From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 265c2842 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 04:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5602793D31; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:40:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0DDAC93D41; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:39:49 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="FfR6/Znd"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 8A2A193D2D; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:39:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-vs1-f52.google.com (mail-vs1-f52.google.com [209.85.217.52]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BA0DE93D28 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 14:39:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-vs1-f52.google.com with SMTP id j12so869445vsd.3 for ; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:39:45 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=MlzV/mPqY60mBbwo7rZFRwwxDNDLKy9FVIt6VtX/eYo=; b=FfR6/ZndA8QOgDUFy4fSF/AnVxWLwy+tXCQo6DgDSpHv8g6MKV9s2xM4Et+XmDgmFk wJPuRkJeDePAw9aR4KkiYK4kc8V/Au/mjUQlRrjiBnXE3sElBQRwrK2Dcl7HrFtCzPlS pGbzHW+jM4IJVsnUt2ZVuOSqw8mlqP9HKeKnqyE6dlcp0mshLp2SLDoWfJ6+o8OdrUSn 8/q78Vu8uKoOIa6j/7BhQHpflz9Zc7E4LUyN+w+df/Luu0sq7DT9wDaSnAhTbfgKct49 iAyRnG9L1Fa8ghKlqJFL7lFgv/W3qmWmQaXZTZzEHVarnnX7TsBFUccxjmhdSx3mS2mG iykw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=MlzV/mPqY60mBbwo7rZFRwwxDNDLKy9FVIt6VtX/eYo=; b=DVrv7rOJUUtqtIBirOor3dPYH/KXjCvFuZY000lvCFnCo/X0/+KETpiHWc07UIkIKj DE8imgFTMa9qnfHX4pSgk10JN4pnGZ1MmQudrlJZ6z9cFFb06UZ76SKItdBc0wTy5g// H9gWEPjV4SF9piXeCHRzNKvGp1L+q5d0One+H5evLFcwhEOzvHMfUWMtmDxraUksZj54 sMzbqM0K3X3v11hGUUgbynh6isi9KITjba7biB2QhnCSh1CQtGagc0GUltPAsKVWVlvX oWIpm2j3Zq98ICu1hMPJ4ZwkGEz5bbpEymwhsIEsmmbfSJyrlMS00Ia3bH05V3SuqkFH zDgQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVvt07Kf1Ytz2u9GnfQYe44SKZwUF8oIg0MsTJN6XacK8u9v/b7 uC+uy/rDFjto7LSgDit07aMHN+q9iPNwNKuCJz4L X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqwKSnJ4AMHKgfaAukGowXRQpS1sCHKZGWrAW7FaYnOBcgV2BrvpaNJORRU4X5ZJV2NSZeI3t614Dwdzq/3iRdc= X-Received: by 2002:a67:f296:: with SMTP id m22mr14534439vsk.230.1552192784369; Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:39:44 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a9f:23ea:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Mar 2019 20:39:43 -0800 (PST) From: Rudi Blom Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:39:43 +0700 Message-ID: To: tuhs@tuhs.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: [TUHS] Failing Memory of an Algol Based System from years ago X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" >Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2019 15:29:11 -0700 >From: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" >To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society >Subject: Re: [TUHS] Failing Memory of an Algol Based System from years ago >Message-ID: ... snip ... > http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/RC-4000/ > >The Web page that comes up gives a directory of the available files, >and documents the steps needed to produce them. The result is a >searchable document, with a single page image per PDF page, rather >than the mixed bitmap scan of 1-up and 2-up pages in the original PDF >file. >Despite my 40+ year engagement in the TeX community, I only recently >learned via the texhax mailing of some PDFTeX internals that allow one >to construct a file that can retypeset n-up files into 1-up format. > >I therefore make this posting in the hope that someone else might be >encouraged to tackle similar document improvements in the bitsavers. >archives. Although it takes a bit of experimentation, with the >exception of the OCR conversion, the entire operation can be done with >free software on pretty much any modern computing platform, thanks to >the portability of the needed software. A bit off topic (sorry) but wondering about that PDF conversion. This may be a dumb question but did you ever try the PDF conversion in calibre ( https://calibre-ebook.com )? I like the PDF to htmlz conversion even if mostly the result still needs (a lot of) extra work. Cheers, uncle rubl