Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!uc!nic.MR.NET!bru!chute From: chute@bru.MAYO.EDU (Chris Chute) Newsgroups: comp.text Subject: Re: Please Post Responses (Was: Re: Inquiry about closeout scanners Message-ID: <2324@nic.MR.NET> Date: 23 Jul 90 16:53:58 GMT References: <2313@nic.MR.NET> <676@venice.SEDD.TRW.COM> Sender: news@nic.MR.NET Reply-To: chute@mayo.edu (Chris Chute) Organization: Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN Lines: 26 I had one reponse, here it is: ::You've been reading Computer Shopper -- Camco, Envisions, and/or another ::ad I can't remember. The $399 prices have been there for almost a year. ::Only problem: those scanners are sheet-feed, not flatbed. ::Unless you need one this calendar year, wait for..... :: ::...The $2500 Scrax Machine...! (my term) --- :: ::a LaserJet-sized combination printer/scanner/fax/copier all in one. ::The idea has been in the news, with several companies said to be in ::the hunt for "every businessperson's desktop". :: :: ::-- ::Kenneth W. Regan Assistant Professor ::Computer Science Dept. (Opinions not < SUNYaB) ::SUNY at Buffalo, 226 Bell Hall Tel.: (716) 636-3189, -3180 ::Buffalo, NY 14260 regan@cs.buffalo.edu :: Cheers, Christopher G. Chute, MD Voice: (507)284-5506 Section of Medical Information Resources FAX: (507)284-1516 Mayo Clinic/Foundation UUCP: chute@medinf.UUCP Rochester, MN 55905 Internet: chute@mayo.EDU