It sounds good in theory. However, when I want to get something like a pin-out description on an IC, it is actually easier pick up a vendor supplied tome for the info desired.
BTW, a lot of the manufacturers and businesses are publishing their own CDROMs. Case in point:
Mouser sells electronic stuff. They did pretty much just as you recommended, cutting and scanning their paper catalog into.pdf files. Their first catalog on CD was quite pathetic....
Having learned their lesson, they apparently found a way to clean up the mess and now they have both a decent CDROM catalog and also publish on paper.
Now, about.pdf....
I HATE IT! AND I HATE ADOBE!
Let me explain. Why make a %$#%# CDROM in a format meant for PAPER?!?!? Don't get me wrong, I'm no busom buddy of Billy G, but Microsoft lets you zip thru text easier than anything Adobe ever did.
They can keep their silly little free reader. I translate.pdf to text whenever possible.
Yes to this. Who gives a rat's ass about files several years old? Looking at old backups on my floppies is painful just from the boring contents. Lets hope Uncle's (Sam's) media on its citizens suffers a similar fate.:)
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It sounds good in theory. However, when I want to get something like a pin-out description on an IC, it is actually easier pick up a vendor supplied tome for the info desired.
.pdf files. Their first catalog on CD was quite pathetic....
.pdf....
.pdf to text whenever possible.
BTW, a lot of the manufacturers and businesses are publishing their own CDROMs. Case in point:
Mouser sells electronic stuff. They did pretty much just as you recommended, cutting and scanning their paper catalog into
Having learned their lesson, they apparently found a way to clean up the mess and now they have both a decent CDROM catalog and also publish on paper.
Now, about
I HATE IT! AND I HATE ADOBE!
Let me explain. Why make a %$#%# CDROM in a format meant for PAPER?!?!? Don't get me wrong, I'm no busom buddy of Billy G, but Microsoft lets you zip thru text easier than anything Adobe ever did.
They can keep their silly little free reader. I translate
Yours,
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Yes to this. Who gives a rat's ass about files several years old? Looking at old backups on my floppies is painful just from the boring contents. Lets hope Uncle's (Sam's) media on its citizens suffers a similar fate. :)