Re: CP CD-ROM

Carl Mazur (cherryhillcp@freenet.hamilton.on.ca)
Thu, 21 Nov 1996 16:37:31 -0500 (EST)

Hi All,
> Carl, this is an absolutely fantastic offer! I'm sure we can scare up a
> complete set of back issues for your class. If necessary, I'd be happy
> to loan you my set.

I talked to one kid today, he's real anxious to get involoved. I've got
him hooked on CP, and he can't get enough CP information. This would be
a great "learning moment" as I like to call it, or should I say "learning
eon". It'll take abit of time!!!

> I'm imagining each issue converted to ASCII html format with in-lined
> thumbnail picture, each expanding into a full-sized picture when "clicked
> on." All the pictures would also be linked into the CP database as
> IMAGE entries.
>
> I'm planning to replace my name, which is currently at the bottom of
> each page in the database with a link to "the CP documentation team" -
> an alphabetical "rogues list" of contributors. Each person would have
> the opportunity to send in a photo and bio for acknowledgment on the
> CD-ROM and on the WEB page. This will also be a nice place for us to
> see what we all look like! Of course, we'd also acknowledge your
> students with a page and photo for each one - they ought to get a kick
> out of that.

This all sounds like a very ambitious project. I hope there are other
people out there who will donate some time and talent to help bring all
this together. I'm sure if some templates are developed for the online CPN
format, that a number of our talented HTML writers could take on a volume
or so. That would certainly take the burden of you (Rick). Anyway, we I
think is a great idea, and I'll certainly do my part. Just a suggestion,
If there is anyone else out there who has access to a colour scanner and
OCR software, and would like to help, please let me know, maybe we could
coordinate effors privately to decrease the amount of time this will take.

Carl J. Mazur