5 Nov
2001
5 Nov
'01
1:38 p.m.
On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
Just for interest, I found the MicroMint version of this for the Apple
][ at TRW years ago.. I thought at the time it would make a nice 'C' mount
lens extension barrel. It had the card, original software and manual. It
sat on a shelf in my lab, forgotten,for years, until I got into
classiccmping, and *then* I realized exactly what it was. I have a pic of
it that I could send if someone needs visual regognition.
The device now resides in Germany somewhere, deep in a secret warehouse,
gaurded by Dobermans. No one really knows what's in there, save one
deranged German Engineer, but he will not talk about it much.
c'est la vie.
Cheers
John
The MicronEye
was in production for a very short time as far as
I know. It claimed to use a "video RAM" - a light sensitive
RAM that they claim they discovered by accident. The MicronEye
Micron is the big memory maker, parent of Crucial etc. and a long time ago
in a place far away Steve Ciarcia of Circuit Cellar Ink wrote of series of
project articles on using a I think, 64k ram chip as a video camera. IIRC
Micron was convinced to make a batch with a clear plastic resin, or maybe
just in a eprom body, but a number of little projects and products grew out
of it. I "believe" you can still buy them new, but haven't looked in some
time.
Here is a link, but I didn't find specifics on the Microneye.
http://www.circuitcellar.com/