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From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Inexpensive Image Digitizer
Message-ID: <686@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jun 89 21:02:45 GMT
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Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL
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From article <6824@leadsv.UUCP>, by flournoy@leadsv.UUCP (David Flournoy):
>      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,
> parts, and some software.  Like the Lucas Project.
> 
>      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.
> Of course I welcome any comments and suggestions.  I probably won't even have
> a working prototype for a couple of months, but for now I am just seeing if
> there is any interest in a CHEAP digitizer.

     I would love to get my hands on a digitizer for under $100.  Given the
Amiga's outstanding graphics capabilities it's a real shame there isn't a
real cheap way to get images into the machine.

     I don't understand the point of digitizing HAM images with a
gray-scale device.  I guess you'd achieve color with a set of filters as
does DigiView.  Is that right?

     Even a monochrome only scanner (hand-held would be fine) would be
superior to a camera based digitizer if it offered real sharp images.  My
main complaint about DigiView is the images just aren't sharp enough.  It's
OK for digitizing photographs for reproduction in newsletters, but I want
something for digitizing line art.  I want it to look really crisp and
sharp, but I don't need color.  The kind of stuff I'm thinking about could
be colored with a paint program later.

--Fabbian Dufoe
  350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South
  St. Petersburg, Florida  33705
  813-823-2350

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