The answer is: Mekel 460XL Microfiche scanner

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Wed May 8 20:33:25 2002

On Wed, 8 May 2002, John Foust wrote:
> At 05:44 PM 5/8/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>
> > The question is: What do I now own?
> > <grin>
>
> Google says $85K in 1996, very well-reviewed?
> Up to 400 dpi, 2,000 frames/hour? Yee-haw!

Well, probably $85k when you include the Pentium 90 computer, the
(expensive) imaging software, integration with their documentation
management system, and a support contract. IIRC, in '96, a P90 with 16MB
of RAM wasn't all that inexpensive either...

-Toth
Received on Wed May 08 2002 - 20:33:25 BST