In a message dated 2/15/02 7:33:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
tony.eros(a)machm.org writes:
> I like the resolution, but need to find a way to expand the field of
> view. I'm sure I can rig up a scanning frame, but don't want to have to
> stitch multiple captures per frame. If I can get this to work, it would be
>
> a very affordable way to do high-quality fiche scans.
>
I think you have a good idea Tony, nice experiment with the QX3. I wish I had
one.
>From looking at the images It appears to me that it is a Fiche that should be
read at 24X.
You might try photographic close up lenses with the 10X magnification. I
suspect distortion from getting too close would be a problem but worth trying
If you had one, a simple concave lens in front of the 60X might be worth a
try.
Is there a published optical path plan for the microscope? If so one might be
able to figure out correction optics.
Good luck and keep us informed.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
> From: Don Maslin <donm(a)cts.com>
> John, both the Scanjet and the Scanjet Plus used a HP proprietary
> interface. The card for the Plus is reputed to work for both the
> original and the Plus. The reverse is not true. In both cases,
> however, it is definitely NOT parallel port.
I bought one of these used (MIB!) for $200 in 1994, for use in my engraving
shop. The card was 8-bit ISA and appeared to be some sort of half-baked
SCSI. It was easy to configure if you happened to possess a working
crystal ball ;>) The card-end of the cable was DB25, and the scanner-end
was "Centronics" (you know what I mean by this term).
The software included a runtime version of Win 3.0, which promptly crashed
when run on our DOS-based 386/20. After installing the full version of Win
3.0 on this peecee, the software ran perfectly. When we upgraded to Win
3.1 (I don't remember the reason for the "upgrade"), the software generated
an avalanche of error messages, then ran without error. As a side note,
AFAIR the ScanJet was the only reason I installed Windows on this machine,
which was used primarily to control engraving tables. All of the other
applications were DOS-based, running under DesqView.
All in all, the ScanJet was a nice piece of equipment for its time. I
think I still have the software for it, in case anybody needs it.
Glen
0/0
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Wright [mailto:dtwright@uiuc.edu]
> SGI is one company that makes sure the DAT/DDS drives they
> sell do audio DAT
> too... I know that you can read/write audio tapes on an SGI
> you get if you
> buy the tape drive from them, and possibly using a drive from another
> manufacturer too. I imagine they do this since their
> machines are often used
> in high-end multimedia type things...sill, kind of a cool
> capability and all
> :)
It's for exactly that reason that I went out of the way to get
an original SGI DAT drive for my Indigo2.
Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clint Wolff (VAX collector) [mailto:vaxman@earthlink.net]
> DAT is the same as DDS except for the identification holes on the
> case, and I would assume a royalty to the recording industry...
> My Maynard/Archive/Seagate drive won't take DAT tapes. Irritating
> because I wanted to write music to them at the time.
Well, if you mean that you wanted to write it in standard DAT format,
very few drives will handle that... most, though (every one I've
used, at least), will write DDS data to a normal DAT.
Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter C. Wallace [mailto:pcw@mesanet.com]
> Actually the resolution is really about 1/3 the stated
> "Megapixel
> resolution", especially if you take pictures of things with
> high spatial
> frequency (say fine pitch IC leads) This is because the
> stated resolution
> neglects to mention that the three color pixels in a group
> are counted as
> individual pixels -- basically a X resolution B/W sensor
> behind a color filter
> array is called a X resolution color sensor, but it really isn't...
> filtering after the fact attempts to fix the artifacts,
> but makes a
> mess out of high spatial frequency images that would have
> been ok if the
> camera really had the stated resolution....
I see -- well, divide the numbers in thirds, then. :) Unless you're
lucky enough to find a camera that has a high-res b&w mode -- that
would be nice.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
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A little different in Clarksville; back in the 70s, they
lowered the speed on the main drag from 45 to 35. The
reason stated (in a newspaper article) by one town board
member was "to get the people driving 55 to slow down to
45". So the *real* speed limits in Clarksville are 10MPH
over what's posted.
That contention hasn't seen a court test, yet, tho...
;)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Blakeman [mailto:rhb57@vol.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:16 AM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS
>
>
> Same here - in town 35 mph limit = drive 33. On the parkways
> and interstates
> 65 mph = 75 (or get run over).
>
> => -----Original Message-----
> => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Kris Kirby
> => Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:29 AM
> => To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> => Subject: RE: STAPLES STORES WILL TAKE OLD COMPUTERS
> =>
> =>
> => On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Russ Blakeman wrote:
> => > I live out in the boonies of KY and within 25 miles there are
> => 2, 50 mile
> => > range there are 2 to 3 per city. (25 miles here is like 10
> => blocks in the
> => > city).
> =>
> => Around here, the problem is remembering to switch from
> "country driving"
> => to "city driving". "Country driving" is usually done at
> speeds of up to
> => 70MPH -- low rate of enforcement. But the city cops are
> sticklers. They'd
> => rather ticket than fix the traffic problem.
> =>
> => --
> => Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
> => <kris(a)nospam.catonic.net> | IM: KrisBSD | HSV, AL.
> => -------------------------------------------------------
> => "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."
> =>
> =>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) [mailto:cisin@xenosoft.com]
> When a microphone is labelled as being "directional", the angle of
> directionality, or the shape of it's response curve is hardly
> a "annoy the
> sales droid". It is approximately the same order of
> necessity as asking
> what is the capacity of a hard disk. Would YOU buy a hard
> disk without
> knowing the size?
I certainly would -- in the case where, for instance, I knew that
the interface was SDI, I was in need of an SDI disk to test
a system out, and it was only a couple dollars anyway. :)
But I'm just being argumentative. I do agree completely with the
point you're trying to make.
Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk [mailto:ard@p850ug1.demon.co.uk]
> The tape drives were designed to work on the same cable as _2_ floppy
> drives. So they're selected by doing things that won't have
> any effect on
> the floppy drives. Typically they look for transitions on a
> particular
> line when both drive select lines are deasseted. Neither floppy drive
> will notice that (they're not selected), but the tape drive does.
This is exactly the explanation I was looking for yesterday. :)
Thanks Tony.
Chris
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>From a quick googling it looks like this is a dual-capable Pentium server.
http://www4.service.digital.com/support_database/index/epid61.htm
Not the exact server but Compaq is currently selling something called a
"Digital Server 5100" that looks to be slightly upgraded in terms of
processor, memory, etc.
If revived it might make a pretty good workhorse. Redundant power supplies
and all.
-carl
"Feldman, Robert"
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classiccmp
Well, Harold Washington College is at it again this morning. However, I
have
saved something that someone here might want: a Digital Prioris HX 5100
MP/2. Don't know much about it, and it looks to be less than 10 years old,
but it is DEC. Appears to be clean and complete, except it is missing the
left side panel. Has four FR-PCWVR-AZ 4.0GB drives. Free for pickup _only_
in the Chicago Loop (35 E. Wacker). Email me at
robert_feldman(at)jdedwards.com if you want it.
Bob
