Yo compacters everywhere, Our macotaku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> askz:
<<I have one right here at the moment which I'm scanning for a friend of mine, it belongs to him so I thought a PDF would be better then nothing and then I found that one Macworld on eBay and did the buy it now. Anyone any ideas how to best preserve it?>> Yup. First, don't freeze it. Do keep it away from light and nasty air. You will want to contact a (very) high end picture frame shop or a university library. They will refer you to a "conservator", a specialist in document preservation. From there, it is a Visa card exercise. Longevity costs money. How long do you want your zine to last? And, yup, owning a picture frame shop is one of those things I used to do among my (to) many careers. Bye the waye, your zine will make a very fine display over your Macs if properly framed. JUST DO IT! The -p's advice about keeping your zine away from plastics is spot on for the correct reason. For preservation, even "acid free" or "acid neutralized" products won't do much much better than five years. Only museum grade 100 percent rag cotton products meet the conservator's standards. If the goal is to impress Mac people (I am already impressed) for maybe a couple of decades, just keep it in the dark in cool moderately dry clean air. Don't touch it except for proper high hallowed rituals amongst true Mac believers. And I hereby cast my vote that discussion of a first edition of Macworld is indeed on topic here. BIG TIME! It's just as, if not more on topic than The Dead Mac Scrolls. Bill -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
