6 Mar
1999
6 Mar
'99
5:34 p.m.
On Mar 6, 9:22, Larry Groebe wrote:
It occurs to me that one candidate would be the first
batch of digital
cameras.
So made the first consumer-level digital camera? Kodak had a hi-end
modified Nikon about 7 years ago, but I'm thinking the Apple QuickTake
100 is the earliest digital camera I can think of.
The earliest I can think of is the Canon Ion camera, about 1989, I think.
It used cute little 2.5" disks made by TDK and Sony. They looked like
3.5" microfloppies that had shrunk in the wash :-)
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
6 Mar
6 Mar
6:53 p.m.
I have a very early CDD camera made (by MicroMint, Steve Ciarcia)
to work with the Apple ][.. it is 256 pixels and still has the
original software and interface card. I have had it for years, long
before the onset of the dreaded 'collecting disease'. Typical of
such devices, the sensor portion of it is smaller than the simple
c-mount lens it uses.
It uses a very clever dithering routine to 'fill in' the picture
area, and the images captured can be stored and/or printed out on a
dot matrix printer.
More info/pix if anyone's interested.
Cheers
John
PS: It's *not* for sale... ;}
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7 Mar
7 Mar
1:01 a.m.
On Sun, 7 Mar 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
That might very well be it. I faintly remember something in the
doc set to that effect.. now that you mention it. I have found
Steve Ciarcia's webpage, and I'm thinking of dropping him a note to
see if there is anything else available for this device.
Also.. it is nearly 11:00pm California time, Saturday. I have
just returned home with a full truckload of DEC field-engineering
test equipment from the PDP11 era. I have to sort thru it Sunday,
as it's raing (for a change) right now.
While I'm semi-broadcasting, I have two items that might be
familiar to Herr Franke: Siemens 300 desktop card readers.. strill
connected for 230vac 50htz. One still had (blank) cards in the
hopper.
Some of the DEC stuff: A PRS01 tape reader, an external TU58, a
Qbus exerciser with two sets of paper-tape diagnostics... the
smallest TI Silent 700 I've ever seen, complete with fabric carrying
case, all accessories, and a 'modern' looking phone coupler... and a
bunch more things in boxes to look in.
Yay!! More stuff!!! I need more stuff!! I can always sleep in
the truck......
Cheers
John
I have a very early CDD camera made (by MicroMint, Steve Ciarcia)
to work with the Apple ][.. it is 256 pixels and still has the
Are you sure it's a CCD? If it's the unit I'm thinking of, it used an
IS32 (?) 'Optic RAM'. That was a DRAM chip with a quartz lid. The time
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