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From: David_Dave_Tamashiro@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Cheap Scanners and OCR's
Message-ID: <40269@cup.portal.com>
Date: 18 Mar 91 01:51:26 GMT
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Does anyone know if the cheap scanners and OCR's selling for less than
$200 is any good? (Ex. Marstek 400 dpi scanner w/ OCR ~$170).

It would be really neat if it could read program listings straight
from magazines.  Am I hoping for too much??  Do these things really 
work?

Thanks,

Dave