Re: LightningScan Board

[G.Lancia@iol.it (Giuseppe Lancia)]

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?
>TIA,
>-Paul


The Thunderscan, if I recall correctly, used to be a greyscale scanner
for the Apple II, to be used in conjunction with an Apple Imagewriter
dot matrix printer. The scanner was basically a replacement for the
ink ribbon and used the printer to feed the paper to be scanned and to
move the scanner sensor.

In other words, it was a grayscale page scanner. I used to have one,
but have never been happy with it.