Re: Hand held scanners IBM/Apple2Gs compatiable

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

In article nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) writes...

>In article <53i272$e4q@ventus.adelaide.on.net>,
>David Goble <goble@eastend.com.au> wrote:
>>	Can anyone tell me which hand held scanners can be used on a Apple 2Gs
>>and an IBM. 
> 
>   As far as I've heard, that list has zero entries in it. The only
>handheld scanners that worked with A2s had their own interface cards.

    Actually, the only thing Apple II-specific with scanners such as
the Quickie and LightningScan are the interface card. Both these use
the Omron 1700 scan head and can be used on a PC or Mac.

    You would need a different interface of course, but the actual
hand-scanner is a generic device. When used on an Apple IIgs you 
get either 320/640x200 with 4-bit greyscale, though not sure what
it's capabilities are on a different machine  (8-bit greyscale?).
I'm remember Vitesse offering an "IBM upgrade" for their Quickie
scanner, consisting of an ISA interface card and software. If 
you own a LightningScan, it should work equally as well. This 
should allow you to share the scanner between a GS and PC.

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca