Computer Shopper scans?

[William Donzelli]

> I urge you to keep the paper copy. Paper is one of the longest
> preservable forms of information. Properly taken care of it will last
> centurys. Even Computer Shopper with its acid based paper would last a
> couple of centuries boxed in a dry environment.

No, not that newsprint crap. It will start disintegrating within 50
years, and the costs associated with acid paper stabilization are very
high. I see how the hobby publications of the 1940s are falling apart
now, and Computer Shopper is in the same danger.

The paper would be good to keep, however, I would not count on it
being archival in any way. Like it, or (mostly) not, Computer Shopper
is a very important slice of computing history.

--
Will