> Then there were/are the Webbies...
>
> WebTV - Get youres' 2dAy!
Hey... I got great use from WebTV... I bought someone's used system for
$10 at a garage sale. Saved me $40 on the cost of the keyboard to work
with my Satellite Decoder... and I got a 1 gig IDE hard drive as a bonus.
:-)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
>> Do you have any tips for scanning books? Such as resolution, color
>> settings, etc...
And to go one step further... recommendations for what hardware people
use for scanning? I am thinking about undertaking some manual archiving.
Mostly so I can get rid of manuals that I no longer need, but might want
to reference once again some day in the future.
I was thinking of using an old HP OfficeJet all in one
Fax/Scanner/Printer for the task. I figured that way I could drop a dozen
pages on it at a time. I don't have a sheet feeder for any of my flatbed
scanners.
Would something like this work for the task? Or am I better off locating
a cheap used sheet feeder for a flat bed scanner.
In the long run I figure I will save to PDF... but with how cheap CDs
are, I will most likely keep the interm scanned image as well, and just
make the PDF more for easy quick access to the pages.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
I have an original Compaq portable, that I had hoped to some day gut out and put in a "modern" motherboard etc, with an updated screen, but now it appears as if it may actually be of worth to someone as is. I even have the original receipt from Sears Business Center, where I bought it. Got an IBM proprinter also at the time, but that is now long gone.
Anyway, is there some way to find out what the value of my Compaq is?
Thanks to all who reply.
John Clarke
Philadelphia, PA
I got a mail from a person in Houston who has an 11/44 they needed to get
rid of... but their u-haul truck fell through, and they had to haul it
up here to Austin in batches, in their car.
Tonight I got the first part of the batch - which ended up being a pair of
RL02 drives, and a MINC-11!
pictures: http://www.pdp11.org/minc/
Anybody need the RL02s? Right now, I'm concentrating mostly on getting
all this documentation organized and scanned (finally!) and just messing
around with smaller systems. So, I dont have space for the RL02s, although
I'll be using that enclosure to rackmount some other equipment. Next week
(hopefully), he'll be bringing up the 11/44 if weather and time permits.
Therefore, two free RL02s. Must be picked up in Austin, Texas.
I *might* have a disk pack for one of them around somewhere as well;
need to dig.
Megan Gentry - please email me your postal address again; I have a huge
box of print sets and paper tapes to send your way.
Email me if interested..
Bill
--
bill bradford
mrbill(a)mrbill.net
austin, texas
I was digging in the basement, and found a few things I forgot I had. I think some on the list may be interested in copies of some of this stuff, if so, let me know off list.
A lot of Pick Assembler documentation from my days working on the Pick O/S: The original "rainbow" microdata reality assembler manual, the ultimate pick assembler manual, the general automation pick assembler manual, and the alpha microsystems pick "open architecture" assembler manual. Some of the stuff in this box was "confidential - internal only" and not for public release. I doubt they care these days.
Various info on the M4 Data autoloading 1/2 tape drive: The M4 Data 9900 series tape drive field service manual (very thick, includes schematics), the M4 Data Diagnostics manual for 8900, 9800, and 9903 streaming tape drives (this is really 5 pages of quick reference lists for the diagnostics on the drive). Then there is a 3 page chart showing the jumper settings for the optional SCSI interface card (this drive was most often pertec, not scsi). I seem to recall someone asking about this on the list a while back. I was sure I had accidentally pitched this info - so I was quite happy to find it, since I have a mint M4 in the basement :)
Jay West
It's probably obvious from the TK50 posting that I'm
cleaning out old storerooms.
I have a nearly-complete set of RSX-11M manuals in many feet
of orange binders.
If you need a particular manual, let me know and I'll see if
it's there. If you want the whole thing, be prepared to pay
for actual shipping costs -- it's a big documentation set.
contact runtime(a)wzrd.com
Don Mitchell
Yeah, yeah, replying to my own email, bad form, etc.
I'm an idiot. I just received a 3.5" floppy disk in a CatWeasel Mk3 package from the US and it was fine. Since *every* incoming package is scanned and 5.25" disks are on the whole *more* robust than 3.5" disks, then sending 5.25" disks out of the country should be safe.
Judging by the order of emails Ram will get XACT and Gene will get all the other originals I'm prepared to part with (if he's still interested without XACT).
I'll box them up and workout postage soon.
Just so I know, are there people here that have "standing orders" for any original software I can find? The total load of disks that were disposed of recently (not that much made it to a bin) included:
5.25" DSDD blanks
5.25" DSDD originals
5.25" DSHD originals
(I grabbed all of the above)
5.25" DSHD blanks
3.5" blanks and originals of both densities with possibly some Mac software as well as PC.
By "blanks" I mean non-originals, backups, data, copies, and actual blanks that have probably never been used (certainly never labelled).
What are people after?
> I wrote:
>
> Just scanning emails quickly, so I might have missed something,
> but...
>
> I'm up for it, but Australia *just* implmented a new international
> mail scanning
> technology (incoming *and* outgoing) and I want to find out if it
> nukes disks before
> I send too many.
>
> Will sort things out hopefully next week. Chris J.
>
> > At 08:34 AM 1/11/2003 +0800, I wrote:
> > >
> > >I recently salved a whole bunch of original (PC) 5.25" disks for
> > assorted
> > >business and education-oriented software.
> > >
> > >One product that featured highly and looks like the sort of thing
> > people
> > >might still be using is Xilinx's Xact. A huge number of disks --
> > looks
> > >like lots of incremental updates. Some are still sealed in
> > >plastic. Anyone want?
> > >
> > >Other titles of note include:
> > >
> > >cc:Mail
> > >Lotus 123
> > >Pro-Cite
> > >Ventura Publisher
> > >Project Scheduler 5
> > >Quattro
> > >Persona Logican
> > >Da Vinci eMail
> > >Sun PC-NFS
> > >Ansi-Console
> > >Softerm PC
> > >Compaq MS-DOS 3.31
> > >R&R Report Writer
> > >
> > >Given that I'm in Australia anyone who can convince me they're a
> > good home
> > >;) can have them for the cost of postage + a few percent to cope
> > with
> > >PayPal fees.
> > >
> > >KrisHaven {at} SpamCop {dOt} Net
> > >
> > >Chris J.
> >
>
