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Dec 12, 2007 10:41 pm
Dec 12, 2007 10:41 pm
Subject: Re: Creating a Rapier knowledge base on line?
There is a considerable ammount of data in existance on the Rapier. Unfortunatly it is not yet available in electronic form. There are many photo albums maybe between 20 and 30. All of these have been catalogued but not yet scanned. There is a card index system with detais of each car and it's owners. There is a card index of owners and cars they have owned. There are hundreds of drawings a few of which I have scanned. There is a spreadsheet listing many of the drawings but this is not yet complete. There is an index of technical articles from the News updated regularly. I collated the original technical notes and the available articles many years ago but that predated word processors. This was published in 1977. In the late 1990s I had all subsequent technical articles keyed in. In an attempt to produce comprehensive technical notes I started with the first chapter and published it as the Data Book in 1995. This now needs revision mainly as a resut of new information coming to light. When I have found a satisfactory WordStar to Word converter I guess that progress will be made.
All of these projects need a terrific ammount of work and there are not enough hours available. I was involved with the digitisation of some of the Bugatti information and know what is involved.
Who can help and where will the several GB of data be stored?
There is a considerable ammount of data in existance on the Rapier. Unfortunatly it is not yet available in electronic form. There are many photo albums maybe between 20 and 30. All of these have been catalogued but not yet scanned. There is a card index system with detais of each car and it's owners. There is a card index of owners and cars they have owned. There are hundreds of drawings a few of which I have scanned. There is a spreadsheet listing many of the drawings but this is not yet complete. There is an index of technical articles from the News updated regularly. I collated the original technical notes and the available articles many years ago but that predated word processors. This was published in 1977. In the late 1990s I had all subsequent technical articles keyed in. In an attempt to produce comprehensive technical notes I started with the first chapter and published it as the Data Book in 1995. This now needs revision mainly as a resut of new information coming to light. When I have found a satisfactory WordStar to Word converter I guess that progress will be made.
All of these projects need a terrific ammount of work and there are not enough hours available. I was involved with the digitisation of some of the Bugatti information and know what is involved.
Who can help and where will the several GB of data be stored?