8 Jun
2006
8 Jun
'06
5:03 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
OK, scratch that idea, then :-)
I'm
assuming that some of the older scanner mechanisms could be interfaced to
with your own electronics if you so wanted? (Does anyone know how the actual
scanning head's driven? Is it just a massive linear array of sensors with an
on-board de-multiplexor?)
I would assume it's a linear (as opposed to area) CCD. Now, I spent many
years playing tricks with CCDs, and one thing that's burnt into my memory
is that the drive pulses are critical. Not mild;y critical, but _very_
critical. Anyway, there is the other problem that if I do get
the scanner, what the
heck do I store the data from it on. I am not using multiple 8" disks per
page :-)
You know, I did almost raise that question - but I figured that you've
probably got some old mini laying around with a reasonably large-capacity
full-height SCSI disk in it :-)
Do you know of a CD burner that comes with a service
manual?
For starters I'd want to be able to trust CDs as a good storage medium, so
let's not go there ;)
cheers
Jules