P3D Re: Stereo World on ONE CD?

[michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Michael Kersenbrock)]

>   One compromise would be to have scans but
> also have text files that contain the table
> of contents of each issue (and authors name
> etc) and perhaps a summary of each article
> (if someone wanted to go to that much work).
> 
>   Then you could search for whatever you
> were interested in, then go and view the
> scans of the articles.

Isn't that sort of list already available?
Seem to remember something along those lines
in the last couple (physical) issues or so.

For those lucky folk who already have a complete 
set, just having straight picture-scans of
all the pages would be of limited value.  But
to all the rest of us who don't, it'd be great.

It basically would bring the rest to roughly the 
point of all having a complete set as well.  So
to be cost effective, the price would only have
to be significantly cheaper than buying back
issue copies from the NSA or other source.  I
say significantly cheaper because for even price
the print may be picked anyway... and when buying
back issues one can pick and choose things of
greater interest.  So if one takes the back issue
price of NSA for the whole set and takes maybe
a fourth of that (or a third), could the CD be
made for that price and expected volume?

Anything over and above that would be great, but
just having readable/viewable copies on CDROM
would be fine to begin with.  Still a lot of 
work though.

Gross (perhaps scripted) scanning just to produce
a search-word-index could be a next step.  Just
to find pages.  Even if words are missing here
and there and or misspelled, it'd still be a help.

Having the text actually scanned (assuming most of
them aren't ALREADY in computer readable form
somewhere in John and other's basement) would be
even better.

These plans could be implemented by a group.  Collect 
100 P3D'ers to each scan one or several
issues apiece. 

So if each volunteer scans only one page per night,
after a year, the project scanning would be done.

Unless someone's in a hurry....

Mike K.

P.S. - QST Magazine has back issues on CDROM available.
       I think they have 5 or 10 year intervals per CD.
       That magazine is quite a bit thicker (and monthly).
       
PPS-   To be revenue generating rather than a sink to NSA, it'd
       have to be cost effective, and that means either a
       LOT of completely free volunteer work or very simple
       work (pure scanning by a summer-hire student, etc)
       and only for features that would increase sales in
       proportion to the added cost.  That which is already
       digital (or not) would make the biggest difference.


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