[Milsurplus] film

[J. Forster]

Well, it might be available at the Boston Public Library, but it is just
not a useful format to me. I've got 5x7 card file drawers full of fiches
and a couple of readers, but never use them. It's just too awkward to use
a fiche while working on something.

I don't even much like a laptop with a .pdf manual, to be honest. I really
don't like to pan and scroll and zoom in and out. I'd much rather have a
HC print.

YMMV,

-John

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> I get 16 mm and 35 mm roll film duplicated whileI wait - silver is
> supposed to last 200 years, if stored properly, according to the Library
> of Congress. The Gloucester County (VA) Library recently bought film
> readers that read out on a computer and make copies off the screen. I
> grant you, 20 years ago film printers were unreliable. I get copies of
> my film as diazo, which is harder to scratch than silver emulsion. If
> all else failed you could read if with a loupe.
>   -Gordon White
>