Thrift Store Find & Quick Cam

From: Sam Ismail <dastar(a)wco.com> Subject: More books added to the library If I recall correctly the book also describes tha basics of coding your own fast drive access routines (fast loader, etc.) which is mighty handy. 001010100101110100100011010110100011100101001000010100010111001001010000 Somewhat Classic Computer related was my acquisition of a Color QuickCam for my Mac, I know it isn't even near 10 years old but it is worthy to mention for its almost instant imaging capabilities... The thing has a range of 1" to infinity (you can zoom in on the numbers printed on tops of chips and have them readable!) So now I have to clear the piles of papers away from a corner so I can use the cam to do shots of some of my equipment (like a better picture of the P-500, etc.) To give you an idea of the detail I am extolling, check out this pic I put on-line for you to see for yourself: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/CLOSEUP.JPG The pictue is of a 12/24 edge connector (.156" spacing), a Commodore monitor connector and the top of a 6510 microprocessor DIP chip. (best I could do in a couple minutes of scrounging. Note this is 'medium size' and the resolution can go up to 640x400. The real bummer to it is I don't think I can get it to work on my Commodores,also it's leash (interface cable) is 6'long... :/ Larry Anderson -- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Visit our web page at: http://www.goldrush.com/~foxnhare/ Call our Commodore 64 BBS (Silicon Realms 300-2400 baud) at: (209) 754-1363 -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-