On 2014-06-03 at 14:51:45, Julian Perry (jp@digitaltapestries.com) wrote: > >> I have Inside Commodore DOS - will scan, clean up, and send to you. > You can find it at > https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3835/14335219982_0076a521d1_o.jpg . Got it. > I'll post up a tiff later (Flickr decided to convert to jpeg, even > though I told it not too- still the resolution is enough to overcome > that anyway. I'm afraid my copy is rather "Well loved", and as a > result it may not be up to your requirements. Practically every copy has experienced some love in its time but not everyone has the same lovemaking habits ;-) Therefore - somewhat like scanning with multiple passes - having multiple good scans/copies helps. [..] > Had a look, my comments are in the ring-bound version that I wasn't > able to lay my hands on. from memory, the main errors lay in some > supposedly unused ZP memory locations that actually WERE used. I see. Need to keep that in mind once finished - added a “notes” file to the repository. [..] > My C64 bible was the "Commodore64 whole Memory Guide". The only > reference copy I can find is at > http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Arnot/e/B00CTN47CS/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0 . > Little more than a bound fixed-pitch dot-matrix printout, it was a > dry, raw, detailed & annotated description & disassembly of every > memory location & register in the C64. a PRG on steroids, so to speak. This might actually be one of those I’d be very interested in having as part of the project! How many pages does it have? > Since it seems rare as rocking-horse crap - any suggestions on how I > might go about scanning it? There are several options. If you are willing to donate or sell it to the project for some small bitcoins (that’s what the project accepts donations in), I/we take care of the scanning. If you looked at my recent INPUT64 scans, you might have noticed what kind of quality I expect from the scanned material. At least those, which are not going to be converted into textual forms. But even those that are to be converted, still benefit a lot from high quality (300dpi+, straight position, levels adjusted, backlight compensated) scan as this leaves OCR engines far less room for divagations ;-) and I prefer to spend more time on setting up the scans rather than hunting strangest digits-letters combinations inside the text later on.. If OTOH you are not willing to give it away, which would be quite understandable, you may give it a shot by yourself and I shall be more than happy to guide you off the list. You need a reasonable scanner[*] but keep in mind that unbinding/cropping the bound edge is usually the only way to get desired results. * - if we talk about black & white (sepia & grey ;-) materal then virtually every contemporary - even inexpensive - Canon for example will do -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2014-06-04 15:00:03
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