Hi,
This is kind-of-on-topic given the recent thread on scanning old
documentation.
I recently picked up a Canon Canofile 510 document imaging system, and
associated laser printer and external MO drive. I think these were sold cira
1992-1995. It has a 1280x960-pixel mono LCD screen. You load up sheets to be
scanned and it pulls them in one-by-one. Can scan both sides of each sheet at
once. Can scan up to A3 size, but this is pretty lame; you must fold A3
sheets in half before feeding them in. Maximum speed is (from memory) 50ppm
for normal res. Fine res (200x200dpi) is half that. That resolution is lower
than ideal, but I could still find some use scanning old manuals etc.; an
electronic version is better than no electronic version at all.
The Canofile is very proprietary; it has a built-in magneto-optical drive
which uses 512MB double-sided disks. Transfer of scanned images to a PC (and
saving in a standard format) is possible. The disks, apart from being double-
sided, are physically the same shape as NeXT MO disks; not surprising since
Canon made NeXT MO drives. Unfortunately, investigations so far suggest that
reading NeXT MOs on a Canon drive (connected to a PC, Mac, Amiga or whatever)
may not be possible.
If anyone in the UK (or USA I guess; sending printed matter from USA to UK
costs about $1 per lb) has a loose-leaf manual or two that they would like
scanned I can give it a try. Quality won't be amazing, but should be
sufficient.
-- Mark
I am looking for way to get data out of a microVax II
running microVMS 4.6 onto a CD ROM.
The way I figure it if I can find a CD writer than works in
that configuration I'm done. But I can't seem to find out
whether this is even possible let alone where to buy a CD
like this. Any suggestions?
If the CD Writer is an impossibility then my next approach
is the put a network interface on the uVax II and send the
data I need to a more recent vintage.
Dave
I'll take a look this weekend. My collection has moved from my apartment
bedroom (my wife is thrilled) to a friends two stall garage and the attic
above it. (Well, half of one stall is taken up with an old VW bug and a VAX
- not sure which one is bigger, but both run ) As far as EISA goes, narrow
would be more than sufficient.
- Micah S.
Chad Fernandez <fernande(a)internet1.net> on 06/29/2001 12:24:42 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org, mjsnodgr(a)rockwellcollins.com
cc:
Subject: Re: Whats a reasonable collection?
What is the brand is it? Is it Wide or narrow?
What do you need in the way of an EISA SCSI board? I have a couple 174x
series from Adaptec that aren't doing anything.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
mjsnodgr(a)rockwellcollins.com wrote:
>
> I've got a MCA SCSI controller that I'm not using. It came to me in a box
> of MCA and EISA stuff and was working when it was pulled from it's
machine.
> I was hoping to get an EISA SCSI controller.. Hmmm... if anyone in
> interested in a swap....
>
> - Micah S.
Hi everyone,
Is there some secret lore about Viking SCSI controllers that I need to get
them to work?
I've got a Viking QDT (dual wide Disk and Tape) that has V1.5 of the
firmware. When I plug it into my VAX with two RZ55's in an expansion
cabinet and type SHO DEV (MV3500) it says:
UQSSP Disk controller (177xxx)
-?
Then finds the TK70 and adds
UQSSP Disk controller (xxxxx)
-?
Its not exact but basically the system knows I've got an MSCP disk
controller and a second TMSCP tape controller and when it asks them what
devices they have attached the Viking seems to be answering ("I don't know.")
Now if I hook it up to a box that had a couple of MO drives in it (an old
Aspire cabinet) then it reports DUA0 (@0) and DUA1 (@0) and no tape (as
expected, and it doesn't even print the -?)
I don't have the funky cable to get to the RS232 port (although the Aspire
box does, it doesn't seem to work correctly)
Questions:
1) If I build a funky cable, which three wires do I use?
2) Shouldn't it just work?
--Chuck
> I'd say the Workplace Shell is a problem in itself. It's so
> very IBM-ishly unelegant.
Stardock added plenty of elegance to WPS... but they got screwed
by IBM dropping out, like other OS/2 ISVs...
If you haven't seen Object Desktop for OS/2, I'll see if I
can dig up some screen shots to point you at...
Regards,
-dq
Dave Peters <petersd(a)SEDSystems.ca> wrote:
> provides an ethernet interface but I am wondering
> where I could find TCP/IP compatible software
> for microVMS 4.6. I know multinet exists for
> openVMS but I have my doubts about it working with
> this old a version or VMS. any ideas about this approach?
Multinet's been through two changes of corporate ownership since then
(TGV, Cisco, Process Software). You could try asking the folks at
Process Software but I would be surprised if they were able to help.
There's also the CMU TCP/IP, which is available on the net. It was
always explained to me as something that would put hair on your palms
but that could be because I worked at Wollongong. I have been mostly
successful at avoiding direct personal experience of VMS since 1991 or
so, so don't have any personal experience with it. All that said, a
little bit of webulating put me at
<http://www.agh.cc.kcl.ac.uk/files/vms/cmu-tcpip/oldversion/> where
you can find a version that claims to support VMS 4.4 to 4.7.
-Frank McConnell
Joe and Carlos
Actually I have two or three of the complete systems. And the cables and
power bricks to go with them. I probably have 6-10 power bricks and ables
to connect them to the modules. I also have the cables to connect terminals
to the systems.
The systems use x-bus to link the modules, they run CTOS, and were built by
Unisys, Datapoint, Concurrent Technologies..
Pointer to FAQ about CTOS.
www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/computer/system/unisys/ctos.html
I'll give them to you if you pay shipping from Kansas City.
Mike
>>A few days ago one of the storage rooms at the university
>>was cleaned up and I grabbed all the computer-related stuff
>>that I could. Not a lot of variety, though. Besides
>>from the wintel carcasses and Mac plus remains, I found
>>one Datapoint 1550 and several modules from a type system that
>>I have never seen. The cpu, floppy disk drives and graphics
>>modules snap onto each other's side very neatly. There are
>>several of these systems, with the corresponding monitors and
>>keyboards. Alas, the only power supply unit that I found
>>is incomplete and badly damaged. Do you guys have some
>>info about these systems?
> Carlos,
> I've seen a couple of systems made by Concurrent that look like
>those. I think the Concurrents use a power supply brick that puts out
>something like 36VDC. The power supplies seem to be scarce, i've only seen
>one of them. I don't know anything else about the Concurrent systems,
sorry.
I recently found an HP Portable Vectra CS Model 20 on top of a garbage
container in the alley. I'm offering it to anyone who will pay for shipping
(weighs about 15-20 pounds) or who can pick it up in Chicago. It lacks the
battery pack, which apparently is where the external power (also missing)
plugs in, so I do not know if it works. Otherwise, it appears to be in good
condition. It has one 3.5" floppy and a hard drive of unknown size. Reply to
Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com.
Bob Feldman
Enrico
A crude but effective way is to connect a PC to a serial line of the DPS6.
Dump whatever you have to dump to the serial line in HEX or oct format. Run
a VT100 emulator on the PC and log whatever you receive to disk. Write a
small program to convert the log file to the original information. The
dumping process may take days, but you could start it on Friday afternoon
and collect the data on Monday morning.
Wim
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From: Enrico Naso <enrinaso(a)tin.it>
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: data migration
Date: Thursday, June 28, 2001 7:53 PM
J need to migrate data from a 3M DC600A Data Cartridge(60Mb) backed up from
an internal tape onto a Honeywell Bull DPS6-Plus to any PC-compatible
media-support. This means Floppy, Zip, cd-rom, ecc.)
thank for your attention
Enrico Naso
