test-drb December 2018

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by ldkraemer＠gmail.com

I used the libtiff-tools (Debian 8.x - 32 Bit) to extract all 61 .TIF's >from the Multipage .tif file. While the .tif's look descent, and RasterVect shows the .tif properties to be Group 4 Fax (1bpp) with 5100 x 6600 pixels - 300 DPI, I can't get tesseract 3.x, TextBridge Classic 2.0, or Irfanview with KADMOS Plugin to OCR any of the .tif files, with descent results. I'd expect an OCR of 85 to 90 % correct conversion to ASCII text. Typically, one of the three above Software packages will do a descent job of OCRing .tif's of such scans. (Most PDF's end up at 72 x 72 DPI, and converting them to 300 DPI, allows them to be properly OCR'd.) If anyone else has had better luck, I'd like to know what your process is. Thanks. Larry

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Apollo 8 Mission Control printers, or not?

by steven＠malikoff.com

Being the 50th anniversary of the flight of Apollo 8, I was watching a newly-uploaded informational film of the mission on Youtube: https://youtu.be/83cGclY9OZk?t=1092 At 18:02 and 18:13 there are what appeasr to be small blue/green tabletop printers on trolleys positioned next to the consoles. They don't have an I/O Selectric form factor but are more like a teletype, or something else entirely, in a sound-deadening box. There's no platen knob visible and it doesn't look to be fanfold paper (I think) so I'm just curious as to any idea what they are? Steve.

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wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

by couryhouse＠aol.com

Resolution? of? photos seems? low? however.?? Was? this? a? set? made at an? earlier? time? A? useful? reference? though as? most? ?would? never? be able? to collect up? a set? of these. We? are? thankful? ?for? what? we? have .Ed# SMECC In a message dated 12/31/2018 10:12:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk at classiccmp.org writes: On 12/31/18 5:20 AM, ED SHARPE via cctalk wrote: > Are these currently online? They are on bitsavers under afips for now The intent/agreement when I gave IEEE my scans was they were to be hosted by CHM, but that hasn't happened yet. They are also the entire volume, IEEE distributes them by paper and left off the front matter.

5 years, 11 months

wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

by couryhouse＠aol.com

Are these currently online? Ed# Thanks go to Al Kossow for supplying ACM with scans of AFIPS and perhaps more.)> > >

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KIP 2050 image scanner

by guykd＠optusnet.com.au

At 03:10 AM 31/12/2018 -0600, you wrote: >I know of one outside of Chicago that is as is. I might be ab;e to move it >a state or two or help out with the arrangements. I know nothing about >it, but I can text or email 2 pics. > >Paul User manual: https://www.manualslib.com/download/647954/Kip-2050.html

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KIP 2050 image scanner

by useddec＠gmail.com

I know of one outside of Chicago that is as is. I might be ab;e to move it a state or two or help out with the arrangements. I know nothing about it, but I can text or email 2 pics. Paul

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RSTS source tape

by iamvirtual＠gmail.com

Does anyone know the OFFICIAL status of RSTS/E source? I am aware of the Mentec license, but it appears to only grant a license to the binary distribution. I believe I have source tapes to RSTS/E version 5 & 6 that I would like to release copies, but I cannot until I can get official permission. I acquired the tapes from a person who did some development on early PDP-11's. I am checking my binary versions of the RSTS tapes and if they are ok, I can release RSTS/E V5B and RSTS/E V6B. --barrym

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More old stuff incoming

by wpointon＠earthlink.net

-----Original Message----- >From: Liam Proven via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >Sent: Dec 19, 2018 5:57 AM >To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> >Subject: Re: More old stuff incoming > >On Tue, 18 Dec 2018 at 22:42, Grant Taylor via cctalk ><cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> I think PS/2s range from 286 - (very few) Pentium. I don't /think/ >> there were any 8086 / 8088 PS/2s, but I could be mistaken. > >As "system_glitch" said, there were. > >The original model 30 was an 8086, and not even a great one -- it >didn't have true VGA, for instance. > >http://ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/7492.htm > >It was also available in a small-form-factor all-in-one case as the Model 25: > >http://www.ibmfiles.com/pages/ps2model25.htm > >http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=1183 > >Easily mistaken for a PS/1. That got me a lot of abuse on Twitter recently. > >Then there was the Model 30-286, a sort of mucked-about PC-AT. > >http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/2585/IBM-PS-2-Model-30-286/ > >And from our own Tezza: > >https://www.classic-computers.org.nz/collection/ps2-286-30.htm > >They're sort of not "real" PS/2s because they have the AT bus, not >MicroChannel. I think the 30-286 could run OS/2 though. > >The same case (or very nearly) was reused for the Model 55SX. I >actually have one of these. > >https://ancientelectronics.wordpress.com/2015/08/06/ibm-ps2-model-55sx/ > >It's a "true" PS/2 with MCA. I hope to get an old version of OS/2 2 or >3 going on mine some time. > >-- >Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven >Email: lproven at cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lproven at gmail.com >Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven >UK: +44 7939-087884 - ?R (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053 Tho ive seldom posted but have always read this list i cannot resist - somewhere stored away in my piles of stuff I have an IBM Model 30 I believe that has an 8 bit isa bus and an 80186 cpu. - thanks - billp

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wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

by paul＠mcjones.org

Chuck, I?ve found the Living Computers Museum in Seattle is interested in building their collection of paper copies of journals, and will pay for shipping. The form to offer items for donation is here: https://livingcomputers.org/Discover/Contribute-Historical-Artifacts.aspx . The more carefully you list the specific issues you have, the more likely they are to accept your offer (assuming they don?t already have the same issues). I?ve donated ACM publications and also various early PC magazines to them, plus a bunch of old MSDN CD-ROMs. Paul > From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com <mailto:cclist at sydex.com>> > > I wish I would have known. I joined IEEE Annals at the beginning. I > eventually dropped my subscription because I found that the inaccuracies > would just make me mad. > > I threw out a bunch of ACM SIGPLAN notices (the local library didn't > want them) from the 1978s. Still need to get rid of a pile of old CACM > rags as well as IEEE Computer. I'm staring at a pile of IEEE Micro and > a bunch of PC-related magazines from the 80s-90s (e.g. "DOS Developer's > Journal", which became "Windows/DOS Developer's Journal", which became > "Windows Developer's Journal", which was then thankfully put out of its > misery by merging into Doctor Dobbs'). > > I still have a bunch of "PC Tech Journal" and other various periodicals. > > If anyone's looking for something special, let me know. They'll all be > gone to the recycler by the end of January. >

5 years, 11 months

wanted back issues IEEE ANNALS OF THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING bound or unbound... dtop us a line off list please.

by couryhouse＠aol.com

We? have? a? few? dupes here? but? reserving those? for? someone that might? ?help us? out. Another? great? reference are the old? joint computer? conference? ?east and? west? ?books.? ?were or? became? AFIPS WOW THEY HAVE ALL? ? THE INSERTING? EARLY STUFF! We? have the? stuff? from start to? the? 80s? ?as? I? remember... nothing newer..? ?a? fine? gift? ?from? Honeywell / Bull? HN and? ?some? from? side sources...? some of the later? hard? bound? ones? we? have? some? duplicates? of... need? to make a? list..? The? early? ones? ?we? may be? missing? an? issue ?? ?will? have to make a? current? list. These AFIPS? ?publications are? ?another? group that? ?are not? in full open? access on the? internet? as? far as? I know..? But? ?should? be! Some? I? like? looking at? ?for? something different? ?are the UK? data processing? Mags? form the? 50's and? 60s? as there are? computer and companies in there? I? know nothing about at all. Ed#? ? SMECC In a message dated 12/30/2018 1:43:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk at classiccmp.org writes: Chuck, I?ve found the Living Computers Museum in Seattle is interested in building their collection of paper copies of journals, and will pay for shipping. The form to offer items for donation is here: https://livingcomputers.org/Discover/Contribute-Historical-Artifacts.aspx . The more carefully you list the specific issues you have, the more likely they are to accept your offer (assuming they don?t already have the same issues). I?ve donated ACM publications and also various early PC magazines to them, plus a bunch of old MSDN CD-ROMs. Paul > From: Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com <mailto:cclist at sydex.com>>> > I wish I would have known.? I joined IEEE Annals at the beginning.? I> eventually dropped my subscription because I found that the inaccuracies> would just make me mad.> > I threw out a bunch of ACM SIGPLAN notices (the local library didn't> want them) from the 1978s.? Still need to get rid of a pile of old CACM> rags as well as IEEE Computer.? I'm staring at a pile of IEEE Micro and> a bunch of PC-related magazines from the 80s-90s (e.g. "DOS Developer's> Journal", which became "Windows/DOS Developer's Journal", which became> "Windows Developer's Journal", which was then thankfully put out of its> misery by merging into Doctor Dobbs').> > I still have a bunch of "PC Tech Journal" and other various periodicals.> > If anyone's looking for something special, let me know.? They'll all be> gone to the recycler by the end of January.>

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