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From: oster@dewey.soe.berkeley.edu (David Phillip Oster)
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Subject: Re: Scanner
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Date: 28 Dec 88 17:52:04 GMT
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There is no single best buy for the money.  If you are very short on
money, long on time, and want good resolution (~250dpi), and grey scale for
pictures (5-bits per pixel), check out:
Thunderscan (~$200)  (requires imagewriter printer)

On the other hand, if you need 1000dpi, 24-bits per pixel, and speed,
check out:
BarneyscanMac (~$8500.00) (requires Mac II.)

Both of these would really like as much RAM as you can give them, since
images can be many megabytes in size.

Video digitizers have their place, also. The resolution is low by the
standards of the above two (i.e., there aren't many pixels nor much color,
in a TV image.)  But, It is convenient to just point a camera at
something, rather than prepare it for running through a scanner.  One
problem: you'd better have a tv camera.  KoalaVision is ~$250.00. Does it
have better than 1-bit per pixel yet?

Publish! magazine is always running articles on scanners. Fnd some back
issues.

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