Re: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 9:17 AM, Toby Thain via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2018-03-30 9:21 AM, emanuel stiebler via cctalk wrote: > > On 2018-03-29 14:50, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > > > Just as we talk about scanning hundreds of them. How do you guys clean > > the fiche

Re: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 11:29 AM, Jon Elson via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Huh? DEC service and software listings on Diazo? Hmmm, you are right! I > always thought these were silver film, but just took a look and they are > very dark blue Diazo. On the other hand, these are VMS

Re: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

[I'm intentionally not quoting anyone here] Disclaimer: I own a small company which provides microfilm and microfiche scanning. A couple of problems anyone building a fiche scanner is going to run into have already been addressed: Moving film around to capture images and resolution. I use a

Re: What is the most amount of money you've spent on a computer or computer-related item?

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:08 PM, Al Kossow wrote: > $15,000 for a used Mekel microfiche scanner in the early-2000's > I have a Mekel M565 and an M525, with the greyscale interface card, sitting in my office. They were a parting gift from my boss when we closed the old

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

the ImageMagick library, you can scan an entire fiche in one pass, then slice up the image into individual pages accordingly. --Shaun Halstead MSI Tech Services, LLC

Re: StorageTek 2920 9-track manual or instructions wanted

The 2920 has been discussed here before, about a year ago. I went through my back emails, but couldn't find the thread. The 2920 came in some flavor of Pertec, and SCSI via rear-mounted adapter. Yours appears to have the adapter interface. We ran several of the pertec version of these drives

ISA Pertec controllers available

I have two Computer Logics PCTD-III Pertec 8-bit ISA interface boards available. I have no software or docs to go with them, though I should have at least one cable set. From what I can gather from past discussions of these cards (h/t Chuck G.), they require driver-supplied firmware.

Re: Equipment available (Wichita, Ks)

On 07/30/2015 03:18 PM, Jerome H. Fine wrote: I am holding a DEC RZ28 (aka ST32550N) 2 GB hard drive in my hands and it seems no different in weight than any other 3.5 hard drive. As a rough estimate, take any Seagate 3.5 hard drive as being close to the RZ26. Does this help? I

Re: Equipment available (Wichita, Ks)

On 07/28/2015 08:05 PM, Jon Elson wrote: Hmm, that's a CDC / Laser Magnetic Storage 92185 drive, right? Looks like it probably has the buffered Pertec interface, from the two connectors on the back. I've been looking for a 92185 with the SCSI interface (or just the SCSI interface board

Re: DC300XL/P-600 tapes available

On 07/28/2015 11:19 AM, Shaun Halstead wrote: While cleaning up the shop, I found a stockpile (qty: 85) of brand new, in the plastic wrap, Carlisle DC300XL/P-600 QIC tapes. They're arranged in one complete case of 50 (subdivided into boxes of 10, each of which has two smaller boxes

9T TU80-family in Wichita, Ks

/models I have on hand, or whether I have software and drivers for them. If anyone is interested, photos are here: http://microfilmks.com/LMSI/ and I can get an operational video if necessary. It's available now, in Wichita, Ks. Asking $150, but I'm flexible. You pay freight. --Shaun Halstead