check it out

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Mon Aug 16 21:43:41 1999

----- Original Message -----
From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 1999 12:41
Subject: Re: check it out


> At 11:49 PM 8/14/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >
> >Somebody once claimed on Usenet (alt.folklore.computers IIRC) that Woz
> >had used his monitor as a scanner.
>
> There were "scanners" from the Apple era that used the precise
> motion of a dot-matrix printer's head to position a photodetector...

Not as far back as that. There is still an attachment available for Canon
BJC4310SP printers that does much the same thing.
It replaces the print head. Not sure of the resolution etc, but ISTR that
it does colour etc.

Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Mark's College
Port Pirie, South Australia.
Email: geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
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Received on Mon Aug 16 1999 - 21:43:41 BST