> Personally I find I sometimes get lost in the archive (via the web interface)
> though as a filename often doesn't obviously correspond to a document title.
The file naming has evolved over the 7+ years. In general, anything new is being
added with <manual part number> <title> <date>
This started on a system with 32 character file names, so <title> was ruthlessly
truncated, and as you noticed, <title> wasn't always the document title.
The worst problem with the current arrangement is file renaming and rearrangement
of the heirarchy. I'm not sure if the mirrors reflect these rearrangements.
In general though, it seems to serve it's purpose, so I'm not inclined to spend
a lot of time adding database functionality to it.
I've been working on a MUCH harder problem on how to organize the CHM digital holdings,
of which the bitsavers archive is a fairly tiny part.
Richard wrote:
> "Some day in the future" features
> - extract first page of the PDF as an image and link with a
> thumbnail
I have done things like this in the past and it is very straightforward
with e.g. PDF::API2 (one of my favorite Perl modules) or even just
ghostscript.
Somebody else mentioned databases... properly done this could be quite
handy. But the existing directory hierarchy (multi-level) really is more
amenable to the actual needs than any database system (which
unfortunately tend to "flatten" the structure).
Flattening the structure is useful for some things, but only if you
then "blow it back up" into a hierarchy. For example I could imagine a
directory of 3rd-party-DEC-compatible stuff that softlinks back into the
manufacturer's directories. This is NOT a flat structure... "A maze of
twisty passages all alike" is a better analogy!
Tim.
Hello,
I have two Meiko Computing Surface nodes I'm hoping to soon finally get
round to restoring. Removal of dust, cobwebs and rust is one thing, but I
sadly don't have any software for them, e.g. 'MeikOS', CS Tools, link
adapter drivers etc.
One is a 1st generation CS with boards filled with transputers, a
host/monitor board, RAM card and gfx card. Also have a PC ISA link adapter
and a connecting cable made from something akin to miniature flat twinax
(well the links did run at 10Mb/s).
The 2nd node is a later CS/i860 (aka Concerto), which again has
transputers but also as the name suggests i860 CPUs, and a module which is
a Sparc 1+ front end processor. Sadly the HDD had died and so I couldn't
recover the SunOS 4 install along with the kernel bits for the link
adapters and any other platform software. Pretty sure the NVRAM has had it
too but that is the least of my worries...
If anyone could help locating any Meiko software else just point me in
the right direction it would be very much appreciated.
Regards,
Andrew
----------------
Andrew Back
a at smokebelch.org
Jules wrote:
> I suspect the main problem with any of this is that
> bitsavers need mirror sites - and any introduction
> of a database on the primary site means that the
> mirror sites need to use the same database and
> the db contents need to be kept
> in sync :(
Don't make it any more complicated than it has to
be - a .CSV file would be perfect and anyone could
use it with "grep" or just the find function in their
browser or do cgi-bin stuff with Perl on it.
Tim.
Could somebody remind me of a source for proper replacement bulbs for the
RL01/2 and RA8x drives? Sorry if this is a repeat question - I was pretty
sure it had been discussed before, but I couldn't find an answer.
BTW, the RL0x and RA8x bulbs are mechanically similar, but they're
definitely not the same bulb.
Thanks,
Bob Armstrong
Try here http://bitsavers.vt100.net/roytron/
Tell me if you want to sell one it does not need to be working
My father was the inventor for this unit (see US Pat. 3201570 - Filed Dec
27, 1961)
Jeff Perez
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:34:19 -0800
From: "dwight elvey" <dkelvey at hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Multiplexing Nixies
>>From: Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk at yahoo.co.uk>
>>
>>Does anyone know if multiplexing Nixies will significantly reduce their
>>lifespan? Or does it in fact help versus "permanently on as needed"?
>>
---snip---
>Hi
>It is not a good idea to multiplex Nixies.
<snip>
---------------------
Well, good idea or not it was certainly common practice. Some info at:
http://wps.com/archives/Burroughs/index.html
(N101 & N102)
mike
--- dwight elvey <dkelvey at hotmail.com> wrote:
> (...) I've seen it a lot on older radios. It is easy to spot, the metal
> is all expanded and crumbles.
That condition (called "Zinkpest" in German) is also well known (and loathed!) for attacking the rotor disks in some types of old pinwheel calculating machines, especially those made in GDR and Russia.
So long,
--
Arno Kletzander
Stud. Hilfskraft Informatik Sammlung Erlangen
www.iser.uni-erlangen.de
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> Does anyone know what PROM/EPROM types this machine will
> program? Is it able to do 1702A's ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190088001102
It is totally dependent upon the programming module plugged in.
Prior to the Unipak, every prom family had its own adapter
socket adapter 715-1318-1 doesn't jump out at me as a known type
you can try contacting the seller to see if there is an adapter
table in the manual, though it has been my experience that sellers
will rarely respond to such questions.
I've hacked together an RSS feed for the 50 most recently added PDF
files to bitsavers based on pdf/Whatsnew.txt.
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/vintage/bitsavers.xml>
I'd appreciate it if some other people would subscribe to this RSS
feed in their web browsers/RSS readers and let me know how well it
works.
Features:
- parses out the file path from pdf/name/name/name.pdf to
'name :: name :: name', hopefully trying to make it more legible.
- Takes anything after the first space on the line to be a
description of the file. These haven't been added to the .txt
file for some time, but if they're there, I'll pick them up.
- adds categories based on the first name in the path, i.e. the
company name folder on bitsavers
- includes the PDF itself as a linked attachment (through the
vt100.net mirror)
- is updated once an hour
- is generated from a one page perl script
"Some day in the future" features
- extract first page of the PDF as an image and link with a
thumbnail
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