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From: jdm@gryphon.COM (John Mesiavech)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Inexpensive Image Digitizer
Summary: Somebody beat you to it.
Keywords: Digitizer, Cheap, Kit
Message-ID: <17101@gryphon.COM>
Date: 25 Jun 89 06:37:20 GMT
References: <6824@leadsv.UUCP>
Reply-To: jdm@gryphon.COM (John Mesiavech)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <6824@leadsv.UUCP> flournoy@leadsv.UUCP (David Flournoy) writes:
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>Hi.
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>     I have been thinking about a project for a inexpensive digitizer for
>the amiga.  What I hope to do is put together a small CCD imager.  The
>reason I am posting this is to see if ther is any interest in a kit for
>under $100.  If there is enough interest I will try to get the thing
>published in Amazing or Transactor, and make available circuit board,
 [some info deleted]
>     Some specs:
>     Resolution - 192H x 165V
>                 8 bits of grey (color is too expensive)
>     Interface - Serial Port
>
>     It of course will not be a realtime digitizer or be as easy to use as
>Digiview, but with some care it should be able to digitize overscan HAM images.

David;
 
Sorry man, someone beat you to it.

Go to thy nearest store, check out "IMG Scan" by SunRize Industries, list $150.

It consists of a CCD sensor connected to a printer head via a fiber optic cable,
thereby turning an ordinary printer into a drum scanner.  Resolution, whatever
is the finest pixel rate on your printer.  It's slow, but works.
 
John

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