Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!cmcl2!pluto!greg From: greg@pluto.dss.com (Greg McAdoo) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Canon Xapshot? Message-ID: <4263@pluto.dss.com> Date: 23 Apr 91 13:47:58 GMT References: Organization: Datability Software Systems, New York, NY Lines: 23 In article , denns@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (darren enns) writes: > format), I wondered if Canon or anyone had found a way to get the raw > digital data of such a diskette directly into a computer for > manipulation? Has anyone experimented with such a concept? > > Darren Enns > > --- (darren enns) a user of sys6626, running waffle 1.64 > E-mail: denns%sys6626.bison.mb.ca@niven.cc.umanitoba.ca > system 6626: 63 point west drive, winnipeg manitoba canada R3T 5G8 I'm evaluating the possibility of building a device that reads these disks and digitizes the information into some format (probably async serial) easily read by a variety of computers. If anyone has any information about the format of these images or can point me in the direction of a source for the industry standard for these products, it would be of great help. Additionally, if anyone's heard of a commercially availible device that does the same thing I'd be curious to hear about it. Thanks in advance, Greg