19 May
2005
19 May
'05
5:52 p.m.
From: "der Mouse" <mouse at
rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
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Those (OCRed plain text and PDF files) are not the only options.
Hi
Of course, I have a better option. I have some of the actual
ASCII source text for a few of the manuals used in the
Polymorphics systems. I lack pictures and diagrams but
at least there are not OCR errors.
I guess this isn't always available for everything :(
Dwight
19 May
19 May
7:54 p.m.
Dwight K. Elvey declared on Thursday 19 May 2005 07:52 pm:
This gave me an idea... it'd be nifty if there was OCR software that
would convert the scanned image into LaTeX.
Barring that, PostScript would even be a decent alternative to PDF - it's
fairly readable Forth, and any decent printer can accept it to produce a
new hardcopy. I know you can convert PDF back to postscript (ie "Print"
From: "der
Mouse" <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
---snip---
Those (OCRed plain text and PDF files) are not the
only options.
Hi
Of course, I have a better option. I have some of the actual
ASCII source text for a few of the manuals used in the
Polymorphics systems. I lack pictures and diagrams but
at least there are not OCR errors.
I guess this isn't always available for everything :( from a pdf viewer on a *NIX machine), but that's
probably not the same.
(Yes, I'm saying if a printer can't be made to accept postscript - either
standard or via an option ROM, it isn't "decent".)
Pat
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7:58 p.m.
Barring that, PostScript would even be a decent
alternative to PDF -
it's fairly readable Forth, and any decent printer can accept it to
produce a new hardcopy.
Based on my rather limited understanding, PDF more or less *is*
PostScript - they're similar at a fairly high level - both stack
languages based on approximately the same imaging model....
(Yes, I'm saying if a printer can't be made to
accept postscript -
either standard or via an option ROM, it isn't "decent".)
Feh. I'd much rather have something like a SPARCprinter that just
takes page bitmaps from the host. It's easy to generate bitmaps with
something like GhostScript, but convincing a PostScript printer to just
print a page bitmap is..a struggle.
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10:20 p.m.
New subject: Foam pads for capacative keyboards
I just sent an email to Mil-Key Corp. since I heard they were a supplier of
replacement foam pads for some capacative keyboards (keytronics).
Does anyone else have any sources for replacements?
Thanks,
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
20 May
20 May
4:21 a.m.
New subject: Foam pads for capacative keyboards
I just sent an email to Mil-Key Corp. since I heard
they were a
supplier of replacement foam pads for some capacative keyboards
(keytronics).
If you want to put together a large order to get a better price,
count me in. I'd like to have spares for my Sol.
Bill Sudbrink
7:24 a.m.
New subject: Foam pads for capacative keyboards
Randy McLaughlin wrote:
I just sent an email to Mil-Key Corp. since I heard
they were a supplier
of replacement foam pads for some capacative keyboards (keytronics).
Does anyone else have any sources for replacements?
Thanks,
Randy
www.s100-manuals.com
Sun Type 4 keyboards have the right kind of pads. They sun keyboards
use two different types of foam -- one for the "normal" keys, and what I
assume is a more durable type for the most frequently used keys, like
shift, space, return. Taking pads out of an old keyboard of course
means you will have somewhat old pads, but if you can get it at a good
price, then it is hard to argue. To me it also appears that keytronic
figured out a more durable foam material by the time the Sun Type 4
keyboards were produced.
http://www.thebattles.net/sol20/keyboard.html
12:49 a.m.
On Thu, 2005-05-19 21:54:48 -0500, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>
wrote:
Dwight K. Elvey declared on Thursday 19 May 2005 07:52
pm:
This gave me an idea... it'd be nifty if there was OCR software that
would convert the scanned image into LaTeX.
That's called 'gocr'. Works, somewhat.
From:
"der Mouse" <mouse at rodents.montreal.qc.ca>
Of course, I have a
better option. I have some of the actual
ASCII source text for a few of the manuals used in the
Polymorphics systems. I lack pictures and diagrams but
at least there are not OCR errors.
I guess this isn't always available for everything :( Barring that, PostScript would even be a decent
alternative to PDF - it's
fairly readable Forth, and any decent printer can accept it to produce a
new hardcopy. I know you can convert PDF back to postscript (ie "Print"
from a pdf viewer on a *NIX machine), but that's probably not the same.
PS and PDF are quite similar, with PS additionally giving you quite a
complex programming language (that PDF lacks).
MfG, JBG
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