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On Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:02:43 -0500, the infamous "Pete C."
scrawled the following:


Michael Gray wrote:

On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:06:51 +0000, Michael Gray wrote:

I have just posted in rec.crafts.metalworking this as an afterthought to
a reply to Ed Huntress and thought some of you may wish to run with it
too.

Received this response this morning by email:

From: Lorna (deleted) @myhobbystore.com
To: Michael Gray
Subject: digital back issues of ME
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:42:41 +0000 (08:42 PDT)

Dear Michael,

We can at present offer Model Engineer's Workshop back issues on CD,
but have not got digital archives for ME. Thank you for your comments - I
am sure we will get something similar in time, but the only problem is
that even with MEW (with considerably less issues than ME), the
collection spanned around 40 CDs!

Kind regards,

Lorna (deleted)
HR | PA to Office Manager
www.myhobbystoregroup.com

As the National Geographic 109 years issue came on 4 DVDs does anyone
have any idea as to how many DVDs the 100 odd years of Model Engineer
would take so that: it was printable/readable in print, and searchable?

Mike in BC

The data size and utility are largely a function of the amount of labor
taken in the conversion to a digital format. A pdf of full page scans of
an issue is minimal effort, but huge data size and no searchability.
Scanning the pages, OCRing the text and only including graphic content
were appropriate is a lot more labor, but much smaller data size and
provides searchability.

The latter also precludes our seeing the advertisements. I really like
to see what goodies were available (and advertised) in the magazines I
read, whether recent or decades old.

--
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in
nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding
danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.
-- Helen Keller