14 Jul
2003
14 Jul
'03
3:10 a.m.
Get access to an Oc? 3165 with the scan2file option, or
the newer model called DPS100. The machines scan at 52
A4-sized pages per minute at 600 dpi resolution.
A3-sized runs at 23-26 pages/minute AFAIK.
The output can be selected: either (multi-page) TIFF,
or PDF, but the PDF files are *large* because they are
TIFF with a PDF wrapper.
Acrobat would make those big TIFF files a lot smaller in
size, but then with CD-ROMs available, size only matters
if you need to download from the 'Net.
I could scan them to a number of PDF's described above,
but you need to ship the doc to The Netherlands, and pay
for the return shipment, if you want them back. And you do!
I am only interested in PDP-11. If I start collecting -8's,
I will definately run out of space as many of us, fighting
the never-ending battle for more space.
- Henk.
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Krten [mailto:root@parse.com]
Sent: donderdag 10 juli 2003 3:00
To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: TIFF to PDF (slightly OT, but for a good cause :-))
I have the chance to pay some money and get my 17x22" PDP-8/I
schematics
scanned, but they only offer TIFF output. These will be
scanned in 400 DPI
mode and put on the web. These are a newer revision than the
ones posted
on the web.
What I'd *really* like to do is convert them from TIFF to PDF
and bind them
into multi-page PDFs instead of the one-per-page TIFF files
that I'll get
from the scanning house.
Any volunteers? Suggestions for *free* software than runs on
FreeBSD or, worst
case, Windoze?
Cheers,
-RK
--
Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at
www.parse.com
Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
14 Jul
14 Jul
8:13 a.m.
New subject: Detroit garage sale finds
Once every few years the City of Detroit (as it were) has a huge "Garage
Sale" at Cobo Hall, where they have the auto show and other gigantic
conventions. This was the first in eight years so they had a lot of stuff
left over. I just found out about it the last second, and managed to make it
there with two hours before they closed. I picked up a Unisys Aquantas P166
"Thin client" which is pretty neat, and a box of Unisys/Burroughs disks with
some OS called "BTOS" but there was a ton of stuff I couldn't haul home as
I
was limited to what I could carry. Among them were:
An IBM 5110 PC. Damn I wanted that thing...
Several big iron boxes from a Burroughs mainframe.
Lots of Xerox workstations
Some AT&T PC 6110, or whatever those freaky Unix PC's were.
An OLD Intergraph CAD workstation, the all in one jobber with two monitors
and a HUGE tablet housed in a monstorous box.
Literally MOUNTAINS of old PC's and workstations, most of them stripped
apart. I picked up a few Pentium Pro's to add to my chip collection out of a
Compaq box that looked like it had been hit by a bus.
I'll try to post pics soon.
Good luck hunting!
1:31 p.m.
would make those big TIFF files a lot smaller in size,
but
then with CD-ROMs available, size only matters if you need to
download from the 'Net.
I humbly beg to differ. The DEC stuff I've amassed weighs in at about
40 CDs so far (and most of those will be at least 680MB - I hate
wasted space :-) ). Bitonal scanning and G4-encoding buys a good
deal of saved space.
I keep meaning to invest in a DVD-R but I've been fooled by the
"C3D is just around the corner" brigade (for about 3 years now ...)
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini arcarlini(a)iee.org
21 Jul
21 Jul
1:11 p.m.
Gooijen H sez...
Get access to an Oc? 3165 with the scan2file option, or
the newer model called DPS100. The machines scan at 52
A4-sized pages per minute at 600 dpi resolution.
A3-sized runs at 23-26 pages/minute AFAIK.
The output can be selected: either (multi-page) TIFF,
or PDF, but the PDF files are *large* because they are
TIFF with a PDF wrapper.
Acrobat would make those big TIFF files a lot smaller in
size, but then with CD-ROMs available, size only matters
if you need to download from the 'Net.
I could scan them to a number of PDF's described above,
but you need to ship the doc to The Netherlands, and pay
for the return shipment, if you want them back. And you do!
I am only interested in PDP-11. If I start collecting -8's,
I will definately run out of space as many of us, fighting
the never-ending battle for more space.
I've solved the problem, or more correctly, Al Kossow has
solved the problem. I scanned them with 400 DPI TIFF at
the local copy shop, and Al was able to trim and rotate them
and convert them to a PDF. So that's all taken care of :-)
http://www.parse.com/~pdp8/pdp8i/drawings.html
has the scans...
[Thanks to all who replied]
Cheers,
-RK
- Henk.
--
Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at www.parse.com
Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Krten [mailto:root@parse.com]
Sent: donderdag 10 juli 2003 3:00
To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: TIFF to PDF (slightly OT, but for a good cause :-))
I have the chance to pay some money and get my 17x22" PDP-8/I
schematics
scanned, but they only offer TIFF output. These will be
scanned in 400 DPI
mode and put on the web. These are a newer revision than the
ones posted
on the web.
What I'd *really* like to do is convert them from TIFF to PDF
and bind them
into multi-page PDFs instead of the one-per-page TIFF files
that I'll get
from the scanning house.
Any volunteers? Suggestions for *free* software than runs on
FreeBSD or, worst
case, Windoze?
Cheers,
-RK
--
Robert Krten, PARSE Software Devices +1 613 599 8316.
Realtime Systems Architecture, Consulting and Training at
www.parse.com
Looking for Digital Equipment Corp. PDP-1 through PDP-15 minicomputers!
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