29 May
2004
29 May
'04
9:13 p.m.
Museum wants and needs:
the Sony ( WE NEED THIS ONE) you mention was the first and then there was
something called a zapshot.(we have this one). these both but recorded on
weird tiny disks not a direct connection to computer.... the quicktake 100
is the one that is considered first for a commercial production camera that
hooks to a pc ( or mac) these quick takes are pretty reasonable it seems.
picked up some for the museum and also off site displays.
we are of course looking for other early examples for the display too...
would be interested in an example with doc on the one mentioned here that
used the memory chip with the apple II
also need examples of early computing systems, we the addition of the
future building more room for old iron!
any b-205's , GE 200 systems, IBM 650's or old tab equip like a 402 or
407 avail?
on the sci-fi front.... need anything related to Andre Norton.
Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC
Please check our web site at
http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us.
address:
coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Vohs" <netsurfer_x1(a)fastmailbox.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: What's the weirdest thing that you've ever found inside
Hmmm...if I had to guess, I would say the first
digital cameraever sold
was the *original* Sony Mavica (circa mid 1980's). I remember reading
something about it in an old "Compute!" magazine that I have back home.
If I remember correctly, it used a 2.5" (or similar) floppy disk. Your
guess is as good as mine as to how you imported images from the camera to
a computer (2.5" floppy drive perhaps?). I wouldn't be surprised to find
out that it was not color, though.
> > I do have a digital camera, and it's on-topic (as it's well over 10
years
> > old). It's a Datacopy 300, which uses a
linear (1 - dimensional) CCD
> > tracked across the image plane with a leadscrew. I also have the
> > interface card for it, for the PERQ of course. One day I must have a
go
at getting it all working...
I remember reading about those, or one like it, at the time.
The Apple Quicktake 100 is 10 years old now, and mine still works fine.
I wonder, what was the first digital camera on sale to the general
public - as opposed to being aimed at a commercial market?
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Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!