RE: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Richard Atkinson
In my view, all we really need is someone to convert the scans into a single pdf file, so v9938.pdf can be viewed in Acrobat Reader. Most of the other MSX datasheets are in this format. Richard -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html

RE: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Hans Otten
Oh, that is easy. I volunteer. Hans -Original Message- From: Richard Atkinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 February 2001 19:49 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: v9938 databook scanned In my view, all we really need is someone to convert the scans into a single pdf file, so v9

NLMSX v0.34 released

2001-02-22 Thread Frits Hilderink
New in NLMSX v0.34: - Added performance enhanced version of the EMU2413 made by Mitsutaka Okazaki. - Some enhancements regarding the VDP interrupt system. - Solved a crash that occurred when the sound had been disabled. Please report any problems to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Goto: http://nlmsx.gener

Re: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Pierre Gielen
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 19:18:01 +0100, you wrote: >When the ocr program converted the picture to black and white i could even >see fingerprints. With this original using ocr will be a task. So much for the lossless compression with PNG. Enlarged, I also noticed that the characters are not sharp eno

Re: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> So much for the lossless compression with PNG. Enlarged, I also > noticed that the characters are not sharp enough to be recognized by > my OCR program (Iris). No really, nothing but space is lost by the That's not the fault of the PNG format, but of the too low resolution scans. > conversion

RE: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Hans Otten
I agree, jpg is not the format you want for line art and text scans. There you want a black and white lossless format. Not popular,here, but GIF is very convenient in size. I did convert all PNG pictures to GIF and that made it to the previously mentioned 1.8 Mb. TIFF is also good. Hans -- For

Re: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> I agree, jpg is not the format you want for line art and text scans. There > you want a black and white lossless format. Not popular,here, but GIF is > very convenient in size. I did convert all PNG pictures to GIF and that made > it to the previously mentioned 1.8 Mb. TIFF is also good. Hans,

Re: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Sean Young
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:06:46PM +0100, Hans Otten wrote: > I started converting to PDF by converting all files from PNG color format > tot black and white. The resulting sum shrinks to 1.8 Mbyte. What's the colordepth? 1 bit? Sean -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.h

RE: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Hans Otten
Yes, one bit is 2 colors. -Original Message- From: Sean Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 February 2001 16:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: v9938 databook scanned On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:06:46PM +0100, Hans Otten wrote: > I started converting to PDF by converting all fil

RE: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Hans Otten
Yes, i will try. Tomorrow i will download the doc file, ISDN is too slow. At work a 2Mb line is better! Hans -Original Message- From: Manuel Bilderbeek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 February 2001 16:01 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: v9938 databook scanned > I agree, jpg is n

Re: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> Yes, i will try. Tomorrow i will download the doc file, ISDN is too slow. At > work a 2Mb line is better! Hans, thanks in advance for your great efforts. Sean and Brian too of course. :) Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? The Ultimate MSX FAQ: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit m

Re: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Sean Young
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:16:54PM +0100, Hans Otten wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 11:06:46PM +0100, Hans Otten wrote: > > > I started converting to PDF by converting all files from PNG color format > > > tot black and white. The resulting sum shrinks to 1.8 Mbyte. > > > > What's the colorde

Re: v9938 databook scanned

2001-02-22 Thread Sean Young
On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 05:50:26AM +0200, JP Grobler wrote: > Here is the v9938 databook in (word?) format: > http://ieee.d.umn.edu/~bsprange/files/v9938.doc > it is a 37M download, but it is there! It is ons the page of Brian > Spranger. He is building a games station. > http://ieee.d.umn.edu/~bs

Re: Konami MSX Antiques - Emulator

2001-02-22 Thread Alex Wulms
] Hi, ] ] > Interesting... Did Konami leave out the BIOS because of copyright ] > issues? ] ] That was my guess. Konami has the copyright of her own games, but if ] they used MSX bios code they would have to pay licensing fees to the ] current copyright owner (MS or ASCII?).. It is still MS. T