--- "Zane H. Healy" <healyzh_at_aracnet.com> wrote:
> >Larger than the RT-11v4 set (same blue binders), much smaller than an
> >>Orange Wall.
>
> OK, definitly bigger than I was thinking. Though when you say an Orange
> Wall I guess you're talking VAX/VMS V4 not RT-11 V5.x (which unless I just
> miscounted is 9 volumes).
Right. VMS V4, not RT-11 V5.x. Speaking of which, I also happen to have
said Orange Wall and a Grey Wall (VMS V5.x) in the attic. For that matter,
I'll check tonight if the VMS 1.0 docs are upstairs, but I don't think so.
> >I was thinking about these very docs this weekend and the other thread
> >>about OCR and scan densities, etc. I'm wondering if it'd be worth it
> >to OCR something like this and... push the text back into RUNOFF.
> Something to consider. If you scan it in at 300-600dpi into Adobe Acrobat
> files you produce a usable copy without any errors (unless you should miss
> a page).
Right, and if I were scanning it in, I'd probably spin it off that way.
> OTOH, if you OCR it you're adding a LOT of work *and* adding the
> large possibility of errors creeping in.
It would be at least one order of magnitude of work larger, and would require
much review and editing, but I'm just trying to consider if it's worth doing.
I did a similar task on a 4-page table of Commodore ROM versions and spent
lots of time validating the data, much more time than scanning, as you might
expect.
Given that VMS 1.0 is largely a curiosity, probably not. Some later version
of OS/8 might be viable (smaller dataset, larger user base).
-ethan
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Received on Mon Jul 02 2001 - 12:40:44 BST