Re: -Hard-Drives w/vulcan?

["brad" <mrbrad(remove)@ll.net>]

"Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> brad wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> > (for those keeping track i'm at item 800 of my inventory..only around
> > 1200 items to go..groan..for those who want to shell out the xerox costs
> > of hmmm....8c a page...2000 pages= $160 plus shipping i'll send you a
> > copy...or course that is just by number not sorted...once done i'll have
> > to make a set of copies and organize it by device/scsi/ap2 or gs etc
> > some kinda format like that...now..what i was hoping for was by the time
> > i got thru this there would be a scanner option (i mean really 320 bucks
> > just so i can find stuff?..apply it to a fancy printer/scanner) anyway
> > if there was such a way on the new printers...to load say 100 pages into
> > a hopper and hit >pdf< button..and viola....it autofeeds scans the docs
> > in question into .pdf files that would be ideal..but me thinks unless i
> > can break into kinko's late at nite there is no way a printer and/or
> > scanner or combo there of i could afford to do that...let me know if i'm
> > wrong i don't think i'll scan them in by hand..... hoping to be rescured
> > by technology)
>
> Brad, I think I remember you saying a few months (years?) back that
> you didn't want to use a database for your inventory...
>
> But you are now seeing why a database is a much better idea than a
> pack of paper.  Sorting a database in multiple ways is trivial, and
> updates and data entry are also trivial.
>
> And a small laptop makes it _very_ portable for "field work".  ;-)
>
> The resulting database file would be under a megabyte in size, while
> your .PDF file will be hundreds of megabytes--and it won't be sortable
> or searchable.  ;-(
>
> -michael
>
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sat around and tried to use a database program and a laptop...never did
anything...just me...found that if i have a clipboard with
blank invoice sheet and box of junk by the t.v. and a pencil..i DO actually
make progress on this...something about the laptop (maybe i play
on computer too much) just made it feel more like a pain in the ass to
do...had to concentrated more type etc...with clipboard i can kinda write
etc
w/o as much concentration..of course if i could have gotten one of those
handwriting laptops that would have been prefect for me in this project but
no $$$ for that....anyway..got tired of sitting on the project as a database
just gave up and went old school)

but the important thing is it is gonna get done i actually am making
progress vs the 2yrs before i sat on my hands looking at database programs
and half ass trying....(and truthfully i would have made a printout of the
beast database anyway for ref use) i'm just
doing it backwards..printed matter 1st then hopefully electronic .pdf  .the
bad part of my little project is that i can't shoot .pdf's out to those
interested in what i have ie...rom ver of say various xebec cards/ eproms on
various siders/ serial number etc for people looking for eproms/software or
whatever

thus my hope for a 'hopper' dump 100 pages in a combo scanner and viola .pdf
docs made of 100 scans as i walk away from it...i prob will have to
eventually just scan it a page at a time i guess

anyway...maybe after it is all done.... maybe i'd then 1 page at a time put
it into a database...but climbing around my bsmt over rubber maid containers
etc.the clip board itself is a pain...the main point is it gets done somehow

what i also do is i have a i think i could scan it is 28 lines per page
index by number i also do on each item..... along with the invoice sheet
....so worse comes to worse that will prob only be 400 pages or so...i could
scan that index by number into a .pdf file  and people could just look thru
that say hey..i have item #334 what eprom details is your unit etc...better
then what i have now

that also would work i guess

whatever gets the job done...but is amazing...like 25 boxes of rubber maid
containers pretty much fit into a large metal cabinet from wall mart...so at
least i'm claiming real estate in my bsmt back....

brad