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

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Thu Nov 22 00:16:14 2001

Aren't the copy machines you find in the libraries
designed to copy pages in a book without breaking it's
spine/back. Just makes copies at the library, then
scan the copies.




Tothwolf wrote:
>
> 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
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