29 May
2007
29 May
'07
9:21 p.m.
Rumor has it that Chuck Guzis may have mentioned these words:
On 29 May 2007 at 17:27, Rick Bensene wrote:
Couldn't tell you the "first" but I do know a system for the RatShack/Tandy
line (Color Computer, prolly Model I/III/4) was called the Digisector
DS-69B - "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) from M*A*S*H (the series) used
to advertise for the company - I remember seeing them in HotCoCo & Rainbow
way back when...
IIRC, the first (or darned near) mass produced self-contained consumer
digital camera was made by Logitech - back then everything they made was a
"man" - SoundMan, TrackMan, etc. It was a something-Man -- hold on,
googling now...
OK, it was the FotoMan. The resolution was monochrome 284 by 376 pixels,
256-level monochrome.
Would it be safe to say that one of those would be ontopic??? :-)
Things sure have come a long way... ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Motion seconded. I can't see how anything
related to digital cameras
(except some of the very early video digitizing stuff) has anything to
do with classic computing.
To put the subject back in the domain of "vintage"...
What outfit first sold digital cameras where the sensor consisted of
a cermet-package DRAM with the chip cover replaced by a piece of
glued-on glass? Does anyone own one?