scanning a ton of documentation

Where are you located? We have a small amount of Modcomp docs here and could take on a box more of the most useful paper docs for posterity-sake, to round out what's already here. Thanks Bill Degnan kennettclassic.com Kennett Square, PA On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 3:05 PM devin davison via cctalk < cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: > Hello, > > The person that refered me to my present job at a datacenter passed away > this past monday. He was a hardware / software engineer for modcomp > computers. He left me all of the computers and documents. there are too > many books to keep, stuff concerning the modcomp computers that is not > saved anywhere else that i can tell. > > I have picked up storage containers for all the books, and i can scan it > all. after that, its all probally going in the recycle bin, as i dont know > where or how i would keep such a large pile of paper manuals on hand. > > what is the prefered format to upload things to bitsavers in? is pdf > acceptable? > > How can i create a pdf that is not too big on file size? Can the text be > recognized and be made searchable within the scanned pdf? > > any input would be appreciated, Thanks. > > --Devin D. >