Re: Microfiche scanning

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

>         So, the $3000 questions are: How much micro fiche is out there? What does it
> really look like? How many pages of information are contained in this stack of
> film? Does it need to be indexed, etc.? Are there 100 people ready to spend
> $30+ for this product? Is this legal? Discuss amongst yourselves... Actually,
> would some fiche owner write and tell me how far off the mark I am? I need
> numbers to crunch.

Well, my single sheet na coupe fiche is about 8 x 10 and has probably
200-250 individual "views", which are not 8.5 x 11 but more like a 4:3
horizontal ratio.  About 12 people expressed interest in copies at one
point before the "copier" decided to bail (I don't blame him), at $25
per paper set...

And there must be 20 or 30 different fiches of concern to different
people.

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Huw Powell

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