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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