Project Open Book Equipment Configuration

Processing Station (3)

Hardware:

• Compac 486/60, 16 MB memory, 1.05 GB hard drive, 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy disk drive, 5.25" 1.2 MB floppy disk drive
• Cornerstone Dual Page 120 19" monochrome monitor
• Serial mouse
• Netflex Ethernet interface card
• Xionics Turbo Graphics accelerator board
• UltraStor SCSI controller board
• Xerox 4030 II laser printer

Software:

• Microsoft DOS ver. 6.2
• Microsoft Windows ver. 3.1
• Xerox Documents on Demand ver. 2.5.1
• Xerox Postscript Integration System software
• Gupta Technologies, Inc. SQLBase ver. 5.1.4
• Beame & Whiteside TCP/IP communications software ver. 3.0
• Sequoia Scanfix for Windows ver. 2.30

Microfilm Conversion Sub-system (1)

Hardware:

• Mekel Engineering 400XL Microfilm Digitizer with 55 MHz camera crystal
• Hewlett Packard LaserJet III

Software:

• Amitech Turbo Scan ver. 3.0
• IPT Scan Optimizer ver. 6.0

Optical Storage Sub-systems

Hardware:

• Sony 5.25" Optical Drive
• Hewlet Packard Optical Disk Library (jukebox), Model 40T
• Sony 5.25" 1.3 gb Magneto Optical Disks (EDM-1DA0s)

Document Server Sub-system (1)

Hardware:

• Sun Sparc Station Model 10
• External 535 mb auxilliary hard drive
• External CD ROM drive
• External 4 mm tape drive

Software:

• Solaris 1.1.1 Revision B operating system (SunOS 4.1.3)
• MastarMind ver. 2.1 file management system

Microfilm Technical Inspection Station

Hardware:

• X-Rite Model 301 Densitometer
• Flourescent Lightbox
• Set of Film Rewinds (manual)
• 8x and 15x Magnifying Lupe
• Calculator

The following technical manuals document the operation of the hardware and software components of Yale's digital imaging system.

• Operating Instructions and Maintenance Manual for the Mekel M400XL Microfilm Digitizer, Manual #5052, 1989. (Mekel Engineering, Inc., Diamond Bar, CA)
• Amitech Turbo Scan Software, V3.0. Installation and Operation Manual. (Amitech Corporation, Fairfax, VA)
• IPT Scan Optimizer, V6.0., 1991. (Image Processing Technologies, Inc., Vienna, VA)
• Xerox Documents on Demand, V2.0C, 1994. XDM/XQM User Guide. (Xerox Corporation, Webster, NY)
• Beame & Whiteside Software, V3.0c, 1993. (Beame $ Whiteside Software, Inc., Raleigh, NC)
• MastarMind Version 2.1 for SUN, 1994. (QStar Technologies, Rockville, MD)
• Xerox DocuWeb User Guide 1.0, 1995
• Xerox Documents on Demand User Training Program Manual, V2.0, 1994
• Xerox DocuWeb User Training Program Manual, V1.0, 1995

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