11 Jun
2006
11 Jun
'06
4:24 p.m.
Al Kosso mentioned a
while back that he might help do this and i was wondering if the 11 X 17
pages are hard to do or if they can be done on his scanner or
another???
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They are easy to do. My scanner handles 11 x 17 double sided.
11 Jun
11 Jun
4:54 p.m.
On 6/11/2006 at 9:24 AM Al Kossow wrote:
They are easy to do. My scanner handles 11 x 17 double
sided.
I've also scanned the large folio-sized music by simply photocopying it
down to letter-sized format first. However, this might not be feasible if
there's a large number of pages to be scanned.
Anyone remember the days of the "hand scanners" with their 4-or-inch wide
scanning head? To scan a page, you made two passes, then used software to
join the halves. Nasty business--but I think I actually have one of the
little buggers if anyone wants one for their collection.
Cheers,
Chuck
5:05 p.m.
At 9:54 AM -0700 6/11/06, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Anyone remember the days of the "hand
scanners" with their 4-or-inch wide
scanning head? To scan a page, you made two passes, then used software to
join the halves. Nasty business--but I think I actually have one of the
little buggers if anyone wants one for their collection.
Ugh! Don't remind me, I bought one, as well as a jig to help you do
a "better" job of scanning. Not only did you have to "try" to move
the scanner across the paper at the same speed, but you had to keep
it in a straight line.
To make matters worse, I made one scan, then set it aside, by the
time I went to use it again a few months later, it was dead.
Zane
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7:14 p.m.
On 6/11/06 7:05 PM, Zane H. Healy wrote:
At 9:54 AM -0700 6/11/06, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I fondly remember a variety of DIY projects and kits that would convert a
9-pin home computer printer into a scanner.
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Anyone remember the days of the "hand
scanners" with their 4-or-inch wide
scanning head? To scan a page, you made two passes, then used software to
join the halves. Nasty business--but I think I actually have one of the
little buggers if anyone wants one for their collection.
Ugh! Don't remind me, I bought one, as well as a jig to help you do
a "better" job of scanning. Not only did you have to "try" to move
the scanner across the paper at the same speed, but you had to keep
it in a straight line.
To make matters worse, I made one scan, then set it aside, by the
time I went to use it again a few months later, it was dead. 
7:21 p.m.
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Anyone remember the days of the "hand
scanners" with their 4-or-inch wide
scanning head? To scan a page, you made two passes, then used software to
join the halves. Nasty business--but I think I actually have one of the
little buggers if anyone wants one for their collection.
Will that software work for piecing together 11x17 scanned with an 8.5x11?
10:31 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: Vintage computer diagrams scanning
Back in the Windows 3.1 era I purchased some software from Media Cybernetics
called Halo Desktop Imager. This software was used for stitching together
multiple images (from any twain compatible scanner), editing the pictures,
and printing them out in banner format (borderless so you could make huge
posters etc). Very nice software, too bad I loaned a friend the disks and
never got them back. BTW if anybody happens to have version 1.0 of this
software contact me, I need a copy of the floppies (have the original manual
and serial number).
On Sun, 11 Jun 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Anyone remember the days of the "hand scanners" with their 4-or-inch
wide
> scanning head? To scan a page, you made two
passes, then used software
to
join the
halves. Nasty business--but I think I actually have one of the
little buggers if anyone wants one for their collection.
Will that software work for piecing together 11x17 scanned with an 8.5x11?
11:37 p.m.
On 6/11/2006 at 6:31 PM Teo Zenios wrote:
Back in the Windows 3.1 era I purchased some software
from Media
Cybernetics
called Halo Desktop Imager. This software was used for stitching together
multiple images (from any twain compatible scanner), editing the pictures,
and printing them out in banner format (borderless so you could make huge
posters etc). Very nice software, too bad I loaned a friend the disks and
never got them back. BTW if anybody happens to have version 1.0 of this
software contact me, I need a copy of the floppies (have the original
manual and serial number).
Well, what I've got is a Logictech ScanMan crica 1988. The software (I
NEVER throw software away, so if you have a need for vintage PeeCee
software, drop me a line--I might have it) comes on 5.25" floppies and is
ScanWare 1.1 and PaintShow Plus. Whatever they are. The label indicates
compatibility with PC, XT, AT, etc., so it's not going to be a Windoze
program. Didn't some of the old scanners have .PCX as an output format?
Cheers,
Chuck
12 Jun
12 Jun
4:10 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: Vintage computer diagrams scanning
I have a scanman 256 (Grayscale) on the shelf that I purchased new in the
1990's and just recently got a scanman color working on my 486/100 WFW
machine. Wish I had the kits that hold the scanner so they go in a straight
line. I have the software and manuals for both system.
For any real work I use an older Umax 1200s SCSI scanner connected to my
Quadra 950 Mac, I would use it on my Athlon PC but the original driver disks
only cover Mac OS 8-9 and Win 9x. You have to pay $50 or so to get drivers
for the scanner to work under Win2k (Silverfast) and I am not paying $50 for
old software drivers.
On 6/11/2006 at 6:31 PM Teo Zenios wrote:
>Back in the Windows 3.1 era I purchased some software from Media
>Cybernetics
>called Halo Desktop Imager. This software was used for stitching together
>multiple images (from any twain compatible scanner), editing the
pictures,
and printing
them out in banner format (borderless so you could make huge
posters etc). Very nice software, too bad I loaned a friend the disks and
never got them back. BTW if anybody happens to have version 1.0 of this
software contact me, I need a copy of the floppies (have the original
manual and serial number).
Well, what I've got is a Logictech ScanMan crica 1988. The software (I
NEVER throw software away, so if you have a need for vintage PeeCee
software, drop me a line--I might have it) comes on 5.25" floppies and is
ScanWare 1.1 and PaintShow Plus. Whatever they are. The label indicates
compatibility with PC, XT, AT, etc., so it's not going to be a Windoze
program. Didn't some of the old scanners have .PCX as an output format?
Cheers,
Chuck
4:23 a.m.
On 6/12/2006 at 12:10 AM Teo Zenios wrote:
For any real work I use an older Umax 1200s SCSI
scanner connected to my
Quadra 950 Mac, I would use it on my Athlon PC but the original driver
disks only cover Mac OS 8-9 and Win 9x. You have to pay $50 or so to get
drivers
for the scanner to work under Win2k (Silverfast) and I
am not paying $50
for old software drivers.
I used to use an old Artec SCSI flatbed scanner--it worked really well and
then just went belly up--the PCB was pure impermeability--lots of surface
mount ASICs with house numbers. I recognized some glue and an OTP 27C512,
but that was it. Ah, well--it was good, but not spectacular. I picked up
a used HP SCSI Scanjet with document feeder for about $25 on e-Pay. Works
great, drivers for Win2K and XP are still available for downloading.
I've even used the document feeder a couple of times; by and large it was
okay. But SCSI is defintely the way to go with scanners.
Cheers,
Chuck
5:39 p.m.
New subject: Umax 1200S drivers (was: Vintage computer diagrams scanning
Rumor has it that Teo Zenios may have mentioned these words:
For any real work I use an older Umax 1200s SCSI
scanner connected to my
Quadra 950 Mac, I would use it on my Athlon PC but the original driver disks
only cover Mac OS 8-9 and Win 9x. You have to pay $50 or so to get drivers
for the scanner to work under Win2k (Silverfast) and I am not paying $50 for
old software drivers.
IIRC, that's the scanner I have and I may have the drivers for it under
Win2K. (Free ones, back when they offered the Win2K drivers for free.)
However, I'm at work, and it's at home. I can check it out when I get home
if you wish.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
8:41 p.m.
New subject: Umax 1200S drivers (was: Vintage computer diagrams scanning
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Merchberger" <zmerch-cctalk at 30below.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Umax 1200S drivers (was: Vintage computer diagrams scanning
Thanks, it would help me out allot.
Rumor has it that Teo Zenios may have mentioned these
words:
>For any real work I use an older Umax 1200s SCSI scanner connected to my
>Quadra 950 Mac, I would use it on my Athlon PC but the original driver
disks
>only cover Mac OS 8-9 and Win 9x. You have to pay
$50 or so to get
drivers
>for the scanner to work under Win2k (Silverfast)
and I am not paying $50
for
old software
drivers.
IIRC, that's the scanner I have and I may have the drivers for it under
Win2K. (Free ones, back when they offered the Win2K drivers for free.)
However, I'm at work, and it's at home. I can check it out when I get home
if you wish.
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger 
5:01 p.m.
--- Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com> wrote:
Will that software work for piecing together 11x17
scanned with an 8.5x11?
So I'm not the only one that needs this capability?
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