Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:00:41 -0500 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Waaaaay OT, sorry. Message-ID: <17292.27929.283086.349688@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20051129065126.GA10783@thought.org> References: <20051129060512.GA10583@thought.org> <200511282215.08918.vizion@vizion.occoxmail.com> <20051129065126.GA10783@thought.org>
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Gary Kline writes: > Microscope; that never cross my mind. I think my pal took > stuff to the main library one night and tried capturing the data > from the reader. Not very successful; I don't know the details. > (We are around 1200 miles apart.) Any ballpark SWAG what power > lens might work here? I only touched m'fiche one time ever, so > have no idea. Money is an issue since there are 400+ pages. With due respect to the last sentence, "doing it yourself" may not be worth the hassle. Were I in your friends position, the first thing I would do would be to go to a university or major public library and have a talk with their archiving and conversion specialist. Whether or not it is technically or economically feasible, if there is a solution to this they probably know it and can give you pointers. Robert Huff
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