Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

On 2/11/2018 12:17 PM, Al Kossow wrote: On 2/11/18 10:11 AM, Dan Gahlinger wrote: which is why I wondered what people thought of turning an old DEC teletype or printer into a scanner, by fixing a camera to it sounds like a bigger version of the Thunderscan

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

Here in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines the public library has an 11x17 scanner available for free (flatbed).  Scan your pages, then email them to yourself.  Don't even need a library card.  It is a prepackaged service they buy so I am sure many other libraries have it too.

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

> On Feb 11, 2018, at 12:10 PM, Timothe Litt wrote: > > Lighting is an issue, as is compensating for keystoning and other > misalignments. Most cameras don't have a standard remote trigger interface - > one of the pointers I provided loads modified firmware into cameras from

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

Almost every wide printer had adjustable widths. If this is a problem try a different printer. Non-standard lengths may be more of an issue. If you shoot an entire page at a time line spacing is a problem for your OCR software. With tractor feed page length variability should not be an issue

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

*"so I guess question 1: how best to get rid of the folds? my method so far: fold them the other direction and try and fold it out, but so far not much luck"* If you have a big wad of paper that has been folded in half newspaper style, fold it the other way a few times. Then place it concave side

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

On 11-Feb-18 14:29, Davis Johnson wrote: > I think what you need is a wide carriage printer with the typical feed > up through a slot in the bottom, and a camera. > > The only working function needed from the printer is form feed. > Photograph the page that is hanging below the printer, form feed

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

I think what you need is a wide carriage printer with the typical feed up through a slot in the bottom, and a camera. The only working function needed from the printer is form feed. Photograph the page that is hanging below the printer, form feed and repeat. Anybody here ought to be able to

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

Zork (Dungeon) for VAX/VMS is available here: http://simh.trailing-edge.com/games/dungeon.zip The sources to Adventure (VAX/VMS version) are also online, as is the MDL source for Zork. I have the PDP-11 version of Adventure as well. /Bob On 2/11/2018 1:22 PM, simh-requ...@trailing-edge.com

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

On 02/11/2018 09:45 AM, Timothe Litt wrote: > Scanning code is a bit different from scanning books. Listings tend > to have headers, footers, (tractor feed holes), notations - in some > cases, assembly code or other columns - separate from the code. > Plus lines and/or colored bars. Back in

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

On 2/11/18 10:11 AM, Dan Gahlinger wrote: > which is why I wondered what people thought of turning an old DEC teletype or > printer into a scanner, by fixing a camera > to it sounds like a bigger version of the Thunderscan https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Thunderscan.txt

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

. From: Simh <simh-boun...@trailing-edge.com> on behalf of Timothe Litt <l...@ieee.org> Sent: February 11, 2018 12:45 PM To: simh@trailing-edge.com Subject: Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout? These opportunities keep coming up; lots of us archived

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

On 2/11/18 9:45 AM, Timothe Litt wrote: > Scanning paper efficiently requires an investment.  This would seem to be > something that could best be centralized (or > regionalized).  Al Kossow (chm/bitsavers) has hardware for efficiently > scanning manuals, but I don't know if it handles > 11 x

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

These opportunities keep coming up; lots of us archived paper, which survives longer than magnetics - and their transports. These seem to be addressed as one-off projects.  It would be more efficient if a group of interested people could develop/find a sponsor for a listing -> code facility.  But

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Look at the diy book scanning community for inspiration and make sure that the light comes at an angle that doesn't reflect in to the camera. I just found a led light fixture that pumps out as lot of light and is long as a "tube light" 1,2m (approximately 1,5 yards) //Pär Den 11 feb. 2018 5:09 PM

Re: [Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

> On Feb 11, 2018, at 6:55 AM, Dan Gahlinger wrote: > > I have several printouts like this, > the one I was just trying to scan in is labelled "EMPIRE Version 4.0 > 18-Jan-81" > with the notice: "Please send bug reports to ELROND::EMPIRE" > This is a Vax/VMS Fortran

[Simh] best way to scan 172 column fanfold 80s printout?

I have several printouts like this, the one I was just trying to scan in is labelled "EMPIRE Version 4.0 18-Jan-81" with the notice: "Please send bug reports to ELROND::EMPIRE" This is a Vax/VMS Fortran conversion from TOPS-10/20 from sources from around fall 1979 It seems I only have the first