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Flatbed scanner --- technical info needed.

#2887
From: Mike Richardson
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 16:55
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  I was poking around the CS hardware/Mach lab a couple of
weeks ago and noticed a scanner plugged into one of the ATs
that serve as 6809 development systems. After a couple of inquiries,
I was told that no one had any documentation at all on the beast,
except that it was donated by Corel.
  A friend of mine at Corel is going to ask about a bit, but 
I suspect only one was bought, and probably they didn't like it
(which is why we have it).
  I'd like to hook it up to a Mach386 machine and build a driver
for it. This I can do once I know something about the beast.

  Markings:
    front
      Signature Series
	Digital Command Systems Inc.

    back (plate)
      Datacopy Corporation
	Model 230   Serial # M131-6010021

  It has a Centronics port on the back, which is plugged into
a sparc parallel port on the AT. I assume that it uses the parallel 
port in some sort of bidirectional mode. I haven't started hacking
around with the hardware yet, hoping I can get info.
  I found no addresses of the maker on it. If anyone can provide
that, I'd be very happy.
  Please respond by email. If there is interest, I'll post some
kind of summary to comp.periphs.
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From: wcscps@superior.carleton.ca (Mike Richardson)
Subject: Flatbed scanner --- technical info needed.
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Summary: Looking for info on Datacopy Corp. Model 230
Keywords: Signature Series Datacopy 230
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Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1993 16:55:54 GMT
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