Thank you all for the information. I would like to preserve the information and get the books to good homes if possible. I will get a listing of what is here. If the others that have modcomp books and docs can list what they have scanned and availible, that can save on a duplication of effort scanning something that is already online.
I am Located in melbourne FL. thanks, Devin D. On Wed, Sep 22, 2021, 3:30 PM Lyle Bickley <lbick...@bickleywest.com> wrote: > AFAIK, I have an entire library of MODCOMP documentation - consisting of > over > one thousand manuals as PDF's. I will check with the person who had the > original manuals scanned and check to see if it is O.K. to zip them up and > give > them to AL to post on bitsavers. (I expect them to say "O.K."). > > Cheers, > Lyle > -- > On Wed, 22 Sep 2021 15:14:02 -0400 > Bill Degnan via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > Where are you located? We have a small amount of Modcomp docs here and > > could take on a box more of the most useful paper docs for > posterity-sake, > > to round out what's already here. > > Thanks > > Bill Degnan > > kennettclassic.com > > Kennett Square, PA > > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 3:05 PM 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? > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > any input would be appreciated, Thanks. > > > > > > --Devin D. > > > > > > > -- > 73 NM6Y > Bickley Consulting West > https://bickleywest.com > > "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero" >
