6 Dec
2000
6 Dec
'00
12:07 a.m.
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Joe wrote:
At 06:49 PM 12/5/00 -0800, Josh wrote:
I would suggest that PDF is the better format. The downloader can send
the PDF file to pdf2text(a)adobe.com or pdf2html(a)adobe.com and have it
back in ascii form in about a minute or two. Rather remarkable service!
- don
I would be happy to scan the Osborne docs and make
them available on the web
(and return them promptly!). The only question is, what format should they
be in? ASCII seems to be the logical choice, but of course you loose all
the diagrams. PDF would be nice (and make the scanning much easier), but
how portable is PDF? Also, file sizes tend to get big with PDFs.
Suggestions on the format?
You're right about ASCII being nice. It's a readable on a lot more
systems than PDF is and the files are smaller too. But as you say, it's
more work and you lose the diagrams. The best solution would be to post
both but that's even more work and requires storage space. I don't think webspace will be a problem. Jay
West has offered free and
unlimited webspace on his server for anyone to post their classic computer
related pages. I intent to move my stuff over there when I have time. I can
put the Osborne docs on my relocated website if necesssary.
I'll put together a list of the Osborne docs that I have. I'll try to do
it tomorrow.
Joe
Josh
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe" <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: Source for Osborne documentation?
AND
At 09:27 AM 12/4/00 -0800, you wrote:
>On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Josh Gibbs wrote:
>
>> I am looking for the original Osborne 1 and Osborne Executive
>> documentation... any suggestions? A copy would be fine. A scanned
copy
>> would be even better. Is there an
online archive of scanned
documentation
>
somewhere? Thanks.
I have a lot of Osborne docs but I don't have the time to scan them. I
will loan them out if someone can scan them and put the file on the net they will return the manuals promptly and in good
condition. I'm still
trying to get back my NEC MultiSpeed manuals that I loaned to one of the
list members OVER two years ago!
Joe