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Originally Posted by gtoric

Kurt, all of the PHS records are on microfilm. The film has been wound into special cassettes that can only be used by the reader/printer that Jim has. You can see the machine in Mike's picture of the former PHS offices. I think that these reader/printers are over 40 years old, and repair parts are getting scarce.

Eric,

This is what I thought and I did see the reader in the picture. The fact that these machines were used originally is not an issue. There are specific Microfiche scanners built for exactly this conversion. As an example, I looked up some sample costs were you to have a service produce the conversions. If Std 16MM film, and with the number of rolls to be scanned (greater than 50, I surmise) the price for each would be $0.10 per image or less. Again, depends on volume. The undertaking would be larger than I first imagined; still, this would set up the company for increased efficiency and new product/revenue streams going forward. It is tough to make financial assumptions here, but I believe I could build a business case for this in a heartbeat.