Recommendations for color scanner & internal fax cards

[Warren Tucker]

In article <1991Jan10.220137.25619 at cbnewsl.att.com> spf at cbnewsl.att.com (Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm) writes:
>From article <268 at jabaru.oz.au>, by bevans at tanus.oz.au (Brian Evans Esq):
>} rcsmith at anagld.analytics.com (Ray Smith) writes:
>}}
>}}I need recommendations for both a color scanner ...
>Yes, please!  I was just about to post a request for
>info/recommendations about scanner/fax systems to run on a 386 Unix
>box.

I'll just repeat the yellow brick road that brought me a very
pleasant trip in ScannerWorld.  I use SCO ODT and DosMerge looves
the Jovian card (and so do I). When the 'to do' list clears a bit,
I'm gonna write some native UNIX drivers for the guy, but their
(DOS) software is hard to beat.

:: From n4hgf!kd4nc!emory!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!purdue!ccncsu!longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu!gs940971 Thu Nov 22 19:32:05 EST 1990
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:: >From: gs940971 at longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Glen U. Sunada)
:: Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
:: Subject: Re: Need info on Video Digitizers (Video ->PC)
:: Keywords: Jovian Super-VIA
:: Message-ID: <11338 at ccncsu.ColoState.EDU>
:: Date: 22 Nov 90 02:24:04 GMT
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:: In article <6720 at drutx.ATT.COM>, bal at drutx.ATT.COM (LesebergB) writes:
:: > in article <6706 at drutx.ATT.COM>, bal at drutx.ATT.COM (LesebergB) says:
:: > > Xref: drutx comp.graphics:13615 comp.sys.ibm.pc:55681
:: > 
:: > I finally found some video digitizer companies listed in the latest
:: > "Publish" magazines under mail order company ads and a buyer's guide
:: > issue that listed manufacturers.
:: > 
:: > I called Sigma and found out that the Image-It card has a 
:: > 320x200x256 and a 640x480x16 mode.  It's a 8-bit card and is being
:: > discontinued with nothing replacing it.
:: >        .
:: >        .      
:: >        .
:: > video digitizers.  Both agreed that for the money, Jovian Logic 
:: > products were the best way to go.  They both liked Computer Eyes
:: > products if you are on a budget.  They warned me that they've had
:: > lots of complaints with Willow products, difficult installation, poor
:: > docs, and poor tech. support.  So, I've ordered a Jovian Logic
:: > SuperVIA and will give a report when I get it running.  It supports
:: > 640x480x256 and can capture at 1/60th of a sec.  I bought mine from
:: > Laser Press & Graphics at 800-628-4517 (Jeff is who helped me and
:: > was great) for $675.
:: 
::    I have used a Jovian Logic SuperVIA and find it to be an excelent product.
:: Installation was 1-2-3 just as described in the manual and it works great.  I
:: have had just one problem that is related to image format conversion.  The
:: easiest way I have found to do this is to capture the images using the multi-
:: write option and then load each frame separately and convert to your
:: final format.
:: 
::   The best part I have found about the board is that it does both frame
:: and field
:: capture.  This can be critical for some older VCRS that repeat only the
:: field on
:: still video. 
:: 
::    I have not been able to test the card with anything but a standard
:: video camera
:: VCR but am verry pleased with the results.  According to the docs the
:: board also
:: accepts the Y/C signals of SuperVHS and Super8 video cameras, and direct RGB
:: signals from profesional video cameras.
:: 
::    A boon to european users is that the borad is software configurable to take
:: NTSC or PAL inputs.
:: 
:: 				Glen U. Sunada
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Warren Tucker, March Hare   gatech!n4hgf!wht or wht at n4hgf.Mt-Park.GA.US
"Tell the moon; don't tell the March Hare:  He is here to look around."