Re: Hand held scanners IBM/Apple2Gs compatiable

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article Nels E Satterlund writes...

>> spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) wrote: 
>> 
>> Quickie is compatible with both the Apple IIe, the GS, and the
>> PC, the difference between each version being the interface card.
>> 
>> Nate, check the literature: this cross compatibility was mentioned
>> in incider several years ago, when the Apple was still hot.

    Please be careful when quoting, I did _not_ write the above.
The address 'pubpc1@library.ucla.edu' should have been placed 
above those four lines of text, with mine removed.

>I got it ( the Quickie IBM card) and it does work BUT has a major
>limitation as the software is DOS only and it's only 2 bit, no real gray
>scale.

    That seems rather odd, it should be able to support up to 8-bit
greyscale. What resolution does this DOS version support, and what
year was it written? It's possible it may auto-detect your video
capabilities too, so if all you have is CGA or EGA, options for 
higher resolution and greyscale depth may not be present.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca