There used to be a scanner - I have long since
forgotten the name - that
had a small `camera' installed on a curved boom above a flat base. A
couple of lights also, of course. I'd imagine that such a unit would be
capable of scanning magazine pages with out ruining the magazine. I
also imagine that it was bog slow and low resolution!
For the Amiga, the DigiView with the DigiDroid and copystand
worked like this. The copystand is actually pretty nice though and
could be used for other closeup photography work.
Jeff
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