More on manuals plus rescue

Tothwolf tothwolf at concentric.net
Tue Aug 18 08:35:55 CDT 2015


On Tue, 18 Aug 2015, Shoppa, Tim wrote:

> I certainly feel bitsavers is a good model, and although I'm physically 
> not too far away from the stuff, I'm not sure I have much to offer other 
> than disk space on a server for staging.
>
> http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4695
>
> (previous link: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/4683 )

The problem I've found with scans is that even at 600 dpi you lose detail 
necessary to make use of a lot of the material in these types of manuals 
(especially parts designations and values on schematics). It is amazing 
just how high the print quality is for many of these 1950s/60s/70s 
manuals.


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