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Old 10th Apr 2023, 4:16 pm   #12
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Default Re: Tandy, Radio-Shack catalogues and history

I have one of these scanners https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plustek-Opt.../dp/B005AHBGZ6 which is more suited for scanning books and publications with glued spines that can't be folded flat. Folding to 90 degrees can cause some spine damage still, but not too serious.

However it does lose around 5mm at the bound edge which can be a problem depending on the page layout (I scanned BVWS Bulletins for the website using it and where there are photos or diagrams spanning a pair of pages there is a small part missing in the middle).

Regarding copyright, the Tandy brand name is now owned by a company in Oxford https://www.tandyonline.com/customer-service however it is unlikely that they would bother pursuing it as there is no financial or business benefit in doing so.

They have scans of two old catalogues on their website https://www.tandyonline.com/catalogues so if contacted appropriately they may well acknowledge what we are doing and understand the interest.
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