[Coco] OT: scanners

[Dennis Bathory-Kitsz]

At 02:37 PM 7/16/05 -0700, Kevin Diggs wrote:
>This is off topic but kinda inspired by the Rainbow archive project. I 
>recently picked up a Lacie Silverscanner II off eBay. This thing has 
>separate red, green, and blue lamps. Is this common?

It used to be common, but no longer at the consumer level. I treasure my
1993-era 3-pass scanner ($300 back then) because I can move objects after
(& sometimes during) each pass for wonderful special effects. The
single-pass scanners are boring. :)

Dennis