Looking for opinions...

[Kevin Parker]

I previously worked for an insurance company and a very old issue reared its ugly head. Trouble was all the claim and policy info was on literally a truckload of microfiche and to find anything took three days (seriously) so ICT had them all scanned to PDF and OCR'd - it worked a treat but of course an expensive option depending on volume of course.


Kevin Parker



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From: cctech <cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Paul Anderson via cctech
Sent: Wednesday, 28 March 2018 19:00
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Subject: Looking for opinions...

There are probably no perfect answers to this problem. I am looking for opinions, not criticism. I do not want to start arguments, nor get anyone here, especially Jay, pissed off.

I found a stack of DEC microfiche  a few nights ago. It's probably about 12 inches tall, and contains PM Procedures, IPBs, Manuals, Tech Info, and several type of Logistics, BOMs, vendors, etc which I will deal with later.  Most of it is "company confidential", not that it matters anymore.  The bulk of my microfiche is still missing.

Several months ago there was a discussion here about breaking up sets. this is not a "set". It is made up of bunches found in different places at different times.  I'm guessing a "set" of this would be an inch or two thick.

My short list of options for disposal are as follows in order of current preference are:


1  Sort to get several sizable sets, sell the rest as partials.  A LOT of sorting

2  Take requests to cherry pick, and sell as few smaller sets. Still a LOT of sorting.

3  Call Al.  Oh, he gets a crack at whatever he needs anyway.

4   Sell it as a lot

5   Sell on e-pay.

6   Put it back where I found it.

The first 3 are going to take a lot of time.

Thanks in advance, Paul