Re: [WTB]: Cauzin Softstrip Data Strip..

[Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca>]

The Softstrip Company is still in business although their new strip system
isn't compatible with the old reader system.  I have reader software and
cables for C64, Apple II, Mac and PC as well as the laser printing
software that allows you to create your own strips.  I've stored data
files in binders that I created with this software.

Nibble had a disk business as well as the magazine and publishing the
strips in their magazines would have cut into their disk sales.  Strips
were available in II Computing, InCider, II Buyer's Guide and a few other
magazines for the II line.  You can still buy the reader software from
Softstrip in Connecticut.  It's only available in DOS 3.3 (they never
created a ProDOS version) but a member of our old Cauzin club was trying
to write a GS-compatible version.

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On 21 Jun 1999, stephen e buggie wrote:

> About 7-8 years ago, I HAD this scanner and it was REALLY IMPRESSIVE!
> It _accurately_ scannered the software from magazines.  Reluctantly I sold
> it, because after filling three disks, I'd scanned in all the software
> strips I could find in the magazines.  Guess it did not catch on, but it
> worked fine and was very impressive, IMHO.
> 
> The old issues of NIBBLE had lengthy programs that users had to type in,
> character by character.  They should have printed the scanning strips ----
> the magazine and the Cauzin scanner would have survived!   :-(