Scanned MicroVAX 3500 Documentation
I have scanned all MicroVAX 3500 documentation available to me that does not appear to be available elsewhere on the internet. That documentation is being made available from this page.
Equipment
All documents currently here were scanned using an HP ScanJet 5200C USB scanner. This did take quite a while as the scanner isnt terribly fast and lacks an automatic sheet feeder. Yes - I did place every single page on the scanners glass myself. It took a few hours. I dont plan on doing it again anytime soon.
The scanning software used was scanimage from the SANE Project on Kubuntu Linux 8.04.
The actual documentation came in a ring binder with my second MicroVAX 3500. A picture of the ring binder may be found below.
Method
The documents were scanned using scanimage in batch mode at 600dpi in lineart mode. The image format was TIFF and the size was 180x230mm. The exact command was:
scanimage --format=tiff --batch=page%d.tiff --batch-prompt -p -x 180 -y 230 --mode lineart --resolution 600
The images were then converted to lossless Group 4 fax compression (ITU-T recommendation T.6) and put in a PDF file using Eric Smith's tumble.
Results
| Tab Name | Order Number | Title | Size |
| Installation | EK-O27AB-IN-002 | MicroVAX 3500/VAXserver 3500 Installation | 2MB |
| Operation | EK-O28AB-OM-002 | MicroVAX 3500/VAXserver 3500 Operation | 4.17MB |
| Troubleshooting and Diagnostics | EK-O19AA-SG-001 | MicroVAX Troubleshooting and Diagnostics | 2.53MB |
| Technical Information | EK-O30AB-IS-002 | MicroVAX 3500/VAXserver 3500 Technical Information | 4.52MB |
| Site Preparation | EK-239AA-SP-001 | MicroVAX Site Preparation | 1.35MB |
| Customer Services | EK-238AA-MS-001 | MicroVAX Customer Services | 1.68MB |
| rtVAX Addenda | EK-226AA-AD-001 | MicroVAX 3500/VAXserver 3500 Addenda to MicroVAX 3500/VAXserver 3500 Customer Hardware Information | 213KB |