From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: stewart@serissa.com (Lawrence Stewart) Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 13:28:08 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Non-US Unix Activities In-Reply-To: <2eefb902-e1b9-d56a-f116-4ea57cb03c67@telegraphics.com.au> References: <20170405222255.GA4109@minnie.tuhs.org> <20170406200839.GA30805@naleco.com> <20170406230910.GB30625@minnie.tuhs.org> <40464639-b217-1647-eae4-c3d2c3aa2d8f@telegraphics.com.au> <2eefb902-e1b9-d56a-f116-4ea57cb03c67@telegraphics.com.au> Message-ID: <0B8DC675-09F6-496F-9456-084BB4C9C8BB@serissa.com> > On 2017, Apr 7, at 4:53 PM, Toby Thain wrote: > > On 2017-04-07 4:23 PM, Robert Swierczek wrote: >>>>>> Yes! I am very much interesting in getting my eyes on that early B >>>>>> version of AberMUD (and any other B code for that matter.) >>>>> >>>>> It's a few inches thick, I'll dig it out and post sample code photos from >>>>> it, somewhere. >>>> >>>> That would be wonderful, but I would really like to bring that >>>> software back to life again. Does anyone know of an inexpensive and >>>> non-labor intensive solution to this? I imagine a fanfold printout >>>> should be fairly easy to scan given the proper scanner. I don't know >>>> how or if the scanner should be taken to Alec's printout or >>>> visa-versa. >>> >>> Yes, a full duplex ADF scanner, like the Fujitsu fi-4530 I own, can do it, >>> but you would need to guillotine off the perforations (take it around to >>> your local printer, who has the right guillotine). >> >> Heck, I would settle for a decent camera on a tripod and a well lit >> flat surface you can drape the printout over, then take a video as the >> source scrolls by. >> OK, maybe that is worst case, but isn't there an easy solution that >> does not include cutting anything (those fanfold binder covers can be >> easily dis/re-assembled.) >> > > Yes, there's always SOME way to avoid it, but obviously significantly more work. Just depends what the priorities are... Preserving fanfold seems like a strange priority, wouldn't it be more practical bound book-like anyway? > > Or, similar to your suggestion, load it into a compatible printer (so that it can be sprocket fed), with some kind of takeup spool, then form feed pages through, snapping each one between feeds. > > —T Adapt the panorama mode of a camera to work when you pull the paper past its view? This reminds me of a tale. At my MIT lab around 1975 we had a Xerox 3100 (maybe?) copier we used to copy 11x17 hardware schematics. It pulled the original and output paper, slightly offset, past opposite sides of the image drum. I don’t know what possessed me to try it, but I found it would continuously copy fad-fold printer output onto fan-fanold paper, while advancing the copy counter only once. -L