Re: LightningScan Board

[edhel@LOSETHECAPITALWORDSapple2.com (Edhel Iaur, Esq.)]

On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 11:56:04 -0700, Paul Grammens <pgrammen@sonic.net>
wrote:

>I bought a IIgs with an unfamiliar board in it: a LightningScan board by
>Thunderscan. It has an external connector for an Imagewriter II-style
>printer cable. I've heard of Thunderscan, which used a special printhead
>to scan a document using the printer mechanics.
>Can anyone tell me how this works, and what the missing pieces are?

The LightningScan is a hand scanner for the IIgs (and Mac, I believe).
There's a small chance someone can give you the pinouts so you can
convert a "new" grayscale hand scanner to work with your
LightningScanner card.  I remember reading of such things (in the
AppleLink archives, I believe)


I'm still in this newsgroup--I just don't get a chance to read it
often nowadays.