[Coco] Re: quota : scans of old magazines

[Richard E. Crislip]

Hello Ward
  
On 12/25/03, Ward Griffiths wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 December 2003 09:02 am, LM wrote:
>> "John Guin" wrote:
>>> This thread forces an issue I was going to raise in a few weeks.  I
>>> plan
>> 
>> on
>> 
>>> using my scanner to scan my set of Color Computer Magazines and Hot
>>> Coco magazines to PDF files.  Mostly I'm doing this for myself -
>>> the paper and staples holding these issues together aren't going to
>>> last much longer,
>> 
>> and I
>> 
>>> would like a more permanent method of storing them.
>> 
>> Doesn't that take quite a bit of time to scan in all those pages
>> or have you found a quick way to do it?  I've been scanning
>> some public domain sheet music recently and it seems like it
>> takes forever and I'm just doing some of the songs.
> 
> Takes a ton of time.  I'm presently scanning many years of "American 
> Mercury" and it takes for bloody ever.  (I think Dennis and _maybe_ 
> half a dozen other subscribers to this list will recognize the 
> reference, but I won't count on it -- amazing how few geeks are 
> libertarians and how few libertarians are geeks).
> 
>> Is there any possibility of copying the material to CD and
>> making CD copies available for people who already own the issues?
>> Would love to have electronic copies of some of my older
>> magazines as they're starting to bother my allergies when I come
>> in contact with them.
> 
> After it gets scanned to HD, the leisure time eventually has to come 
> around to move those files to a .iso and then burn it to a CD.  
> Scanning straight to a CD don't work unless you have lots and lots of 
> money, plus people to retry the project when it (inevitably) fails.  
> You _can't_ record and copy straight to CD.  Tried it, still have the 
> coasters under beer glasses.  Scan.  Organize.  Build ISO.  Burn CD.  
> Can't be competently done with less steps and should probably take a 
> couple more.

Kinda sounds like the process i have to go through to get my VHS videos
moved to DVD. Very time consuming and ssllloooooowwwwwwww. But fun 8-).

Regards
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                                             Richard