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Conference rdvax::grateful

Title:Take my advice, you'd be better off DEAD
Notice:It's just a Box of Rain
Moderator:RDVAX::LEVY::DEBESS
Created:Thu Jan 03 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:580
Total number of notes:60238

54.0. "Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are!" by LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTO (discover the wonders of nature) Mon Jul 20 1992 20:11

        If there is anything at all (person, place, thing, animal,
        vegatable, mineral etc.) that you are looking for please
        post your question in this note.

        The keyword LOOKING_FOR has been added to this note.
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54.1what do you see?STAR::SALKEWICZIt missed... therefore, I am Mon Jul 20 1992 20:2710
    I'm looking for the reason this nore was created...
    
    I'm looking for the question to teh answer "42".
    
    I'm looking for the one true Dan D. Lyin.
    
    I guess I'm looking for a little abuse too :-) :-) 
    
    							/
    
54.2here's one ...DEMING::CLARKBold As LoveMon Jul 20 1992 20:403
    I'm looking for a Derek and the Dominoes boot I heard one night
    on King Biscuit about 15 years ago with Dave Mason on second
    guitar. Phee-nomenal. 
54.3Maybe this is why???LIOVAX::MERRILLNY's got the ways and meansMon Jul 20 1992 21:004
    Are you sure it was Derek & the Dominoes and not Delaney and Bonnie
    and Friends with E.C. and Dave Mason???
    
    MM
54.4LEDS::MRNGDU::YETTOdiscover the wonders of natureMon Jul 20 1992 21:366
well slash, let's just say I went a *little* too far with the file I used to
purge this note.  ;^/  Luckily I could get the base note back, 'cept now it's
new.  I figured you'd be the one to call me on it.  :-) 


54.5Scanner INFO neededSLOHAN::FIELDSMeowowowowow I'm Hungry !Tue Jul 21 1992 12:195
    I'm looking for a scanner that after you scan in text you can edit the
    text in some kind of format ! is there such a beast !
    
    
    Chris
54.6yup. several.SMURF::GRADYShort arms, and deep pockets...Tue Jul 21 1992 12:5930
    You need to be more specific.  There are tons of scanners out there,
    for PC's and even a couple for VAXstations.  
    
    For text only, you'll need a bitonal (black & white) scanner - the
    cheapest kind - but don't expect to scan in anything but text and line
    art - no shading or colors.  On VAXstations you'll need the VAXimage
    product(s), which generally require Motif as well.  You'll also need
    DCRS (Digital Character Recognition System) to translate images into
    text.  The last version I worked with last fall only output ascii text,
    but a newer version is supposed to output a modifiable DDIF file.  This
    is much better, because a lot of text examples have more complex
    formats than just plain ascii can handle.  For example, most magazine
    articles have two or more vertical columns of text, which plain old
    ascii character recognition tends to blend into one, nonsensical line
    of gibberish.  Imbedded pictures and drawings can get in the way of
    character recognition too, without a DDIF type output format.
    
    PC's have cheaper scanners and software, unless of course, you're
    getting it all internally, which is basically free.  Our scanners are
    called MD400 (bitonal), MD410 (greyscale, 300DPI) and there's a new color 
    scanner out, called a MDsomethinggreaterthan410 (450? 500? idunno).
    
    Oh, yeah.  Get tons of memory.  Minimum on a VAXstation is 32MB, more
    if you're going to do color, or even 300DPI greyscale.  A PC will also
    require a lot of memory, but not as much as a VAXstation.  Scanners use
    tons of memory - the finer the resolution the more memory. 
    
    Have fun.  I hope this helps.
    
    tim
54.7Answer: yes.CSCMA::M_PECKARspinning that curious senseTue Jul 21 1992 13:106
Chris, I know what hardware and software you have available, and also happen 
to be the only one whose ever used the MD300 that's attached to your cluster, 
so contact me offline...

Fog
54.8SLOHAN::FIELDSMeowowowowow I'm Hungry !Tue Jul 21 1992 13:243
    thanks Guys....Fog , Ill talk to you in a bit....
    
    Chris