test-drb June 2005

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IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

by dave04a＠dunfield.com

>As I understand it the marker was on the white paper not the plastic. >If so it is unlikely to remove the writing without damaging the paper. If this is the case, then the fix is very easy - cut a strip of white paper the size needed to fit behing "IMSAI 8080" and place it on top of the damaged portion of the existing white paper - Once the screws are firmly in place, it will not move. I recall Rich saying the marker was on "the silkscreen" which I took to mean the transparent/coated film that covers the white paper and blocks out "everywhere that shouldn't be white" ... if this is the case then the marker has to come off, or the film be replaced. Regards, Dave -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

18 years, 11 months

IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

by dwight.elvey＠amd.com

Hi Rich Try things like "goof off" as well. I've used rubbing alcohol to remove marker from plastic in the past with reasonable results. If it has soaked into the surface, there is not much that will remove it. Dwight >From: "Cini, Richard" <Richard.Cini at wachovia.com> > >Dave: > > Interesting. I guess that I'll stop by Staples on the way home and >pick up a bottle of the whiteboard cleaner. I did ask the donator what the >story was with the blacked-out logo but I haven't heard from him yet. If he >used a Sharpie marker, I'm not sure that I can get that off without damaging >the plastic. Maybe WD40? > > Like I mentioned, Todd Fischer is selling new computer-generated >masks rather than the photomasks used originally. He claims that the >graphics are sharper and clearer than the original. I would keep the >original photomask in storage anyway. Seeing the logo is more important to >me than keeping the mask vintage. > >Rich > >============================= >Richard A. Cini, Jr. >Director >Wachovia Capital Finance >1133 Avenue of the Americas >New York, NY 10036 >W: 212-545-4402 >F: 212-545-4589 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] >On Behalf Of Dave Dunfield >Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:23 AM >To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts >Subject: RE: IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too > >>OK, I pulled the front panel appart tonight and I found out that whoever >>owned this model colored the silkscreen with magic marker. Bogus! >> >>Anyway, I can get a new photomask from Todd Fischer for $20. Well worth >>it. > >I was afraid of that ... Although it's good that you can get a replacement, >keeping it all original has merit as well - depending on the marker used, >you might be able to carefully remove it. Try a Q-tip with some whiteboard >cleaner and move up to stronger solutions as required. > >Regards, >Dave >-- >dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield >dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com >com Collector of vintage computing equipment: > http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html > >

18 years, 11 months

Question about PDF manipulation

by Watzman＠neo.rr.com

Adobe Acrobat has almost unlimited manipulation capabilities. You can rearrange pages, add pages (from almost any format .... word documents, JPEGs, other PDFs, scanners, TIFF .... just about anything), rotate pages, delete pages, and export pages as graphic images (in just about any format). You can export pages, do "whatever" to them, and reimport them. Also, it may be possible to "re-image" the entire PDF file to shrink it's size, although I've not done that. If you drop any requirement for compatibility with versions of Acrobat versions 4 and earlier (the current version is 7), the files can be shrunk dramatically, although I'm not sure if there is an easy one-step way to do this in the "standard" version (there is a separate stand-alone PDF file optimizer in the "pro" version). In my own view, Acrobat versions 4 and earlier are now too old to be productively used. Of course, I'm talking about "full version" Adobe Acrobat, not simply the [free] "Acrobat Reader".

18 years, 11 months

Question about PDF manipulation

by r_a_feldman＠hotmail.com

There is an ISO standard for PDF/X. An ISO standard for PDF/A has just been (or will soon be adopted). Message: 8 Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 11:42:21 +0000 From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: Question about PDF manipulation To: cctalk at classiccmp.org <snip> But there is a question of whether conversion to PDF throws important data away, or whether Adobe might suddenly change the tools, or whether they'll carry on getting ever more bloated, or whether PDF's going to be a viable format in ten years time... <snip>

18 years, 11 months

Help collecting gear from west of Chicago

by drb＠msu.edu

> The CPU is a PDP-11/44 with additional labels indicating it was a > Teradyne Teranet ATE Networking System, whatever that is. In addition > to the CPU, the tall cabinet (purple and orange DEC banner across the Whoa, dain bramage. That should read "purple and magenta". De

18 years, 11 months

IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

by Richard.Cini＠wachovia.com

Dave: Interesting. I guess that I'll stop by Staples on the way home and pick up a bottle of the whiteboard cleaner. I did ask the donator what the story was with the blacked-out logo but I haven't heard from him yet. If he used a Sharpie marker, I'm not sure that I can get that off without damaging the plastic. Maybe WD40? Like I mentioned, Todd Fischer is selling new computer-generated masks rather than the photomasks used originally. He claims that the graphics are sharper and clearer than the original. I would keep the original photomask in storage anyway. Seeing the logo is more important to me than keeping the mask vintage. Rich ============================= Richard A. Cini, Jr. Director Wachovia Capital Finance 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 W: 212-545-4402 F: 212-545-4589 -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dave Dunfield Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:23 AM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: RE: IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too >OK, I pulled the front panel appart tonight and I found out that whoever >owned this model colored the silkscreen with magic marker. Bogus! > >Anyway, I can get a new photomask from Todd Fischer for $20. Well worth >it. I was afraid of that ... Although it's good that you can get a replacement, keeping it all original has merit as well - depending on the marker used, you might be able to carefully remove it. Try a Q-tip with some whiteboard cleaner and move up to stronger solutions as required. Regards, Dave -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

18 years, 11 months

IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

by dave04a＠dunfield.com

>OK, I pulled the front panel appart tonight and I found out that whoever >owned this model colored the silkscreen with magic marker. Bogus! > >Anyway, I can get a new photomask from Todd Fischer for $20. Well worth >it. I was afraid of that ... Although it's good that you can get a replacement, keeping it all original has merit as well - depending on the marker used, you might be able to carefully remove it. Try a Q-tip with some whiteboard cleaner and move up to stronger solutions as required. Regards, Dave -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

18 years, 11 months

IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

by dave04a＠dunfield.com

> Yes, you're right...I guess now I can cross it off the list (Austin >Powers is one of my favorite movies BTW. Yeah, baby!). However, if you >already have an [insert rare machine name here] and someone offered you a >second one of the same for the cost of shipping, would you (or anyone on >this list) turn it down unless they were seriously out of space? Besides, the next Altair might be an original 8800 or an 8800-A ... I have two 8800's, but I would love to get a -A and a -B as well (and I wouldn't turn down another 8800 either :-) > Time to watch War Games... Yeah, when I finally got my IMSAI a couple of months ago, I actually bought the Wargames DVD just so I could show my kids that the computer was in the movie (and I wanted to see it again as well). regards, Dave -- dave04a (at) Dave Dunfield dunfield (dot) Firmware development services & tools: www.dunfield.com com Collector of vintage computing equipment: http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html

18 years, 11 months

OT, but funny

by news＠computercollector.com

I got an HP brochure in the snail mail today, the kind of insert they put into Sunday newspapers... I flipped through it and noticed in the PocketPC section that the sample screen image showed the standard "today" listing... The list said "Owner: Peter Gibbons" and the task item was "Review TPS reports." Gotta love nerd humor. It was a fairly tiny font, so I wonder how many people will notice the joke. ----------------------------------------- Evan Koblentz's personal homepage: http://www.snarc.net Also see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/midatlanticretro/ *** Tell your friends about the (free!) Computer Collector Newsletter - 735 readers and no spam / Publishes every Monday / Write for us! - Mainframes to videogames, hardware and software, we cover it all - W: http://news.computercollector.com E: news at computercollector.com

18 years, 11 months

IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too

by Richard.Cini＠wachovia.com

Mike: Yes, you're right...I guess now I can cross it off the list (Austin Powers is one of my favorite movies BTW. Yeah, baby!). However, if you already have an [insert rare machine name here] and someone offered you a second one of the same for the cost of shipping, would you (or anyone on this list) turn it down unless they were seriously out of space? Time to watch War Games... Rich -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Michael Holley Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 11:56 PM To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Subject: IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too Rich, I checked out your web site and you have an IMSAI and an Altair on your wanted list. You can be like Austin Powers and scratch those off the list. Michael Holley > Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:55:36 -0400 > From: "Richard A. Cini" <rcini at optonline.net> > Subject: IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too > To: CCTalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> > Rich Cini > Collector of classic computers > Build Master for the Altair32 Emulation Project > Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/

18 years, 11 months

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test-drb June 2005