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From: Walter.Siren@p18.f5.n396.z1.fidonet.org (Walter Siren)
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Subject: Arkenstone
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Date: 4 Dec 90 16:26:06 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 PS> Well, hello gang.  Haven't been around much lately 

     You sure haven't, I have been wondering what happened to you.  It is sure good to see you back on here.

 PS> is learning to use my new Arkenstone.  I purchased the model S and the Jet 
 PS> Scan and although some things are a little more time consuming with the 
 PS> slower scanner, I am amazed at its capability.  The very first thing I 
 PS> scanned didn't work.  Strange!  Then I read some junk mail, envelopes, 
 PS> newsletters, and a business card.  Worked fine!  My first real day playing 
 PS> with it I read, for the first time, one of my ham radio manuals with no 
 PS> problems.  Then my wife asked how long she would have to wait to get her 
 PS> new microwave manual on disk.  I sat down and in about 90 minutes scanned a 
 PS> 31 page manual.  It came out nearly perfect.  All this and I thus far 
 PS> haven't read one Arkenstone doc file.  Wonder what it'll do when I learn 
 PS> how to use it?

Well, Phil, I would say you don't need to read the docs.  I wish I
could say that I have been enjoying the same success.  Either
something is wrong, or I just don't get much good print.  You have
the same set-up that I have, but I keep thinking that I just have
to learn to use it better.  I have scanned some things without much
trouble, and some things I really wanted to scann, just did not
come out all right.   I guess I will just have to keep trying.

I know that some people say that they can pay their bills with it,
but I can't trust it that much yet.  I still have to use my opticon
to pay bills with, and read my bank statement.  I haven't given up
yet.  It does get discouraging sometime.

               Walter 

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