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From: lori@hacgate.UUCP (Lori Barfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Scanners on Apollo ?
Message-ID: <5850@hacgate.UUCP>
Date: 27 Oct 89 15:52:39 GMT
References: <8910110257.AA07489@umix.cc.umich.edu> <753@prles2.UUCP>
Reply-To: lori@hacgate.UUCP (Lori Barfield)
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA
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In article <753@prles2.UUCP> page@nvpna1.UUCP (Greg Pritchett) writes:
>Does anyone know of any scanners which can be hooked up to Apollo
>for scanning graphic images and also OCR/ICR( character recognition ? )
>I simply want files to be created using some simple interface ( nothing
>fancy ).

We bought a Datacopy scanner for our DN4500.  The interface routine is
nice--  all mouse-driven, and I just found out that our InterCAP
(CAD system) software also includes some kind of a driver interface.

We have only done limited testing with the imaging portion; we didn't
need any character recognition, so I doubt we bought any such software.

This was not a cheap scanner, and I know you are looking for a
minimal setup, but maybe talking to these people will help inform you.
They may also have other products which are at the lower end.

		     Datacopy:  415-965-7900


I submit, however, that peripherals like scanners would probably be
much cheaper if purchased for a PC of some sort.  Character recognition
software is reportedly in the public domain now.  (I also have a friend
who bought a scanner for his IBM PC clone for $300, complete with
driver and recognition stuff.)  It might be more cost effective to
buy an old PC along with the scanner, and then just upload with a modem
through an SIO line.  If you investigate this, please post your
findings to the net!


...lori