> On Sep 22, 2021, at 14:05, devin davison via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Hello, > > The person that refered me to my present job at a datacenter passed away > this past monday. He was a hardware / software engineer for modcomp > computers. He left me all of the computers and documents. there are too > many books to keep, stuff concerning the modcomp computers that is not > saved anywhere else that i can tell. > > I have picked up storage containers for all the books, and i can scan it > all. after that, its all probally going in the recycle bin, as i dont know > where or how i would keep such a large pile of paper manuals on hand. > > what is the prefered format to upload things to bitsavers in? is pdf > acceptable?
If you go to bitsavers.org there is a short contributor’s guide. For B/W, CCITT Group 4 tiffs at 400dpi is what I do, but then I also generate a PDF from them for my own use, and put both on my Google drive and notify Al Kossow of an available contribution. > How can i create a pdf that is not too big on file size? Can the text be > recognized and be made searchable within the scanned pdf? Bitsavers will post process and create a searchable PDF > > any input would be appreciated, Thanks. > > --Devin D.