shred a book for
scanning.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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