29 May
2007
29 May
'07
9:23 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 29 May 2007 at 17:27, Rick Bensene wrote:
Don't know if this is the answer you're looking for, but it reminds me of the
"Cyclops" camera: a peripheral for the computer hobbyist market, contemporary
with the Altair/IMSAI . I assembled one for a friend who had an IMSAI in 1976
or 1977. I don't think we ever got it to work.
My recollection is that the sensor was a CCD array, but the occasional mention
of these modified-DRAMs on the list leaves me wondering. I don't remember what
the matrix size was: 256^2 seems too large, 16^2 seems too small, perhaps 64^2.
I'm sure there must be adverts in Byte of the period. It would be a pretty
rare find to come across one today.
Motion seconded. I can't see how anything
related to digital cameras
(except some of the very early video digitizing stuff) has anything to
do with classic computing.
To put the subject back in the domain of "vintage"...
What outfit first sold digital cameras where the sensor consisted of
a cermet-package DRAM with the chip cover replaced by a piece of
glued-on glass? Does anyone own one?
Cheers,
Chuck