Hi,
This crossed my radar earlier today. I figured that someone on the
CCTalk mailing list might be interested in it.
Link - Vintage 1995 Novell WordPerfect 5.1+ for VMS TK50 Tape Digital
DEC VAX
- https://www.ebay.com/itm/133114102939
Buy It Now for $49.95 ($14.95 S&H) or Make an Offer.
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Grant. . . .
unix || die
At 08:51 PM 18/07/2019 -0600, you wrote:
>On 7/18/19 3:50 PM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
>> So, I have a bunch of old DEC Rainbow docs that aren't online. I also
>> have a snapscan scanner that I use for bills and such.
>>
>> There's four kinds of docs, and I'm looking for advice:
>
>I always wanted to apply (fiber) optics to this. I wanted something
>that was akin to a (glass) block that I could set on the bed of a
>scanner that would be tall enough that I could open books 90???110?? with
>the to be scanned side sitting on top of the raised / extended scanner
>bed with the book pages laying off to one side. Much like you would see
>if someone was reading the book while laying on their back.
>
>I don't know if anything like this exists or is even possible.
Same thing, much simpler. Called an Edge Scanner. (google) It's just a normal
travelling sensor scanner, but without all the wasted space along one side.
They usually can scan to within a small few mm of the edge of the glass plate,
and there's no side structure beyond the glass plate edge. You just raise
the scanner up on blocks to give sufficient vertical clearance at the side
for your book width. There's still the issue of compressing the book to
ensure the pages lay properly flat on the glass.
For this 'small edge' you pay a lot extra, even though many existing scanners
can be hacked to be edge scanners just by cutting away excess garbage at one side.
The usual corporate calculated feature-limitation bullsh*t.
I have a few related UNFINISHED articles online:
http://everist.org/temp/edge/20150214_hacking_edge.htmhttp://everist.org/temp/On_scanning.htmhttp://everist.org/temp/20140812_disconnecting_the_dots.htm
And threads like this make me hate myself for not having finished those.
Too busy, and they are all halted by dependencies on _other_ unfinished/
unsolved problems.
I have a lot more to say about the wisdom of destroying original publications
to scan them, especially when you are not already an expert at scanning and
the many tradeoffs.
But have to go afk just now.
Guy
OK. I've done the first of the manuals I have. Thanks for all the helpful
hints.
I took apart the Rainbow User's Manual's metal spiral spine. I scanned it
with scansnap and ran it through the indexing function. I think I tweaked
the settings in a reasonable way.
The results look good to my eye, but I'm not 100% sure, so I thought I'd
post it here for feedback:
https://people.freebsd.org/~imp/EK-P100E-OM-001_Rainbow_100_Owner's_Manual-Nov-1982.pdf
I have the manual still apart and can do additional scanning runs easily
enough. The paper is in great shape.
Second, how do I submit this to bitkeepers? I've looked around and don't
see how. maybe I'm just being blind...
Warner
At 04:50 PM 7/18/2019, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote:
>(1) wire-ring bounded. What's the best way to scan these? The easiest is to
>just clip the wire binding and drop it in the scanner. But then what?
Those are going to snag on each other, no? I'd trim the edges off.
>(2) Folded with staples. These are booklet format, with stables in the
>middle. I could easily remove the staple and scan. but how do I replace the
>staple?
Cut along the middle using a paper cutter.
>(3) Gum bound. These books are bound with some kind of gum / goo on the
>spine. Some of these are so old I could just remove it and have no real
>degradation of the state. Others have spines that are still in good shape.
Probably needs a pro paper cutter.
- John
Just a random one... I'm looking for old Zorro II boards made by a company
called Pangolin. It's the QuadMod16 and QuadMod8 which are used with the
Amiga.
If a QuadMod2000 or QuadMod32 showed up I might have slight interest in
that as well.
These are laser projector controllers for light show use.
I have a QM16 now but it might be a "slave" card and the software can't
see it.
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: Ethan O'Toole
