I think it's time to revisit the ever popular topic of scanning Microfiche. I'm in the market for a new scanner, and ran across the "Epson Perfection 3200 Photo" scanner. I was looking at it, because it's one of a very few Firewire scanners on the market. What really got me to thinking though, is the fact that it is a 3200x6400dpi scanner, and has a 4"x9" transparency adapter. This has me wondering if it wouldn't work for scanning Microfiche.
Does anyone have any thoughts on the subject?
Zane
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About the OIS140 system I am sure I have all the schematics (at least till
1981 - the year I left Wang)
About the terminal - I have only known the all-in-one versions (there were 2
models I think, one was 8080 based, the newer one Z80 based)
The problem might be to reproduce them - in those days schematics were real
blueprints - size at least A3 some even A2 (sorry but I can not translate
this to "other side of the ocean" format) in any case to large for my
scanner.
During the years they also colored pretty brown or gray, so I am afraid a
regular copy might be hard to read.
If I had the time I could redraw them in a schematic program but time is one
of the things I miss most in my life...
It was goo to see this old OIS140 back on your website - I haven't seen one
since I left Wang. If I could find one in Europe, it would be a pleasure to
start it up again.
I 'll try to find the floppy disks back - I had all system diagnostics,
games (you the good old cave...) and so on...
Luc Vande Velde
luc(a)e2t.be
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-admin@classiccmp.org]On
Behalf Of Jim Donoghue
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 2:07 PM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: Wang Computer Systems/schematics
I've been trying to find schematics for some time now.. the only thing I
have managed to find so far are some VS-85 schematics. I have started an
OIS web site, you can see it at www.cass.net/~jdonoghu/wang.html
If you can find them, I'd be interested in them!
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 03:14, Luc Vande Velde wrote:
> Hi, I ve been working at Wang in a previous life. Should be (or was) an
OIS
> specialist...
> I might have all schematics - software and so on somewhere.
> If you need them give al yell back and I 'll look for it
>
> Luc Vande Velde
> Belgium
>
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Hi folks,
I tried alt.sys.pdp8, google, and AEK's site, but I can't for the life
of me find any schematics for the PDP-8/I's Extended Arithmetic Element.
Can anyone help out?
See http://www.parse.com/~pdp8/pdp8i/restore.html for the ongoing saga :-)
Cheers,
-RK
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Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
I'm a bit surprised at the result of this auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1247&item=2734334833
I suppose it makes sense that these things are getting harder to come by,
but I think the $603 top bid is a tad high.
The most interesting stuff didn't even get bids. Of course the Documation
card reader didn't get any hits with the US$2,700 starting bid, which is
no surprise.
Check out the results of the rest of the auctions here:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewListedItems&useri…
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I had my Otrona 8:16 upgraded from 256KB to 640KB RAM, so it now has stacked chips. However, that was a mod done at the time (actually, Otrona Advanced Systems had gone under by then, but it was a 3rd party (Brown Enterprises) mod that was current with the machine. What Tony was objecting to is a modern collector hot-rodding an old box by increasing the RAM (or processor, or ...) in a way that would not have been done contemporaneously with the machine.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Davis [mailto:jpdavis@gorge.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:13 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Restoration: how far should it go??
Eric Smith wrote:
>"jamesd" <jdickens(a)ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>
>>I see you have higher standards than IBM, for a while after the AT was
>>released they sold ram that was two chips piggy backed so they could get
>>more
>>ram on the board.
>>
>>
><snip>
>
>Both the CLCC on substrate and the factory-stacked DIPs were actually
>quite reliable. Until ZIPs, SIPPs, and DIMMs were invented, that was
>the highest packaging density in common usage for RAM.
>
>
>
I thought one DIP had an inverted CS, Though I might be wrong. I did the
stacked thing on my atari 400,
Stacked 8K chips to get 16K. But that was in 82 and the atari H/W
manuals are in the garage.
Jim Davis.
Yes I have both a Wang Professional Computer and a Wang WLTC. The Wang PC
has both a B&W and Color Monitor. The Color Monitor only functions with
Wang programs. The B&W monitor functions with both Wang and DOS
programs. It has been a long time since I have run the PC system but as I
recall the version of DOS it carries is 2.X. There are two 5 1/4 disk
drives and lots of disks. The WLTC has a built in thermal printer. Not
sure what version of DOS it carries but as I remember it is the same as the
PC. It has an external 5 1/4 floppy drive. The WLTC also comes with a
canvas carrying case.
David Tillson
Salt Lake City, UT
At 05:23 PM 6/12/2003 -0600, David Vohs wrote:
>Saw your post on CCMP. Do you have a Wang Professional Computer or a WLTC
>(Wang Lap Top Computer) in the lot? I'm intrested in acquiring either one
>of these machines.
>
>Keep me posted on this.
>
> > I have a number of Wang computers, printers, circuit boards, manuals,
> > software, disks, training manuals etc. that are taking up needed
> > space. The computers include a portable with a built in printer; a
> > desktop
> > system with a color monitor, and several OIS systems. The printers
> > include
> > 2 daisy wheels, a dot matrix and 2 laser systems (HP's with a Wang
> > label). Available for the cost of shipping from Salt Lake, Utah.
> >
> > David Tillson
> > dtillson(a)xmission.com
> >
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> David Vohs
> netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net
I have a number of Wang computers, printers, circuit boards, manuals,
software, disks, training manuals etc. that are taking up needed
space. The computers include a portable with a built in printer; a desktop
system with a color monitor, and several OIS systems. The printers include
2 daisy wheels, a dot matrix and 2 laser systems (HP's with a Wang
label). Available for the cost of shipping from Salt Lake, Utah.
David Tillson
dtillson(a)xmission.com
If anyone has a documentation set for the SMS 1000 PDP-11 chassis, please
contact me offline if you are willing to loan or sell me a copy of it for a
"reasonable" price. I am not looking for an item to be put under glass in a
museum - I need working documentation.
I bought one of these chassis's a while back (less docs) and can't use it
without some assistance. I don't even know what "style" of QBUS it has in it!
The chassis was "supposed" to come with the manuals, but... it didn't. It is
too heavy to ship it back to the seller; the total shipping cost both ways
cost about the same at the item did.
I'll pay $20 US for information to the FIRST person (by email received time &
date) to point me to a source for this documentation, that leads to my having
a copy in my hands. If that person also is an owner of the documentation
willing to provide me with a copy, I will pay them the $20 plus a reasonable
copying and shipping fee.
There are exclusions, to my bounty offer but will not affect anyone but the
original seller of the SMS 1000.
Stuart Johnson