16 Aug
1999
16 Aug
'99
2:43 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: John Foust <jfoust(a)threedee.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)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:
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(a)stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au
netcafe(a)pirie.mtx.net.au
ICQ #: 1970476
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...