Re: Link to Manual Apple II Dos - Apple II " The DOS Manual - Disk Operating System "

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Vintage Computer Manuals wrote:
> Micheal ,
>
>   sorry.  I guess my inexperience at desctiption.
>   What would be the best way to post these Apple DOS manuals online.
>   They were previously posted as pdf files for download.
>   I have the scans so I can do the reposts as you advise .

I'm not sure what problem you were addressing.

I have broadband access to the net, so a .pdf is much more
convenient, permitting full offline access and archiving.

Were you addressing the need for people with low-bandwidth
connections to browse the document online?

Of course, what would *really* be wonderful--assuming that it
could be done without introducing lots of typos--would be to
have it in completely OCRed form with graphics inserted, either
as a much smaller, searcheable .pdf or even as a Word document.

But this seems unlikely, given the amount of human effort required.

> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
> > Vintage Computer Manuals wrote:
> >
> > > Link to Manual  Apple II  Dos  - Apple II  " The DOS Manual - Disk
> > > Operating System " Manual   reposted in Word File format with 10 pages
> > > of the manual per webpage.
> > > Should be faster to load and download than the PDF file format
> > >
> > > link:
> > > http://vintagecomputermanuals.com/Apple%20PRODOS%20Manual/manual__apple_ii__dos%20%20LINKS%20MAIN.htm
> > >
> > >
> > > http://vintagecomputermanuals.com/Apple%20PRODOS%20Manual/manual__apple_ii__dos%20%20LINKS%20MAIN.htm
> >
> > What I find there are just links to HTTP pages with 10 .jpg's each.
> > To me, "Word File format" implied that OCR was done.  (Of course,
> > I know that Word *can* hold almost anything.)
> >
> > I find 10-page chunks of .jpg's *much* less usable than a .pdf of the
> > whole thing.  (Though I suppose if I were connected with dialup, and
> > looking for a specific thing, it could save some time.)

-michael

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