I have always pondered... Which will last the eternity? Archive.org Or... CHM? Of course, the best plan is to stash stuff at all the archiving facilities. Geographically diverse storage has always been a favorite topic of our. NOTE!> Make it clear, on your passing, that material or copies of such is distributed on a wide basis. You might also see about places to leave copies at Living Computer Museum and others. Lets face it, with Paul Allen's backing, I do not think they are going away for a long long time, or if ever. I hear good things about them. Just some thought.... Ed# _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) In a message dated 6/16/2017 5:54:27 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
Archive.org will take all your scans no questions asked. Mail me if you need assistance. On Jun 16, 2017 11:47 AM, "Toby Thain via cctalk" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2017-06-16 1:40 PM, Tony Duell via cctalk wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 6:20 PM, Rob Jarratt >> <robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> I would suggest that it is not a waste of time at all. If BitSavers >>> won't have them >>> then perhaps someone else will? That could go for other scans that have >>> been >>> deemed inappropriate for bitsavers. >>> >> >> Maybe, maybe not... >> >> If I have something scanned or otherwise available I will try to pass >> it on to anyone >> that wants it. I am not going to be selfish about it. >> >> BUT... To scan, say the P851 technical manual (both volumes) would take >> several >> days. I am not going to do that on the off-chance that somebody wants >> it. I don't >> want it, I have it on paper which I find more convenient at the bench. >> >> I have somewhat bitter experience of this. Some time ago somebody noticed >> I had a Trend HSR reader in one of my photos on filckr. They asked if I >> had the >> manual. I do, and I scanned it for him. I mentioned it here and nobody was >> interested in making it public. At the same time I found the Trend UDR >> manual, >> so I scanned that too. I assume nobody would want that, so I've not >> bothered >> to even try to get it 'out there'. >> >> -tony >> >> > I second geneb. Just submit to archive.org as a default, in addition to > wherever else. > > Somebody pointed out to me that they also have tools: > https://internetarchive.readthedocs.io/en/latest/cli.html > > > --Toby > > > >
