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Need Opinions Please....
I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono
newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isÅ* would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO |
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Biz WDØHCO wrote:
I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isÅ* would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO I think I might be interrested in some of them. Let us know exactly what you have. I also have some old pop'tronics mags that I might think of scanning myself (maybe have some you don't). Also some old Electronics Illustrated mags. Being a Linux person, I think the bmp format would be better for me than the PICT format. If you get over run with requests maybe someone with more time on their hands could duplicate your CD's for you (second source?). And maybe someone out there with large BW could post the iso images on the web (a month at a time for the current cd?). I'm not sure why the .tiff and .jpg formats are a problem, the QST view scans don't look too bad, and some of the problem seems to be they were made from scans of microfilms of poorly stored old magazines! Pehaps someone with some experience using image software can comment. |
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I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no
compression. Most scanned images like QST CD1s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Biz- The reason you don't like the TIFF or JPEG scans, is because they are bad scans! If done at a high enough resolution, TIFF is close to the best you can do. JPEG compresses the images to reduce file size, but will degrade them if you go too far. Although I am using a Macintosh, I think you are wasting your time with PICT and BMP formats. I would recommend scanning to TIFF and converting to JPEG for the final product, unless you can fit both TIFF and a good JPEG on one CD. If your scans have good detail, there may be more data than you expect. A format that may work with the widest selection of systems, is Adobe Acrobat PDF. That may be the best way to consolidate all of an issue's pages into a single document. Many of the equipment manuals on the net are in that format, and some have extremely fine detail. 73, Fred, K4DII |
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Biz,
Why don't you just scan one each month and have the file available for download someplace for a period of time. That way we can pick and choose the months that interest us and won't have any need for intermediate media or the costs of same? Roger, KL7Q Biz WDØHCO wrote in message ... I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isS would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO |
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Buy your wife a new scanner with the document feed tray and think about PDF files.
Think there are some open source stuff that will save as PDF. Roger and Ute Brown wrote: Biz, Why don't you just scan one each month and have the file available for download someplace for a period of time. That way we can pick and choose the months that interest us and won't have any need for intermediate media or the costs of same? Roger, KL7Q Biz WDØHCO wrote in message ... I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isS would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO |
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Because he is trying to make money out of it. I doubt the magazine would
allow this due to copyright. "Roger and Ute Brown" wrote in message ... Biz, Why don't you just scan one each month and have the file available for download someplace for a period of time. That way we can pick and choose the months that interest us and won't have any need for intermediate media or the costs of same? Roger, KL7Q Biz WDØHCO wrote in message ... I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isS would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO |
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AM200 wrote:
Because he is trying to make money out of it. I doubt the magazine would allow this due to copyright. "Roger and Ute Brown" wrote in message ... Biz, Why don't you just scan one each month and have the file available for download someplace for a period of time. That way we can pick and choose the months that interest us and won't have any need for intermediate media or the costs of same? Roger, KL7Q Biz WDØHCO wrote in message ... I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isS would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO Technically you can't even copy it and _give_ it away without violating copyright -- but they might not chase you down. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com |
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AM200 wrote:
Because he is trying to make money out of it. I doubt the magazine would allow this due to copyright. "Roger and Ute Brown" wrote in message ... Biz, Why don't you just scan one each month and have the file available for download someplace for a period of time. That way we can pick and choose the months that interest us and won't have any need for intermediate media or the costs of same? Roger, KL7Q Biz WDØHCO wrote in message ... I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isS would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO Technically you can't even copy it and _give_ it away without violating copyright -- but they might not chase you down. -- Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com |
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Buy your wife a new scanner with the document feed tray and think about PDF files.
Think there are some open source stuff that will save as PDF. Roger and Ute Brown wrote: Biz, Why don't you just scan one each month and have the file available for download someplace for a period of time. That way we can pick and choose the months that interest us and won't have any need for intermediate media or the costs of same? Roger, KL7Q Biz WDØHCO wrote in message ... I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isS would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO |
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Because he is trying to make money out of it. I doubt the magazine would
allow this due to copyright. "Roger and Ute Brown" wrote in message ... Biz, Why don't you just scan one each month and have the file available for download someplace for a period of time. That way we can pick and choose the months that interest us and won't have any need for intermediate media or the costs of same? Roger, KL7Q Biz WDØHCO wrote in message ... I¹m posting this just on the Boat Anchors, Homebrew and Antique radio-phono newsgroups. Last month at a garage sale Â* I came across a large stack of Popular Electronics and other electronic magazines from the 50¹s 60¹s and 70¹s that were about to be thrown away. Reading them has been a hoot! Unfortunately, I don¹t have the space to store them but I still would like to keep reading them. So, I plan to scan them by month on CD. One month = One CD. I will scan them in both Mac PICT format and Windows BMP format with no compression. Most scanned images like QST CD¹s are in TIFF or JPEG format which usually pretty bad for scanned paper. Yes BMP and PICT take a bit more data Â* but with a 600 Meg CD, I should be able to get an entire month with room to spare. I have written a very nice program to view PICT files for the Mac. I write my programs in SmallTalk which is object oriented so I can use the same objects and come up with a WINDOWS BMP version. It won¹t be easy but it could be done. The question isS would anyone like a copy? The idea would be to send out the current month and keep things interesting by choosing various years and sending it out once a month. Like 1956 for June and 1966 for July and so on. I plan to scan them cover to cover and keep all the ads, (which is part of the fun). To get perfect scans, I will have to destroy the binding and carefully take apart each page to be scanned. It¹ll be a lot of work. I figure $3 per CD will cover the cost and postage. No subscriptions, no eBay auctions, This offer is only for these three newsgroups. I am looking for opinions or interest only - no orders at this time Â* Please email me. If no one is interested Â* I¹ll only scan it in Mac format and keep them to myself. There will also be an upper limit Â* I don¹t¹ want to spend most of the day burning CD¹s. This is just for a few folks wanting to re-live the good old days in electronics before computers and "outsourcing American jobs to communist or socialist nations". - Biz WDØHCO |
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