Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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".

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

> 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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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.

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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?

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

RE: Micro Fiche Library.

> >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 > >

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Re: Micro Fiche Library.

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

Micro Fiche Library.

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