19 Mar
2006
19 Mar
'06
7:55 a.m.
This is the first I've heard of the Thunderscan. Sounds like a rip
off a product I designed for the Commodore 64 umpteen years ago,
called OptiScan. The unit used fiber optic cable hooked to the head
of an Epson compatible printer. The software allowed scanning ,
enlarging, even colorizing on scan. We had some encouraging write-
ups at the time, sold a couple, but just couldn't get the financing
for full market penetration.
Rob
On Mar 19, 2006, at 9:21 AM, Mike wrote:
Just picked up an interesting piece of hardware.
It's a Thunderscan, The working end replaces the ribbon cartridge
in an
Imagewriter, The page to be scanned is fed in to the printer and
the
optical sensor then scans the page.
It came with a 512 Mac with the demo tape, and reset clip, and
floppies
still in the box. It powers up OK, but after a while goes blank, a
tap to
the side restores the screen.
Has anyone else seen a thunderscan?
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