Checkers Treasure Hunt Down Under

[Jay H]

In my collection i have McCalls [Rambles of the Switcher] original and dated 1916 @a price of 50 cent[US] Lol.

Is this for sale...???

[liam stephens]

Hi Jay,

Having just read the R.D. Yates Checker Player book on the site mentioned above, he might be a candidate
for your Mt Rushmore list of four.

Regards - Liam.

[Jay H]

Hi Jay,

Having just read the R.D. Yates Checker Player book on the site mentioned above, he might be a candidate
for your Mt Rushmore list of four.

Regards - Liam.

Yeah...America's original "shooting star"....
Other American shooting stars..Gonotsky, Lieber, Rosenfield, Chamblee (among others).
British ....French, Levy, Gallagher (among others).
All men who burst on the scene, blazed a trail, and left way too soon......

Regards

Jay H

[tommyc]

HEEhewehehe That was the price in 1916 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[50cent]..........i wasnt abt then , i bought it in whole collection offa a guy whose deceased father was a Mail player...................its just a lil small handbook to could put in yur pocket,abt 5inches by 4 id say, roughly.

[Danny_Alvarez]

im sure 50 cents was worth a lot more back then

[liam stephens]

A Man of Means

"Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let...fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road."

P S I just got a copy of Richard Pask's Starting out in Draughts for 99 pence on ebay
I already have a copy, but I think it was Oldbury who said you should get 2 copies of every book on Draughts, one for the bookshelf and one for cut outs.

[john reade]

I just bought a copy of Starting Out In Draughts at Hoyle's in Oxford for £10. I think you got a better deal Liam!

[Danny_Alvarez]

I could just about hear the music Liam

and that price for Mr Pask's book is an absolute steal. You shouldnt be discouraged John you paid market value

cheers
Danny

[progenic]

I have found quite a number of bargains on ebay, just won Tom Wiswell's regulated board for 99 cents usd. Bought 1 volume of the British Draughts Journal (hardbound) from Amazon for 19.99 usd(1955-1956).

[Danny_Alvarez]

Jason i think that grabbing a bargain is twice as satisfying as just finding the right book

I really enjoy looking but lately everything checkers seems to have gone sky high havent found a really really well priced item in a while
cheers
Danny

[George Hay]

This one is new to me, another checker book by W.T. Call, Vocabulary of Checkers.

http://www.archive.org/stream/vocabular ... 7/mode/2up

[Jay H]

This one is new to me, another checker book by W.T. Call, Vocabulary of Checkers.

http://www.archive.org/stream/vocabular ... 7/mode/2up

An awesome find, and an excellent post George !!!!

Can anyone present on the forum school me on what technology, program, etc., etc. was used to produce this (hit the link to see what I am referring to..)
I have been waiting for several months for the "ION BOOK SAVER" that was shown at an expo last January...with a proposed release date of April...but it has not yet been released. Google it to see the demo......
But, whatever was used for this (Call's Vocabulary) looks incredible......again, can anyone give me info on how this is done.
I have tons (literally thousands of pages) of things I would post....some pretty rare stuff that could probably never be found elsewhere....
Jay "any help appreciated" H

[JohnAcker]

Can anyone present on the forum school me on what technology, program, etc., etc. was used to produce this (hit the link to see what I am referring to..)
I have been waiting for several months for the "ION BOOK SAVER" that was shown at an expo last January...with a proposed release date of April...but it has not yet been released. Google it to see the demo......
But, whatever was used for this (Call's Vocabulary) looks incredible......again, can anyone give me info on how this is done.
I have tons (literally thousands of pages) of things I would post....some pretty rare stuff that could probably never be found elsewhere....
Jay "any help appreciated" H

From the Archive.org FAQ:

How do you do your sponsored scanning for Contributing Libraries?

The Smithsonian Institution shares this video about the scanning Archive.org does to help make more of their Libraries' materials accessible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WztO6fSsxCA (comment from John: not a very helpful video, and the music is annoying)

One Do It Yourself approach can be found here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Hig ... d-Cheap-C/
http://www.instructables.com/id/SGP6LHRFTM72YMN/

This $300 book-scanning machine is somewhat similar to the Scribe machine used by Archive.org, which also uses open source software for processing book images.

The open source image processing software used by Archive.org:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scribesw/

Discussion as development proceeded is in the reviews of http://www.archive.org/details/thelatchkey01millarch/

[liam stephens]

John Acker wrote:

The Smithsonian Institution shares this video about the scanning Archive.org does to help make more of their Libraries' materials accessible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WztO6fSsxCA (comment from John: not a very helpful video, and the music is annoying)

Wow !!! That piano piece might be one of John Reade's favourites.

[Jay H]

One Do It Yourself approach can be found here:
http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Hig ... d-Cheap-C/

"Take your camera, and hold it over the edge of any dumpster you find interesting. When you get home, see if there's anything that will help you. Later, return under cover of darkness and recover whatever it is you needed."



Thanx John....but, with all due respect to all concerned, I'll probably wait for the Ion book Saver....

Jay " No dumpster diving" H