Archives, CD-ROMs and such

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

> From: Neil Frank <nfrank@mindspring.com>

> YES. I will try to remember to bring to Chatanooga. Only problem is that
> they are produced by the old mimeo process, so many of the letters are not
> uniformly formed.

Excellent!  I've always wanted to see these old volumes. I can correct
for some of the malformed printing when I scan them.

> From: "Dorothy Reimer" <dreimer@wwdc.com>

>     I have always thought of AGA a continuation of AAGA and I think that the
> first 3 Volumes should be in our archives. Archives is something I hope we
> have time to discuss this coming weekend. I still have the original
> membership books from when I started them and have kept them as well as
> other info.

Some of this might be interesting to include as part of the archive
CD-ROM.  Interestingly, here's how much space is required for...

Back issues V4 - present                187 Meg
Showcase/Contest                        166 Meg

Even together, they are way under the 650 meg that can be stored on a CD.
Perhaps we can just make ONE disk that has both, plus any other
interesting archival/computer geekiness material we want. 

Incidentally, based on initial playing with the showcase website from
"normal" people's computers (that don't have broadband connectivity), I
think that we will have folks that will buy the CD just to see the
pictures faster.  To this end, I'm thinking of limiting the resolution on
the website to 800x600 or 640x480 and then including the better
resolutions on the CD as a "bonus".

I will be bringing all this stuff on a laptop with me to the conference,
if anyone wants to preview what's done.

  - Erik

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Erik Olson
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