On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 01:01 Guy Dunphy via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> > I have a lot more to say about the wisdom of destroying original > publications > to scan them, especially when you are not already an expert at scanning and > the many tradeoffs. > But have to go afk just now. > There are literally dozens of classic computers that I've been able to fix or make useful thanks to scanned manuals from Al Kossow or others, where the docs are too rare for me to have found an original of. Without the scanned copies, the machines probably would have ended up scrapped. It's better to have more people making more information accessible than just hoarding documentation (and then they probably just eventually get thrown out) and not scanning them because of some curmudgeon saying they don't know the best way to do it. Pat > >
