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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon]Fiche or Cd
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 12:13:32 +0100
In-Reply-To: <002f01c0ba7d$8faf90e0$50e87ad5@ulyssesbtinternet.com>


In message <002f01c0ba7d$8faf90e0$>, Kim
Ulysses <> writes
>Hello Guy, and anyone else who knows about "fiche" related things....
>
>I too have been pondering the use of fiche - how on earth does one get hold
>of a microfiche-reader, what do they costs

lot of firms, also the chance of picking one up from a garage etc where
they are obsolete, since parts catalogues are on CD. So costs vary
enormously.
>, and are they like those MASSIVE
>things you get in the library?!!
They are usually reader-printers, and ones you buy can be quite small -
but make sure you get a magnification of X40, or your eyes will suffer.

> Also, when people talk about ordering info
>on fiche from the LDS Centres, does that mean you can take the fiche home to
>look at, or do they have to be viewed at the Centre?

They have to be viewd at the centre, i gather that any fiche versions
ordered are normally kept in that centre afterwards.
> And finally, does
>anyone have experience of viewing their own fiche's at their local library
always tell the staff you ware bringing in fiche - otherwise, you will
get funny looks when you walk out with them.
>(if you havn't got a reader of your own)- ie. do they mind you doing that?
>
Normally quite OK - but ask first, since the machines might be fully
booked.

--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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