Re: UCSD p-system manuals and disks?
So I have imaged the three disks I found using ImageDisk: http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/TEXAS.zip Then I scanned one of the manuals. UCSD Pascal : http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/UCSD-Pascal.pdf The problem is that manual has text in red/brown and black. I scanned it in colour. However the actual colour of the scan varies a bit between pages. (Maybe because there are two sensors, one for top side and one for bottom side.) And the scan get very big. Is there a way to create filter this pdf to use three colours and possibly compress it better? What is the best way to deal with scans of documents with coloured text. I know many DEC manuals that has coloured text as well. /Mattis 2018-02-20 17:19 GMT+01:00 Bill Degnan : > These may be uncommon, given they're for the TI 350-era business computer. > They were partially IBM clones, I am guessing the Pascal in particular > would have been incompatible with a regular IBM of the time and these disks > would only work on the TI's. These disks would be greatly appreciated by > someone with a TI 350 who had no other way to get Pascal running. > b > > On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 11:15 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > >> I received these nice binders. >> >> https://i.imgur.com/L80ZGusl.jpg >> >> I think that most of them are already available online. Not sure about the >> UCSD Pascal manual? >> >> One of the binders contained some disks. >> >> https://i.imgur.com/FYIBbmjl.jpg >> >> Are these disks available online already or should I dump them? Bitsavers >> seems to have the Mac version. >> >> /Mattis >> > >
Re: UCSD p-system manuals and disks?
> On Mar 20, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk
> wrote:
>
> So I have imaged the three disks I found using ImageDisk:
> http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/TEXAS.zip
>
> Then I scanned one of the manuals. UCSD Pascal :
> http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/UCSD-Pascal.pdf
>
> The problem is that manual has text in red/brown and black. I scanned it in
> colour. However the actual colour of the scan varies a bit between pages.
> (Maybe because there are two sensors, one for top side and one for bottom
> side.)
> And the scan get very big.
>
> Is there a way to create filter this pdf to use three colours and possibly
> compress it better? What is the best way to deal with scans of documents
> with coloured text. I know many DEC manuals that has coloured text as well.
Yes, you can do that with photo editing programs, which often have scripting
("batch processing") features so you can do it repeatedly. Depending on the
quality of the source material it may be hard to get right, though.
One technique that's useful in dealing with colors in the way you want to is to
convert the images to "Lab" (or "L*a*b") format, as opposed to RGB or CMYK.
That separates the brightness information from the red/green and yellow/blue
distinctions, and lets you apply curves, or threshold operations, or things
like that to emphasize colors or force them to particular values. It will take
experimenting with your particular source material to figure out the way.
If standard programs don't do the job, an image file manipulation library might
be the way to get at this.
paul
Re: PDP8/e programmers consoles
On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Charles Dickman via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 9:59 PM, allison via cctalk > wrote: > > >> Has anyone ever seen a PDP8/i style console for the PDP8/e? Looking at > >> the way the PDP8/e console functions, it should be possible to time > >> multiplex all the register to the data bus so they are all visible at > >> once when the machine is halted. > > No and can't! The 8i (nor the 8L) was not omnibus. The boards to make > > I know the 8/I panel won't work with an 8/e. My question was if there > was a special seen in the wild that had all the register values like > the 8/i did since the panel interface clearly supports it. > This would certainly be possible. I discussed exactly this possibility a few years ago with a now departed friend. We did a cursory search at the time and didn't turn up anything. Of course there are lots of smart people out there who do a lot of clever things and never bother to tell the net. My bet would be that nobody has wanted this enough to make their own omnibus front panel when there are still real panels and machines readily available. I guess you can be the first! Best wishes. -- Doug Ingraham PDP-8 SN 1175
Re: UCSD p-system manuals and disks?
On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:50:12 +0100 Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > So I have imaged the three disks I found using ImageDisk: > http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/TEXAS.zip > > Then I scanned one of the manuals. UCSD Pascal : > http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/UCSD-Pascal.pdf > > The problem is that manual has text in red/brown and black. I scanned > it in colour. However the actual colour of the scan varies a bit > between pages. (Maybe because there are two sensors, one for top side > and one for bottom side.) > And the scan get very big. > > Is there a way to create filter this pdf to use three colours and > possibly compress it better? What is the best way to deal with scans > of documents with coloured text. I know many DEC manuals that has > coloured text as well. > > /Mattis > --snip-- I use Acrobat Professional to both scan, OCR and optimize PDF's. It works very well. I do this for many vintage manuals that had been previously scanned that I've downloaded that have not been OCRed or optimized. BTW: OCR works best when the manuals are scanned for color or grey scale at 600bpi or better. Cheers, Lyle -- 73 AF6WS Bickley Consulting West Inc. http://bickleywest.com "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
Re: UCSD p-system manuals and disks?
On 2018-03-20 7:50 AM, Mattis Lind via cctalk wrote: > So I have imaged the three disks I found using ImageDisk: > http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/TEXAS.zip > > Then I scanned one of the manuals. UCSD Pascal : > http://storage.datormuseum.se/u/96935524/Datormusuem/UCSD-Pascal.pdf > > The problem is that manual has text in red/brown and black. I scanned it in > colour. However the actual colour of the scan varies a bit between pages. > (Maybe because there are two sensors, one for top side and one for bottom > side.) > And the scan get very big. > > Is there a way to create filter this pdf to use three colours and possibly > compress it better? What is the best way to deal with scans of documents > with coloured text. I know many DEC manuals that has coloured text as well. Matt Zucker's noteshrink is designed for similar tasks. I've had good results, even on whole books: https://github.com/mzucker/noteshrink Feel free to send me your original files if you'd like me to try things out. > > /Mattis >
FS: More S-100 related hardware from Sellam's collection
Hello Folks. I posted more S-100 gear for sale, including several early MITS Altair boards. Please follow the link below if interested. The new Altair listings are right after the update. http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?61192-Sellam-s-S-100-Hardware-Software-and-Peripherals-Sales-Thread&p=506664#post506664 If interested, please do inquire directly to me by e-mail via < sellam.ism...@gmail.com>. Thanks! Sellam
Re: More S-100 related hardware from Sellam's collection
Hi Sellam Can I ask a favor. I have one of those 8K Piiceon boards. There is one part I haven't figured out yet. Between IC19 and IC20 there two jumper holes. There is also a jumper hole just to the bottom right of IC23. Is there any jumper wires connected to any of these three points? If it is not asking too much. I think for what it is, your $40 is a fair price. Most don't have a way to program 2708s and this should be the same as the ByteSaver for that purpose as well as providing EPROM space for code. With the EPROM to use it, it is great. If I didn't already have one and a ByteSaver, I'd buy it. Mine doesn't have all the program control part across the top of the board. Only two sockets are populated. I spent about $10 to fill in the rest of the parts from Anchor. You should mention if it has programming control for all the socket positions. That might sway a buyers choice. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Sellam Ismail via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:49:29 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: FS: More S-100 related hardware from Sellam's collection Hello Folks. I posted more S-100 gear for sale, including several early MITS Altair boards. Please follow the link below if interested. The new Altair listings are right after the update. http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?61192-Sellam-s-S-100-Hardware-Software-and-Peripherals-Sales-Thread&p=506664#post506664 If interested, please do inquire directly to me by e-mail via < sellam.ism...@gmail.com>. Thanks! Sellam
ISO: Harris Micro-12 (HB-61000) docs
Hi all -- Got me a Harris Micro-12 (AKA the HB-61000), this is a single-board computer based around the Harris 6100 (PDP-8 on-a-chip) microprocessor. I'm working on bringing it back to life and I'm trying to find docs and schematics for it. There's a high-level overview starting on page 5-4 of http://bitsavers.org/components/harris/1979_Harris_CMOS_Microprocessor_Volume_1.pdf, but that's the most I've found. Right now it looks like the FLAG 2 signal on the PIE chip (HD-6101, discussed in the aforementioned manual) is holding the 6100's RUN line low; I don't see anything telling the PIE to do that at reset, nor is anything else attached to that signal that I've been able to find, so I'm wagering that the chip is faulty at the moment. (If I pull the PIE chip out the CPU appears to be running.) Schematics and/or docs would make this a lot easier. Anyone have a copy of these? Thanks in advance, Josh
Re: More S-100 related hardware from Sellam's collection
Ops, meant that to go to Sellam. Dwight From: cctalk on behalf of Sellam Ismail via cctalk Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 12:49:29 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: FS: More S-100 related hardware from Sellam's collection Hello Folks. I posted more S-100 gear for sale, including several early MITS Altair boards. Please follow the link below if interested. The new Altair listings are right after the update. http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?61192-Sellam-s-S-100-Hardware-Software-and-Peripherals-Sales-Thread&p=506664#post506664 If interested, please do inquire directly to me by e-mail via < sellam.ism...@gmail.com>. Thanks! Sellam
DEC VR150 montior
Does anyone have a schematic for this DEC monitor? I have one that has good video but doesn't seem to want to respond to video input.
