On 04/10/16 05:49, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Hi All
I have just had a huge DEC Miro Fiche library given to me.
It has the portable (weighs a ton) reader with it.
On trying it out. I found the results were awful.
A good clean of the light path and removal of some disintegrating foam
impro
Hi,
you surely found it on the web already, but if not:
Two years ago I build an own scanning rig and scanned 5+ pages of
XXDP listings.
The problem of enhancing very bad fiches is also addressed with an
expensive "Filter Chain".
http://retrocmp.com/projects/scanning-micro-fiches
Joerg
On 05/10/2016 09:16, Jörg Hoppe wrote:
Hi,
you surely found it on the web already, but if not:
Two years ago I build an own scanning rig and scanned 5+ pages of
XXDP listings.
The problem of enhancing very bad fiches is also addressed with an
expensive "Filter Chain".
http://retrocmp.c
> On Oct 5, 2016, at 1:10 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
>
> On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, Al Kossow wrote:
>> There are very few imaging programs that can handle an image that large.
>> You run into this with scans of blueprints.
>
> There you have TWO size issues. The original may have enormous physical
> dim
On Wed, 5 Oct 2016, Al Kossow wrote:
There are very few imaging programs that can handle an image that large.
You run into this with scans of blueprints.
There you have TWO size issues. The original may have enormous physical
dimensions.
A well chosen image format shouldn't have much proble
On 05/10/2016 16:05, Al Kossow wrote:
On 10/4/16 10:48 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
I have been doing some searching on the web.
There seem to be some Epson (Perfection range) that could scan fiche
How many lifetimes do you have allocated for the project?
Well its not so much scan to start w
On 10/5/16 6:47 AM, emanuel stiebler wrote:
> Is there no "modern" format of TIFF or similar, which could save the whole
> microfiche as one picture?
>
There are very few imaging programs that can handle an image that large.
You run into this with scans of blueprints.
On 10/4/16 10:48 PM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
> I have been doing some searching on the web.
> There seem to be some Epson (Perfection range) that could scan fiche
>
How many lifetimes do you have allocated for the project?
On 2016-10-04 06:49, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Hi All
I have just had a huge DEC Miro Fiche library given to me.
Just a stupid question, as we are on the microfiche again ;-)
Is there no "modern" format of TIFF or similar, which could save the
whole microfiche as one picture?
Would save all the e
This is the one I have. It may be overkill because I think it goes to 8
x 10 transparency.
A 5x7 format scanner will work just as well for fiche. If you plan to
do aperture cards, you will need a longer dimension that 7" to cover
that. The Epson 4990 apparently has that.
i looked forward
On 05/10/2016 09:13, Eric Smith wrote:
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
Epson Perfection V800 Photo A4 Flatbed Scanner
* Dual Lens System - swaps between 6400dpi (for slides and film) and
4800dpi (for photos)
Suitable for DEC 52x Fiche Scanning ?
If you wanted to s
On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Rod Smallwood
wrote:
> Epson Perfection V800 Photo A4 Flatbed Scanner
> * Dual Lens System - swaps between 6400dpi (for slides and film) and
>4800dpi (for photos)
> Suitable for DEC 52x Fiche Scanning ?
If you wanted to scan 52x fiche at an effective resoluti
On 04/10/2016 16:53, Dave Wade wrote:
Jim mentioned that dedicated microfilm scanners are expensive.
He's not kidding. Used machines tend to start around $5k USD for a
low end, heavily used scanner. New machines are generally $30k at the
lowest end. Flatbed photographic film scanners are
If you look in the cctlk archives there was work done on this in the recent past
http://www.retrocmp.com/tools/pdp-11-diagnostic-database
seems to be a pointer to many sources
On 10/4/16 9:38 AM, Rod Smallwood wrote:
>
>
> On 04/10/2016 17:16, Al Kossow wrote:
>>
>> On 10/4/16 8:02 AM, Shaun
On 04/10/2016 17:16, Al Kossow wrote:
On 10/4/16 8:02 AM, Shaun Halstead wrote:
I'd like to work to-wards scanning all of the library into a system.
Anybody know anything about fiche scanners.
This is exactly what my company does (and my previous, now defunct,
employer as well). I have
On 10/4/16 8:02 AM, Shaun Halstead wrote:
>> I'd like to work to-wards scanning all of the library into a system.
>> Anybody know anything about fiche scanners.
>
>
> This is exactly what my company does (and my previous, now defunct,
> employer as well). I have dedicated microfiche and mic
> >Jim mentioned that dedicated microfilm scanners are expensive.
> > He's not kidding. Used machines tend to start around $5k USD for a
> > low end, heavily used scanner. New machines are generally $30k at the
> > lowest end. Flatbed photographic film scanners are much cheaper, but
> > also
On 04/10/2016 16:02, Shaun Halstead wrote:
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote:
Hi All
I have just had a huge DEC Miro Fiche library given to me.
It has the portable (weighs a ton) reader with it.
On trying it out. I found the re
On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 11:49 PM, Rod Smallwood <
rodsmallwoo...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> I have just had a huge DEC Miro Fiche library given to me.
>
> It has the portable (weighs a ton) reader with it.
>
> On trying it out. I found the results were awful.
> A good clean of th
I could scan a fiche in about 10 min with an Epson transparency
scanner. I think Al may have an actual digitizer but they are expensive.
As to the fiche reader you got, I've never seen one with a plastic
carrier. They always had glass in my case.
On the one I have you can pop out the view s
Hi All
I have just had a huge DEC Miro Fiche library given to me.
It has the portable (weighs a ton) reader with it.
On trying it out. I found the results were awful.
A good clean of the light path and removal of some disintegrating foam
improved things no end.
That left two issues:
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