Digitizing in color??

[herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Herbert Fung)]

When I worked at Egghead, I remember seeing a device which is like an
easle with a frame to hold a hand held scanner. It came bundled with
software which would convert a grey-scale scanner to a color scanner.
All one would have to do  is put a color picture under the scanner,
pass it over the picture three times and the software would generate
a color picture. Of course this was only availible for IBM compatible
computers. What I'd like to know is if this same technology could
work on a GS. I've already got a Quickie scanner and it does an
excellent job in scanning grey scale, but to color a picture in a
paint program requires a big effort.
 
Also I remember seeing an ad somewhere that Thunderware's Lightning
Scan hand held scanner is availible for a Mac. As I understand, this
should be the exact same scanner head as the GS version which is the
same as the Quickie scanner. What I'd like to know is can Thunderware
sell just the software and the interface for the Mac? I'd like to use
my Quickie on my Mac sometimes, but now I just scan pictures on my GS
and convert them to a GIF format before I throw it onto the Mac.
 
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Herbert Fung                    | "Hard work doesn't make miracles,
Edmonton Remote Systems         |   Miracles just make hard work!"
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada       |       The Herbster! 1988

Herbert Fung              herbertf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca