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Sambo

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Nov 16, 2009, 11:00:35 AM11/16/09
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Hey gang,

I have a bunch of old magazines including V1N1 of Byte.

I would like to keep them, but can't afford to move them and store
them anymore.
What do you folks think about my cutting them up and scanning them ?
Any ideas will help.

TIA,
Fitz

Bill Marcum

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Nov 16, 2009, 12:47:47 PM11/16/09
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You could auction the Byte V1N1, maybe in a set with the first however many
issues you have. If it's not in perfect condition, be honest about the
condition it's in.

Sambo

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Nov 16, 2009, 3:53:08 PM11/16/09
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On Nov 16, 10:47 am, Bill Marcum <marcumb...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On 2009-11-16, Sambo <fitz...@gmail.com> wrote:> Hey gang,

Bill,

Thank you for the reply.

I didn't explain what I'm looking for very well.

Right now to scan these docs, I have to cut them up. I don't want to.
Is there some other way to capture these w/o having to slice and dice?

Thanks,
Fitz

Barry Watzman

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Nov 16, 2009, 9:54:08 PM11/16/09
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I think that the early editions of Byte were stapled. Those could be
unstapled, scanned, and restapled. I have done that for a number of
manuals. They changed to "perfect binding" (the normal, glued type of
magazine binding) later.

Sambo

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Nov 16, 2009, 10:35:45 PM11/16/09
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I really hate to cut them, but I have to get rid of the bulk.

I'll keep monitoring this thread for a week and then I'm going to do
something.
Thank you both for your time,

Fitz

Axel Berger

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Nov 17, 2009, 12:59:00 AM11/17/09
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*Sambo* wrote on Mon, 09-11-16 21:53:

>have to cut them up. I don't want to. Is there some other way to capture
>these w/o having to slice and dice?

Yes, you could use a so-called book-scanner. But I would not value the
paper items that highly. Provided your document scanner delivers good
quality you do more for everyone by making them available than by
preserving their outer form. Manually placing all pages onto the book
scanner individually is a lot of work I wouldn't do, unless necessary.

And that says one, who has scanned whole books at up to 200 pages per
hour. It's not that onerous, when listeing to audiobooks against the
boredom, but it does take time.

Sambo

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Nov 17, 2009, 4:27:41 PM11/17/09
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I've got a snapscan that does a great job of scanning, and it has the
doc feeder.

Can I make these oldies available w/o running into Copyright problems?

Any suggestions on a very good PDF to TXT converter?

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