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

From: Michael Nadeau <menadeau_at_mediaone.net>
Date: Thu Nov 22 18:30:10 2001

I had a problem doing what you describe with old issues of BYTE. The trim
sizes on a lot of the old magazines left little margin, and text was almost
always cut off. General rule of thumb: The thicker the magazine, the more
likely the publisher trimmed the width and height. Some BYTEs and 80 Micros
weighed nearly 2 pounds, and the publishers were desperate to get that down
to save shipping and paper costs.

--Mike

Michael Nadeau
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603-893-2379
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From: "Matt London" <classiccmp_at_knm.yi.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: Preserving old literature (was: Re: Tandy 10 Info Wanted)


> Hi,
>
> > > > 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?
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > The copy machines the local library here has are standard units. They
also
> > charge 10-15 cents a page, and are very much in need of an overhaul and
> > cleaning (very poor copies). I have a very old 3 pass HP scanner that
may
> > be ok for scanning this stuff, but I'm not sure yet. The spines of these
> > old magazines are much thinner and much more brittle then those found in
> > most paperback books.
>
> I've found that hanging one edge of the magazine over the side of the
> scanner works - you have to put the scanner on something thin and tall, so
> the whole side of the magazine droops down - the only problem then is the
> width of the plastic edges of the scanner surface/sides of scanner
>
> -- Matt
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