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From: richb@sunaus.oz.au (Rich Burridge)
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Subject: Scantool posted to comp.sources.x.
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X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 9, Issue 122, message 4

Scantool v1.4 has just been posted in comp.sources.x. This is a program
that allows you to interface a Microtec MS300A scanner to a computer via
an RS232 connection, and scan documents which will be converted to images
in Sun rasterfile format.

There are graphical interfaces for SunView and XView.

Couple points to note.

1/ The program that does the actual scanning is separate from the
   graphical frontend, so you don't need a graphics screen with Sunview or
   XView in order to run it (although it's easier because there are a lot of
   command line options).

2/ The scan program contains code to take CCITT Group 3 data and convert
   it to a Sun rasterfile. It has quite a fast algorithm. This might be
   useful to other people besides scanner users.

See the README and manual page with the posting for more details.

Rich Burridge.    DOMAIN: richb@Aus.Sun.COM      ACSnet: richb@sunaus.sun.oz