Fred R. Hinkle
304 13TH ST NE
Austin MN 55912
 
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> From: Paul Drez <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Olividae
> Date: Thursday, January 22, 1998 10:11 AM
>
> At 10:09 AM 1/22/98 EST, you wrote:
> >Paul,
> >  Your statements about the Burch's book raising the
question of your typing
> >it into your hard drive. If you are doing this via a
word processor program
> >such as WordPerfect or Word, would you consider sending
copies of your file
> >via email to interested individuals.
> >  I realize this puts the onus of the work on a single
individual.
> However, if
> >you are already doing this for your own personal
gratification, what about
> >consider sharing the wealth with others. It's a
conchology way of expanding
> >information that otherwise is unavailable in this out of
print wealth of
> >knowledge. Just an idea. DanShell
> >
> The copy I have is probably good enough to scan into an
OCR program and
> convert to text with a LOT OF PROOF READING AND I MEAN A
LOT OF PROOF
> READING, but I want it in database format for the sorting
capabilities,
> particularly as I add new species and species that the
Burch's missed.  As
> I mentioned yesterday, I am putting it into the Microsoft
database Access.
> This will allow me to do searches on the data for my
research.  It could be
> printed out in a tabular format in Excel or even in a
Word Processing
> program like Wordperfect or Word for other people.
Realize that this is a
> slow process, 5 species/day and since I just started it
recently (and do
> not have time each day to do it) I am only on page 4 or
45!
>
> Now, I do have a pretty good "master xerox" of the
Burch's catalog.  Rather
> than waiting for me to finish my data entry (which may
take a long time),
> if someone REALLY wants a copy, I have a pretty good
xerox machine
> associated with my consulting business and I would be
willing to make
> double-sided copies (to cut down on the postage) for
people.  Now here are
> the rules:
>
> 1) DO NOT HIT THAT REPLY BUTTON, SEND ME THE EMAIL
PRIVATELY!!  IF YOU DO
> HIT THE REPLY BUTTON AND IT GOES TO THE ENTIRE GROUP,
YOUR NAME GOES TO THE
> BOTTOM OF THE LIST!
>
> 2) Send me you name and address and I will send you a
copy as I have time,
> in the order received by email
>
> 3) Don't worry about the cost of the xeroxing and
postage, it will be
> minimal - I think!
>
> 4) I will include in each copy a list of rarer recent
Olivellas that I am
> looking for.  Even if I get a single specimen of a single
species that I am
> looking for just one person, this whole effort will be
worth it!
>
> Paul Drez