New Guy Seeks Advice

[TempusIrae]

Hey Pholks!

 

My wife wanted me to clear out the garage and I feel that I need to part with my beloved retro mags that are just boxed up. Theyre not mint or anything so they're not valuable (albeit sentimental for nostalgia).

Ive got PC Gamers from 1994 (Early/July 1994), Nintendo Power (I was one of the first subscribers), and Electronic Gaming Monthly circa July 1994. Would appreciate some scanning tips that use an ADF - Do you cut the spine off and then scan? If so - what's the best way to go about doing that? I don't have time for the page by page schtick as I have two kids who keep me busy. LOL

As a hobby I work on developing / coding a private server running World of Warcraft (WotLK and Cataclysm) using TrinityCore. Yeah, that direction of geekdom. :)

Nice to be here, look forward to interacting.

 

JH

[E-Day]

If you have enough magazines to make it worth it, a heavy duty guillotine paper cutter like this one is the easiest and fastest way to cut off the spines.

[Areala]

If you don't want to buy your own guillotine paper cutter, you can always visit a copy shop like FedEx Office. They have industrial guillotine paper cutters, and they'll be happy to take the spine off anything you need them to. You'll pay a bit of money, but if you only need to de-bind a few magazines, it's much cheaper than buying your own cutter and having to store it at home.

*huggles*
Areala