Re: Linearizing PDF scans

2021-08-16 Thread J. David Bryan via cctalk
On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 22:46, Wayne S wrote: > I asked because i was curious if what you wanted to do could not be > done in Acrobat. Never having used Acrobat, I cannot say. -- Dave

Re: Linearizing PDF scans

2021-08-16 Thread J. David Bryan via cctalk
On Monday, August 16, 2021 at 14:20, Wayne Sudol wrote: > Out of curiosity, is there a reason you do not use Acrobat for > creating pdfs? Primarily because I have not purchased a license for Acrobat. Also, when I started scanning manuals ten years ago, Al Kossow recommended tumble, which work

Re: IBM PC diagnostics disks

2021-08-16 Thread Jay Jaeger via cctalk
On 8/10/2021 10:30 PM, Jay Jaeger via cctech wrote: On 7/29/2021 1:22 PM, Mark Huffstutter via cctech wrote: Yes, I sadly, learned that important lesson years ago, after finding My "Original" Original PC DOS diskette set pretty much destroyed, left in The folders in storage for too long. --

Kennett Classic Computing Event Sept 25th

2021-08-16 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Tickets and News Here: https://www.kennettclassic.com/2nd-annual-kennett-classic-announced/ Located across the street from Kennett Classic's museum at the Garage Community Center in downtown Kennett Square, PA (btwn Philadelphia and Baltimore). Classic Computing Workshop Hack-a-thon If a day of vi

DEC Rainbow Ethernet Hardware

2021-08-16 Thread Warner Losh via cctalk
Greetings I'm looking for any and all information I can find on the DEC Rainbow ethernet cards. I know for sure that two exist, both plugged into the communications slot that most rainbows have filled with a hard disk controller. DEC made one, and Univation made the other. Univation also adverti

Re: Linearizing PDF scans

2021-08-16 Thread J. David Bryan via cctalk
On Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 1:20, Alexander Schreiber wrote: > My current toolchain for that: Thanks; that was quite helpful. One aspect that I find of great assistance in navigating large PDF manuals is original page numbers. Often a manual will contain references, e.g., to "page 4-13" or

Re: Ultrix-11

2021-08-16 Thread js--- via cctalk
On 8/15/2021 10:08 AM, Bill Gunshannon via cctalk wrote: On 8/15/21 12:45 AM, Warner Losh via cctalk wrote: Distributions/DEC/Ultrix-11/Fred-Ultrix3 in the tuhs archive has complete instructions as well as a program to build the ultrix tapes It took a day because I wanted to test it

Re: WTB: Amiga 3000 front/floppy

2021-08-16 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
Those funky 150RPM Amiga HD drives are made from unicorns. I have one. I may have even seen another at some point in the last 30 years, but couldn't say for sure. If you don't need HD support, I suggest just taking the front off that PC drive and 3D-printing a plausible-looking fascia for it. I

Re: WTB: Amiga 3000 front/floppy

2021-08-16 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 11:10:47AM -0400, Ethan O'Toole via cctalk wrote: > Scored an A3000. Prior owner cut a hole where the floppy goes and mounted > a PC floppy in there. Looking for an original front plate and the matching > floppy drive to restore machine to original look. Those funky 150RPM

WTB: Amiga 3000 front/floppy

2021-08-16 Thread Ethan O'Toole via cctalk
Scored an A3000. Prior owner cut a hole where the floppy goes and mounted a PC floppy in there. Looking for an original front plate and the matching floppy drive to restore machine to original look. - Ethan