Post AUKUI1AL8zSfbf6YYy by mdhughes@appdot.net
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(DIR) Post #AUKKnRoJ8AWXg99CV6 by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-04-05T01:52:54Z
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So, here's the story of how this will go.Today, I moved some of the 11 boxes of Computer Shoppers sent to me from Ohio, from that auction we won. I have begun storing them away.I took one package, which had three 1994 Computer Shoppers, chose a random one, and then cut out a random page and double-sided scanned it.Then uploaded the two TIFFs together to the archive. Here's the result:https://archive.org/details/computer-shopper-test-scan
(DIR) Post #AUKKyPmN1V1CZ3TFtA by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-04-05T01:54:36Z
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I've been taking it around to some scanning experts to discuss approach, etc. So, my plan is this:- Scan an issue to within an inch of its life, EXPANSIVELY- ZIP up the resulting "Raw Scans". They will not be in-browser readable.- I, or collaborators, will then take these raw scans and turn them into prettified, skew-fixed, properly set up scans.The idea being we can ALWAYS go back to the raws to re-do for various needs.
(DIR) Post #AUKLG0YFYeybXCFsqe by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-04-05T01:58:04Z
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I will store the debinded, cut-up computer shoppers in case more work needs to be done, they need a flatbed ultra-scan for certain pages, etc.This is easily 100,000 pages. It's going to take a while. But we're going to save them. We really are. Thanks to everyone who was willing to contribute towards the purchase, Wes Kennedy for packing them up for transport, and to the donor who bought a top-quality feed scanner to do the work of this digitizing.
(DIR) Post #AUKLVG5E5prC37x3wm by 0x0ddc0ffee@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T02:00:51Z
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@textfiles Cool! I used to love going through those!
(DIR) Post #AUKLrxE4N1wgDzuUZU by That_AC@masto.ai
2023-04-05T02:04:53Z
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@textfiles OMG Printer ink for less than an arm & a leg!?!?!?What is this voodoo!!!
(DIR) Post #AUKMallnoHZFj53epk by ddinge@mastodon.social
2023-04-05T02:13:03Z
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@textfiles Wow! 1599.00 for a pc that doesn't even have a modem!! And it has "Windows 31." (Gotta love that typo!)
(DIR) Post #AUKMnd3PWkDSSUQTQm by kurth@social.tchncs.de
2023-04-05T02:15:23Z
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@textfiles Love those old packed to the brim-style ads. I also remember downloading FREEHAIR.TXT or something from textfiles.com with 33k6. The file was reading something like 'How to get a free haircut. Go to the barber and let your hair cut. If they ask you to pay, just slap them one and walk out.' Hrhrhr. Could'nt resist sharing that anectode :) nice to follow you here mate
(DIR) Post #AUKMz6TuSOsOuZIAwi by erazmus@mastodon.social
2023-04-05T02:17:26Z
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@textfiles This is such a big chunk of relatively recent history that is completely missing from digital preservation. THANK YOU!
(DIR) Post #AUKNIiK1zTV5m41SN6 by leopardboy@netmonkey.xyz
2023-04-05T02:20:47Z
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@textfiles I would spend so much going through Computer Shopper. Thank you!
(DIR) Post #AUKNu0eAp1MXK3EBkm by Frances_Larina@tech.lgbt
2023-04-05T02:27:43Z
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@textfiles I don't think the young'uns know just how hefty a single Computer Shopper was...and you moved 11 boxes of them?You are doing good work preserving them for posterity & future historical research.
(DIR) Post #AUKSJQtukOXFnsy7oe by tim1724@mastodon.social
2023-04-05T03:17:08Z
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@textfiles the problem with these is that now I want to buy all the things. Starting with some 4-color ribbons for the ImageWriter II.
(DIR) Post #AUKSpa7dzuivfbijPk by mdhughes@appdot.net
2023-04-05T03:22:57Z
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@textfiles Also, CBZ format, please! I read PDFs for things with big text and low art, but anything like this (fiddly text, lots of art) needs a CBZ/CBR format. Sometimes I have to download a JP2.ZIP, scale the images to usable size, and re-zip it as CBZ so I can read.
(DIR) Post #AUKTgzYk9ajruSrcps by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-04-05T03:32:36Z
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@mdhughes Did you really think I was going to turn $3000 worth of computer shoppers at 700+ pages a issue into PDFs
(DIR) Post #AUKUI1AL8zSfbf6YYy by mdhughes@appdot.net
2023-04-05T03:39:18Z
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@textfiles You did for the test scan! That'd be a horrific churn of rendering to do all of them.The test scan's CBZ is named zip, and the TIFs seem kinda big, but they look great. Simple Comic's rendering it a little slow is all.
(DIR) Post #AUKUTD0PSpsfVpnQR6 by drwho@hackers.town
2023-04-05T03:39:40Z
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@textfiles @mdhughes With perl or a couple of shell scripts?(Seriously, that's what I thought you were going to do.)
(DIR) Post #AUKUdx2v8pcBCU5poW by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-04-05T03:42:03Z
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@mdhughes 🎶No I didn't 🎶🎶I uploaded them as a .ZIP of two TIFFs, and then the archive took that ZIP as a CBZ and turned it into a PDF intermedia keeping the originals safe, and also made the in-between JPG compilation for the screen 🎶
(DIR) Post #AUKVGvqPXkkOlbpTNY by mdhughes@appdot.net
2023-04-05T03:50:19Z
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@textfiles Looking at the JP2.ZIP now, they seem almost as good as the TIFs (not quite; thin white text on black is visibly mushy), and a much nicer size. Is there a quality setting on the uploader?
(DIR) Post #AUKVPbvexQcFbgQGFk by tasket@infosec.exchange
2023-04-05T03:51:39Z
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@textfiles Have you considered using a black backing sheet (behind the scanned page)?
(DIR) Post #AUKW70GaLZhnXYtxKq by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-04-05T03:59:45Z
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@tasket Feed scanner, not doing it
(DIR) Post #AUKZ6b9zwcn4WiBImm by Jackaninny@mastodon.social
2023-04-05T04:33:16Z
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@textfiles Daaammmm! $1 / MB for hard drives
(DIR) Post #AULsJoEjoBBPkLweG0 by cJ@mastodon.zougloub.eu
2023-04-05T19:43:15Z
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@textfiles Would you have more documentation on the process / hardware you're using for this digitization work? I know I'd find it fascinating. Thanks,
(DIR) Post #AUQJ8Qx88J0hA0QHT6 by 8_bitter@mastodon.social
2023-04-07T23:02:36Z
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@textfiles What format are the raw scans in? This is something I'd like to do when scanning magazines etc. I'd like to have a "master" that is the absolute best scan possible and derive PDFs or JPGs from that.
(DIR) Post #AUQKS1aMG1lQENg1q4 by textfiles@digipres.club
2023-04-07T23:17:21Z
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@8_bitter 600dpi tiff