First I will upload graphics included in the various articles. This is
because these are the easiest to handle, requiring only one pass of the
scanner (sorry, maybe flatbed later) and no intermediary OCR stuff.
Then, I will upload the text of the articles (assuming I can configure
my silly OCR to work right).
Then, I will upload a graphic full-page version of each page of every
NZT. This is quite an undertaking, as there are something like 120
pages (that I possess) to scan, and each scan requires bit editing to
"stitch" the passes together. Again, sorry I only have a handheld
scanner; maybe by the time I get to this stage I will again have access
to a flatbed, but I really don't know.
Puzzles will be either graphics or text, depending on their type. I
mean, Puzzle #11 (connect-the-dotes) would have to be at least partly
graphic, but Puzzle #12 (asking mult-choice questions, the choices of
which are directions instead of A-B-C-D) is easily all-text. I'll use
my judgement here.
Graphics will be GIFs. For pages and graphics which have little or no
shading, I will use B&W GIFs; for everything else I plan to use
halftoned pages. This, of course, is pending how they look--if I get
too much moire crap I'll have to go to a grayscale of some sort.
Text, obviously, will be ASCII. "Funny characters" will be encoded in
the ISO-Latin standard, I guess.
Tentatively, the naming convention I'll use is "nzt-VIPPP", where V is
volume, I is issue, and PPP is the "item #"; I'll have an Index file for
these. I'll leave the subdirectory grouping up to Volker, although I
guess grouping by issue is best.
All of this is pending an OK from Activision and an excursion through
copyright law. I will start working on the scanning, though.
Don Blaheta
blahedo@quincy.edu
mblaheta@xnet.com