On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 11:42:18 -0700 Lyle Bickley via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
--snip-- > 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" :) -- 73 AF6WS Bickley Consulting West Inc. http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
