Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread COURYHOUSE
well  I save  the  tiff   because that's   what archivists  do
generally I  end up using the jpeg  to  make   picture  from. or  post to 
net!
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/19/2017 4:25:48 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
t...@telegraphics.com.au writes:

On  2017-02-19 3:50 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
> When  we scan stuff  at  SMECC
> it is saved in the following 3  formats   for  each item  scanned.
>
> PDF  with ocr  background
> TIFF
> JPEG
> and  ifcontaining a lot  of  text   a  TXT  file as  well.
>
> Kind of a shotgun approach... but   should  stand  test  of  time?

Only if you're publishing it  somewhere and many people are mirroring it.

--Toby

>
>  Ed#  _www.smecc.org_  (http://www.smecc.org)
>
>
>
> In a message dated  2/19/2017 1:44:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
>  j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu writes:
>
>> From: Toby  Thain
>
>> Often the source  material is a multipage TIFF  from the scanner or other
>>  processing step.
>
>  Multiple single-page TIFFs, in my case.
>
>> So relevant tools  are things like tiff2pdf (tiffutils)
>
> But  also JPEG's,  for pages where the B+W scanning I use (with fax
> compression
>  to keep the file size down) results in pages that aren't  readable -  
this
> happens on faded pages. Does tiff2pdf handle a bunch of   single-page
> TIFF's, with a JPEG or two throw in?
>
>  Noel
>
>




Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Toby Thain

On 2017-02-19 3:44 PM, Noel Chiappa wrote:

> From: Toby Thain

> Often the source material is a multipage TIFF from the scanner or other
> processing step.

Multiple single-page TIFFs, in my case.


Tiffcp and tiffsplit go between these, so I don't bother making a 
distinction... I find multipage TIFFs just as useful as PDF (since I 
don't care about OCR personally).




> So relevant tools are things like tiff2pdf (tiffutils)

But also JPEG's, for pages where the B+W scanning I use (with fax compression
to keep the file size down) results in pages that aren't readable - this
happens on faded pages.


If the pages are text, you can start with a grey scale scan and use a 
per page B&W threshold post-scanning, of course. I wouldn't ship grey 
scale just for some faded text pages.


A more common example of needing interspersed formats would be colour 
covers, or photographs in a mostly-text document. Or some schematics 
that need a higher resolution than the text (which rarely needs > 400).


> Does tiff2pdf handle a bunch of single-page

TIFF's, with a JPEG or two throw in?


Well, multipage TIFF certainly can (using tiffcp to assemble). I *think* 
tiff2pdf can transcode mixed documents reasonably to PDF (and maybe 
tumble can), but better test to be sure.


--T



Noel





Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Toby Thain

On 2017-02-19 3:50 PM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:

When  we scan stuff at  SMECC
it is saved in the following 3  formats  for  each item  scanned.

PDF  with ocr background
TIFF
JPEG
and  if   containing a lot  of  text   a  TXT  file as well.

Kind of a shotgun approach... but   should stand  test  of  time?


Only if you're publishing it somewhere and many people are mirroring it.

--Toby



Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)



In a message dated 2/19/2017 1:44:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu writes:


From: Toby Thain



Often the source  material is a multipage TIFF from the scanner or other
 processing step.


Multiple single-page TIFFs, in my case.


So relevant tools are things like tiff2pdf (tiffutils)


But  also JPEG's, for pages where the B+W scanning I use (with fax
compression
to keep the file size down) results in pages that aren't  readable - this
happens on faded pages. Does tiff2pdf handle a bunch of  single-page
TIFF's, with a JPEG or two throw in?

Noel






Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread COURYHOUSE
When  we scan stuff at  SMECC
it is saved in the following 3  formats  for  each item  scanned.
 
PDF  with ocr background
TIFF
JPEG
and  if   containing a lot  of  text   a  TXT  file as well.
 
Kind of a shotgun approach... but   should stand  test  of  time?
 
Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/19/2017 1:44:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu writes:

> From: Toby Thain

> Often the source  material is a multipage TIFF from the scanner or other
>  processing step.

Multiple single-page TIFFs, in my case.

> So relevant tools are things like tiff2pdf (tiffutils)

But  also JPEG's, for pages where the B+W scanning I use (with fax  
compression
to keep the file size down) results in pages that aren't  readable - this
happens on faded pages. Does tiff2pdf handle a bunch of  single-page
TIFF's, with a JPEG or two throw in?

Noel



Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Toby Thain

> Often the source material is a multipage TIFF from the scanner or other
> processing step.

Multiple single-page TIFFs, in my case.

> So relevant tools are things like tiff2pdf (tiffutils)

But also JPEG's, for pages where the B+W scanning I use (with fax compression
to keep the file size down) results in pages that aren't readable - this
happens on faded pages. Does tiff2pdf handle a bunch of single-page
TIFF's, with a JPEG or two throw in?

Noel


Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread COURYHOUSE


In a message dated 2/19/2017 8:06:50 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
mo...@rodents-montreal.org writes:

>   - PDF/A is [...]
> Those are all good  archival properties!  However, it's also R/O.

Maybe if you stick  to Adobe's tools.  As demonstrated by this thread,
it's entirely  possible to modify such files, even if the currently-easy
ways to do that  involve a trip through a completely different
representation.

I find  it astonishing that anyone would seriously call any documented
file format  read-only.  (If PDF/A isn't documented, then IMO it's not
suitable for  archival under any circumstances.  But this thread makes
it sound as  though it's documented.)

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==
OK .. (correct me if I am gong in the  wrong direction)  so  the   
important thing is that  there is... 
 
- data in a format that is readable by others and a  description of  
formats so  if needed a reader can be constructed at a  later date if needed. 

-non-commercial tools to access it  or have the ability to modify  the data 
in the future  for all of  time.
 
-a reader/writer can be redone to work under  a new operating system  since 
source code is freely available  for it?

  yea...  makes  sense...
 
I do  know  what I  do in any given week here  is not  necessary  for the 
present  but  for  years and   sometimes lifetimes   far removed  from the 
present   moment.
 
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Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Toby Thain

On 2017-02-19 4:39 AM, Nico de Jong wrote:

The Open Office for Windows package has a "save as ...pdf" function



Y'all realise we're dealing with bundles of *scanned images* in the 
context of this discussion. Often the source material is a multipage 
TIFF from the scanner or other processing step.


So relevant tools are things like tiff2pdf (tiffutils), and tumble as 
cited on http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/


My objection to PDF/A doesn't really stand if there are good open source 
tools to process it (clearly the Adobe tools don't count).


--T


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RE: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Paul Birkel
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mouse
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 10:07 AM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
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later version

>   - PDF/A is [...]
> Those are all good archival properties!  However, it's also R/O.

Maybe if you stick to Adobe's tools.  As demonstrated by this thread,
it's entirely possible to modify such files, even if the currently-easy
ways to do that involve a trip through a completely different
representation.

I find it astonishing that anyone would seriously call any documented
file format read-only.  (If PDF/A isn't documented, then IMO it's not
suitable for archival under any circumstances.  But this thread makes
it sound as though it's documented.)

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I wasn't intending to make an existential claim.
I was making an observation that, yes, was based on experience with a
particular tool.
And now I've found how to extend that tool to remove that limitation, thank
you Guy :->.

PDF/A still has properties that are specific to a community-of-use.

Evidently Al thinks those properties are detrimental to the intent of
Bitsavers?
I wasn't previously aware of that issue; perhaps others here were also
unaware?

-
paul



Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Mouse
>   - PDF/A is [...]
> Those are all good archival properties!  However, it's also R/O.

Maybe if you stick to Adobe's tools.  As demonstrated by this thread,
it's entirely possible to modify such files, even if the currently-easy
ways to do that involve a trip through a completely different
representation.

I find it astonishing that anyone would seriously call any documented
file format read-only.  (If PDF/A isn't documented, then IMO it's not
suitable for archival under any circumstances.  But this thread makes
it sound as though it's documented.)

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RE: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Paul Birkel
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Rosenbloom
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 1:37 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

On 2/18/2017 10:29 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:
> -Original Message-
> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob
> Rosenbloom
> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 1:24 PM
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version
>
> On 2/18/2017 10:04 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al
> Kossow
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:50 PM
>>> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
>>> Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version
>>>
>>> PDF-A
>>>
>>> which is the reason it's not on bitsavers
>> Thank you Al.  It's not just me then who has heartburn with that format
> ..
>> 
> I removed the /A format and put the copy up here:
> http://dvq.com/docs/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf
>
> Bob
>
> -
>
> Thanks!  What tool did you use to do that?
>
> paul

Adobe Acrobat 9. Its buried down a few menus, and not obvious.
Menus:

Advanced then
Preflight (at the bottom on mine) then
PDF/A compliance then
Remove PDF/A information

Supposedly easier in Acrobat 10.

Bob
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"Supposedly" is the operative expression IMO.  I have a very old copy of
Acrobat X Pro and had to first discover "Remove PDFa Information.sequ" and
install that.  Now it's:

Tools
Action Wizard
Actions
Remove PDFa Information

So that is perhaps more obvious, _once_ you discover that the functionality
has to be added; it's not a built-in, which was my erroneous expectation.

Thanks for the nudge in the right direction!

paul
-




Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Nico de Jong
The Open Office for Windows package has a "save as ...pdf" function
/Nico
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RE: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-19 Thread Paul Birkel
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 4:04 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU
later version

On 02/18/2017 11:24 AM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Adobe claims " PDF/A - the ISO standard  for long-term archiving"
>  
> -I  am confused about all the  versions  etc..
> -which are  good  which are   bad? 
> -are there good  programs  for  opening hesitant to open pdf  file?
> - what is a goodfreeware   PDF  generator?  / modifier?
> - are older  versions of the reader  better than the newer ones?
> -my HP scanner software makes PDF files  eiher as graphics or as  graphics
with OCR
> -is my  HP scanner making "good"   pdf  files that can be read into the
future?
>  
> Sorry if  I seem  confused on  this... but I  am!

When scanning documents and converting to PDF, I've found that
ghostscript works fine (under Linux).  There's also a separate tiff to
pdf converter available as a package.   Some people use ImageMagick

There are also a number of free online conversion websites; I've used a
couple and they seem to be pretty decent.

--Chuck

-
http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/software-technology/difference-b
etween-pdf-and-pdf-a/ is a concise description

Summary:

  - PDF/A is a special type of PDF meant for archiving documents
  - PDF/A does not allow audio, video, and executable content while PDF does
  - PDF/A requires that graphics and fonts be embedded into the file while
PDF does not
  - PDF/A does not allow external references while PDF does
  - PDF/A does not allow encryption while PDF does

Those are all good archival properties!  However, it's also R/O.

For my purposes PDF/A is undesirable because I can't:  (1) OCR it.  (2)
Extract pages.  (3) Combine sectioned files into a single document.  (4)
Rotate pages permanently.

It's the R/O part that is "mighty unhelpful" since it precludes basic
document management.  Gotta hope that the archivist made good choices.  But
the choices of an archivist aren't necessarily those of a user with a
day-to-day need to fix stuff :-<.

I can see value for a processing stream that uses a PDF/A intermediary to
ensure the desirable properties listed above (e.g., font embedding) but then
a final save in standard "open" PDF that allow users to accomplish the types
of manipulations that I've listed.

-
paul





Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Noel Chiappa
> From: Al Kossow

> PDF-A

Sorry, what's the issue with PDF/A?

Since it's supposedly the 'archival' version, that's what I asked for; I
wanted to maximize the lifetime of these things.

What version of PDF should I be asking for? (I'm not doing the PDF'ing. The
person who is is using Acrobat.)

> which is the reason it's not on bitsavers

Are any other of the things I've scanned that aren't up for the same reason?
List here (first two sections):

  http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/PDP-11_Stuff.html

Please let me know, and I'll get them re-PDF'd into an acceptable form.

Noel


Re: PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Chuck Guzis
On 02/18/2017 11:24 AM, couryho...@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Adobe claims " PDF/A – the ISO standard  for long-term archiving"
>  
> -I  am confused about all the  versions  etc..
> -which are  good  which are   bad? 
> -are there good  programs  for  opening hesitant to open pdf  file?
> - what is a goodfreeware   PDF  generator?  / modifier?
> - are older  versions of the reader  better than the newer ones?
> -my HP scanner software makes PDF files  eiher as graphics or as  graphics 
> with OCR
> -is my  HP scanner making "good"   pdf  files that can be read into the 
> future?
>  
> Sorry if  I seem  confused on  this... but I  am!

When scanning documents and converting to PDF, I've found that
ghostscript works fine (under Linux).  There's also a separate tiff to
pdf converter available as a package.   Some people use ImageMagick

There are also a number of free online conversion websites; I've used a
couple and they seem to be pretty decent.

--Chuck



PDF PDF Which is right and which is ... Was Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread COURYHOUSE

Adobe claims " PDF/A – the ISO standard  for long-term archiving"
 
-I  am confused about all the  versions  etc..
-which are  good  which are   bad? 
-are there good  programs  for  opening hesitant to open pdf  file?
- what is a goodfreeware   PDF  generator?  / modifier?
- are older  versions of the reader  better than the newer ones?
-my HP scanner software makes PDF files  eiher as graphics or as  graphics 
with OCR
-is my  HP scanner making "good"   pdf  files that can be read into the 
future?
 
Sorry if  I seem  confused on  this... but I  am!
 
thanks  for any  help   Ed#  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) 
 

In a message dated 2/18/2017 11:24:14 A.M.  US Mountain Standard Time, 
boba...@sbcglobal.net writes:
 
On  2/18/2017 10:04 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:
>> -Original  Message-
>> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org]  On Behalf Of Al 
Kossow
>> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:50  PM
>> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
>> Subject: Re: PDP-11/24  CPU later version
>>
>> PDF-A
>>
>> which  is the reason it's not on bitsavers
> Thank you Al.  It's not just  me then who has heartburn with that format 
...
>
>  
>
>

I removed the /A format and put the copy up here:  
http://dvq.com/docs/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf

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Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Bob Rosenbloom

On 2/18/2017 10:29 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:

-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Rosenbloom
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 1:24 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

On 2/18/2017 10:04 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:

-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al

Kossow

Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:50 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

PDF-A

which is the reason it's not on bitsavers

Thank you Al.  It's not just me then who has heartburn with that format

..



I removed the /A format and put the copy up here:
http://dvq.com/docs/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf

Bob

-

Thanks!  What tool did you use to do that?

paul




Adobe Acrobat 9. Its buried down a few menus, and not obvious.
Menus:

Advanced then
Preflight (at the bottom on mine) then
PDF/A compliance then
Remove PDF/A information

Supposedly easier in Acrobat 10.

Bob


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RE: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Paul Birkel
-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bob
Rosenbloom
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 1:24 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

On 2/18/2017 10:04 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:
>> -Original Message-
>> From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al
Kossow
>> Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:50 PM
>> To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
>> Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version
>>
>> PDF-A
>>
>> which is the reason it's not on bitsavers
> Thank you Al.  It's not just me then who has heartburn with that format
...
>
> 

I removed the /A format and put the copy up here: 
http://dvq.com/docs/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf

Bob

-

Thanks!  What tool did you use to do that?

paul



Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Bob Rosenbloom

On 2/18/2017 10:04 AM, Paul Birkel wrote:

-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:50 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

PDF-A

which is the reason it's not on bitsavers

Thank you Al.  It's not just me then who has heartburn with that format ...






I removed the /A format and put the copy up here: 
http://dvq.com/docs/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf


Bob

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RE: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Paul Birkel
>-Original Message-
>From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Al Kossow
>Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2017 12:50 PM
>To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
>Subject: Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version
>
>PDF-A
>
>which is the reason it's not on bitsavers

Thank you Al.  It's not just me then who has heartburn with that format ...





Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Al Kossow
PDF-A

which is the reason it's not on bitsavers

On 2/18/17 9:48 AM, Toby Thain wrote:
> On 2017-02-18 12:44 PM, Paul Birkel wrote:
>> Thanks for scanning this!  No sign that Al has done-his-bit :-<.
>> In the meantime is it possible to get an unlocked copy that I can OCR so
>> that it's searchable?
> 
> Unlocked?!?!?!?!
> 



Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Toby Thain

On 2017-02-18 12:44 PM, Paul Birkel wrote:

Thanks for scanning this!  No sign that Al has done-his-bit :-<.
In the meantime is it possible to get an unlocked copy that I can OCR so
that it's searchable?


Unlocked?!?!?!?!

Sounds like yet another reason to publish multipage TIFF instead of or 
in addition to PDF.


--Toby



Should I infer that you purchased that $399 load of DEC modules?
I debated, what with the J11 processor, but no FP-coprocessor and no
documentation.

-Original Message-
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Noel
Chiappa
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2017 5:42 PM
To: cctalk@classiccmp.org
Cc: j...@mercury.lcs.mit.edu
Subject: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

So I was recently provided (thanks!) with a copy of the later rev of the
PDP-11/24 Tech Manual (EK-11024-TM-003), which I have had scanned for a
while
now (waiting for a quite period on the list ;-), and is now available for
upload here:

http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf

(Bitsavers et al, please pick this up and distribute.)

So it has an Appendix D, which described the -YA later rev of the CPU card
(in which a bunch of gates were replaced with a couple of custom gate
arrays.
Does anyone have one of these? I'd love to get a photo of one, if so.

Thanks!

Noel






RE: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-18 Thread Paul Birkel
Thanks for scanning this!  No sign that Al has done-his-bit :-<.
In the meantime is it possible to get an unlocked copy that I can OCR so
that it's searchable?

Should I infer that you purchased that $399 load of DEC modules?
I debated, what with the J11 processor, but no FP-coprocessor and no
documentation.

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Chiappa
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Subject: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

So I was recently provided (thanks!) with a copy of the later rev of the
PDP-11/24 Tech Manual (EK-11024-TM-003), which I have had scanned for a
while
now (waiting for a quite period on the list ;-), and is now available for
upload here:

http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf

(Bitsavers et al, please pick this up and distribute.)

So it has an Appendix D, which described the -YA later rev of the CPU card
(in which a bunch of gates were replaced with a couple of custom gate
arrays.
Does anyone have one of these? I'd love to get a photo of one, if so.

Thanks!

Noel



Re: PDP-11/24 CPU later version

2017-02-07 Thread Paul Anderson
The M7133 is etch D or earlier.  The M7133-YA  is rev E or later.

I'll put it on my look for list.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 4:41 PM, Noel Chiappa 
wrote:

> So I was recently provided (thanks!) with a copy of the later rev of the
> PDP-11/24 Tech Manual (EK-11024-TM-003), which I have had scanned for a
> while
> now (waiting for a quite period on the list ;-), and is now available for
> upload here:
>
> http://ana-3.lcs.mit.edu/~jnc/tech/pdp11/EK-11024-TM-003.pdf
>
> (Bitsavers et al, please pick this up and distribute.)
>
> So it has an Appendix D, which described the -YA later rev of the CPU card
> (in which a bunch of gates were replaced with a couple of custom gate
> arrays.
> Does anyone have one of these? I'd love to get a photo of one, if so.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Noel
>