On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > >> On Jun 15, 2017, at 23:11, Lyle Bickley via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Having volunteered with Collections (cataloging, etc.), I know that one >> session at VCF would be insufficient to qualify someone to properly >> handle and copy documents to museum standards. In addition, as Rich >> said, there would have to be full time CHM collections staff present to >> manage and oversee the operation. >> > > Yes, but it would at least allow people to scan stuff in their own collection > and > make it available in an acceptable form. > > A long time ago I scanned some documents and, after I made them available, the > response that I got from a museum representative was that it was in an > inappropriate > format and that I was "wasting everybody's time". I stopped scanning computer > documents at that point (I still scan and distribute automotive documents; > car people > seem to just make what they get work for their needs).
At least you got a reply. I don't even get that. On a couple of occasions I have offered stuff to Bitsavers. The first time, it was the dumps of the microcode PROMs for the HP9800 CPU, the HP9866A printer and HP11305 disk controller, along with the disassemblies I'd produced from them (with my own comments as to what is actually going on). The disassemblies were plain text files, the PROM dumps Intel-Hex (which I think is a known format). More recently I scanned (and offered here) one of the Trend paper tape reader manuals. I forget if it was the HSR500 or UDR700 one. I was quite suprised it didn't appear on bitsavers. FWIW, whichever it was I have scanned the other one too. Now, I only had access to a cheap scanner and the free software that came with it, so I suspect things could have been improved (in particular I know the .pdf files are ridiculously big). But equally over the years I have downloaded manuals for all sorts of things. Sometimes poor scans, illegible bits, pages missing. But I find that even an incomplete manual is better than none at all. I have therefore come to the conclusion that people don't want my scans (for whatever reason). And I am not going to waste my time scanning manuals as a result. So no Philips P800 schematics, etc. -tony
