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From: dennisg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Dennis E. Griesser)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: thunderscan (actually Micron Eye)
Message-ID: <2177@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 22:41:31 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 22:41:31 1985
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References: <845@oddjob.UUCP> <197@ptsfb.UUCP>
Reply-To: dennisg@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Dennis E. Griesser)
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Summary: 

In article <197@ptsfb.UUCP> che@ptsfb.UUCP (Mitch Che) writes:
>There's also a product (name anyone?) that looks like a lens on a
>small tripod.  This is supposedly able to record very good images
>but I haven't used it...

It sounds like you mean the "Micron Eye".

This device originated in a "Circuit Cellar" article in Byte.  About 2 years
ago sounds right.  

It is available in kit or assembled form from "The Micro Mint", or another 
company ?Micron Technology?.  Look for ads, or the Byte article.

Versions are available for IBM-PC, Apple II, and others.  It should be easy
to interface to anything since it talks serially to your computer.

The bad news is that the pickup is a RAM chip with the top pried off.  It
works, but the resolution is poor and the aspect ratio is non-standard.  On
top of it all, there is a blank strip running down the middle of the display.
(The RAM's sense amplifiers, etc.)

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