Preserving old literature (was: Re: Tandy 10 Info Wanted)

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed Nov 21 03:11:53 2001

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Michael Nadeau wrote:
> From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
>
> > Speaking of 80 Micro...has anyone scanned the issues from 1980-1983? I
> > have a collection covering all of 1980-1982, and about 1/4th of '83
> > (starting with issue #1). I haven't yet scanned anything since I am unsure
> > about how to do so w/o damaging them.
>
> If I were to do it, I'd sacrifice a less-than-pristine copy for the
> cause--not an option if you don't have a duplicate, of course. Scanning some
> of those bigger issues without taking them apart is near impossible (I've
> tried), and there's no way to reassemble the magazine.

I don't have any duplicates, so taking them apart in such a way that ruins
them isn't an option for me. I guess I need to find an expert on book
binding and see what they can come up with. Maybe there is a special
scanner out there that was made for doing this kind of thing?

-Toth
Received on Wed Nov 21 2001 - 03:11:53 GMT