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<p><font face="Arial">wouldn't taking pictures with a smart phone
and running a OCR app work?</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">supratim</font></p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/25/20 1:56 AM, Dan Gahlinger
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I have a paper printout of a program called terspy.mar - <span
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sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">which is a terminal spy program
for vax/vms</span></div>
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it was written by Bob Vera, DEC, April 28, 1980<br>
Don't know if anyone here knows him, or knew him, I never met
him or knew him.<br>
I've had this printout in my collection since shortly after the
day it was written (or so).</div>
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I'd forgotten what a pain it is to scan in fan-fold DEC teletype
printouts, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">the pages
are too long to fit.</span></div>
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I've done a scan of it, but the bottom line or so of each page
is always cut-off.<br>
I'm thinking of editing the PDF (Acrobat) and putting in the
lines that were missed manually.</div>
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from the comments in the program:</div>
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This tool is designed to kidnap characters out of a designated
terminal's output buffer and record them in a disk file which is
subsequently printed out on the printer when the session is
finished.</div>
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by default, it creates a log file with the users' name with a
.LOG extension.</div>
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also by default, when the session is done, it auto-prints the
log file, then erases it when the print is completed.</div>
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It's a little over 7 pages long (original printout)</div>
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If this is a well-known util, I won't waste my time, but I've
never seen it in any archives.</div>
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obviously you need appropriate privileges to use it on another
user's terminal.</div>
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I don't see anything that specifies which privileges it needs,</div>
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but the comments say it's scanning the IRP's, which is what it
says it uses to do its work.</div>
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Aside from doing scans a half-page at a time, if anyone has any
suggestions on scanning it, I'd welcome some advice.</div>
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Dan.</div>
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