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Title: Scanning your old magazines. EPSON DS-520 recommended
Post by: wilfred on February 04, 2017, 07:23:18 am
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Title: Re: Scanning your old magazines. EPSON DS-520 recommended
Post by: EEVblog on February 04, 2017, 07:41:24 am
I have complete scans of the old EA magazines from 1976. They are pretty crusty black and white scans though.
ETI as well
Title: Re: Scanning your old magazines. EPSON DS-520 recommended
Post by: Brumby on February 04, 2017, 08:11:31 am
I don't suppose there could be access to those for someone who has a collection beginning in 1967?
Title: Re: Scanning your old magazines. EPSON DS-520 recommended
Post by: EEVblog on February 04, 2017, 08:17:37 am
I've got one of these too, but haven't used it in anger yet.
http://www.czur.com/ (http://www.czur.com/)
Title: Re: Scanning your old magazines. EPSON DS-520 recommended
Post by: SL4P on February 04, 2017, 09:38:30 am
I'll admit being an idiot. I was given an absolutely complete collection when I was a young teenager - in excellent/VG condition.

Of course I browsed & read through them all over a couple of years, but had no idea of their effective worth - and sold a few years to another hobbyist - then literally dumped the rest.

The collection started as R&H in the late 1930's through RTV&H, into EA at the time they were given to me in early 1970's !     Close to 40 years including wartime issues in one place!

Kick me now. :clap:
So many tech milestones and articles that literally helped establish the Australian electronics industry - and news about Australian electronics manufacturing..
I did appreciate them and their content - but it was several stacks of dusty paper for a teenager - I had no idea!!
Title: Re: Scanning your old magazines. EPSON DS-520 recommended
Post by: VK3DRB on February 04, 2017, 11:50:03 am
Few people know that only 4% of Australia's newspapers have ever been scanned. Turnbull has starved funding for it at Trove. Maybe it would be a good task for the prison population to do. They could also be forced to do EA and ETI and Radio and Hobbies as well.
Title: Re: Scanning your old magazines. EPSON DS-520 recommended
Post by: JoeO on February 04, 2017, 12:29:18 pm
If it is legal, when you are done scanning your magazines you might want to consider sending the PDFs to Dave at this website.
http://www.americanradiohistory.com/index.htm (http://www.americanradiohistory.com/index.htm)

American newspapers have been putting their product onto microfilm for a long time.  Tom has been converting them to PDFs.  His collection is larger than the Smithsonian's
http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html (http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html)

I have been in contact with both gentlemen.  They are standup guys and dedicated to what they are doing.