preserving / ressurecting old docs?

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. 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. 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. Zane -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh(a)aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | and Zane's Computer Museum. | | http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |