On 24 Oct 1998, Eric Smith wrote:
> I asked about TurboDOS, and John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com> replied:
[snip]
> > as well as the 'Programmer's Guide', the '8086 Programmer's Guide'
> > and the '8086 Implementor's Guide'. Then there is the 'EZBAKUP Tape
> > Utility' and the 'COMPRESS DISK Compression Utility.
>
> TurboDOS for the 8086? I hadn't heard of that. I'm mostly looking for
> the Z-80 version, although an 8086 version does sound somewhat interesting.
>
Most of this stuff *is* for the Z80... just the two manuals which
seem supplemental and are 8086-specific.
> > And there's too much to copy, at least for me.
>
> My theory has been that if it's worth photocopying, it's worth scanning,
> because even though it takes a bit more effort, it will help more people.
> I've been scanning DECsystem-10 hardware documentation lately:
>
> http://www.36bit.org/dec/
>
I have tried scanning manuals a few times, sans much luck. Perhaps
you could e-mail me privately with some knowledge on getting text
scanned properly... or maybe my sorry software is braindead in the
text dept. I have tried making jpegs, but by the time they're
composited, tweaked, and compressed, they're mostly illegible. :(
I have an 11x14 Artiscan Z1-1200, if that's helpful. I have a
**huge** pile of pix, books, and doc I'd like to get into a useable
archive for y'all... but the task is daunting and my playtime is
short and mostly spoken for. Sigh.
> I'd be delighted to scan TurboDOS documentation and put it on the web,
> but at the moment I've got too much of a backlog.
>
See above.
Does anyone else on The List require the documentation for
TurboDos 1.4?? If not.. perhaps I should just send this stuff to
Eric. I sure don't need it, and if I do in the future, well, I'll
know just where it is.
Cheers
John
Received on Sat Oct 24 1998 - 21:59:50 BST