On 15/06/2017 23:01, Lyle Bickley via cctalk wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:42:18 -0700
Lyle Bickley <lbick...@bickleywest.com> wrote:
Note: This is a re-post - as my last post didn't seem to make it to
cctalk...
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I have personally reviewed several boxes of the DEC archives - and
they are a terrific asset in understanding both DEC's business
successes and failures, engineering prowess and bad decisions, etc.
Al and others have discussed on cctalk the implications and
cost of publishing the CHM's massive DEC archives. It would be a huge
undertaking - but if the funding were available, it could be done.
In the past, I personally funded the CHM scanning of all of the "Amateur
Computer Society's" newsletters. I did so because it was the "first"
hobby-centered computer publication*. (It was published from 1966-1976).
You can see the results (and download it) here:
http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102654910
My suggestion would be that if we want the DEC archives available, we
should prioritize what we find most valuable, pool our resources ($$$)
and fund the scanning of the documents incrementally based on priority.
One of the reasons I've personally been reviewing the DEC material is to
determine what, if any, scanning I might be willing to fund.
Regards,
Lyle
* And I was a member of the "Amateur Computer Society" :)
They may not have Xeroxed when they cataloged.
That would have been standard practice over here.
Had they done there would have been a secondary source to scan.
You would think computer people had heard of a backup.
I fear there's more enthusiasium
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There is no wrong or right
Nor black and white.
Just darknessand light
