20 Aug
1998
20 Aug
'98
9:33 p.m.
Seth J. Morabito wrote:
What I'd like to be able to do is stop the acid
breakdown, and remove
the water and mildew stains. I feel a bit silly asking this, because
before I lost all my free time, one of my favorite hobbies was
bookbinding and restoration -- it's just that I'd never dealt with
water and mildew stains on any of the books I've done :)
Go to a comic book shop, they'll have both protective covers and
sheets of stuff to counter the acid in the paper. It's an industry
that's been taking seriously the concept of disintegrating paper
longer than computers have been popular -- definitely longer than
the Library of Congress has been paying attention to the problem, if
it is yet.
Any good tips or ideas?
(As soon as I get a scanner, I'm going wild with these BYTE issues.
The back cover of one of the 1975 issues has a GREAT Altair ad featuring
Napoleon, holding an Altair. BTW, on a Napoleonically related note,
anyone remember the great "I adore my 64" C64 TV ads with Napoleon?)
Do remember that the copyrights are owned by McGraw-Hill, you can get
away with the ads, but you'd best hold off on "content".
--
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
Bill Gates has this situation where the federal government wants him
convicted for attempting a monopoly. Has Bill considered responding
with a question as to why there's only one Justice Department?