General Information

Serial #

MD902862

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, WINDOW, ROLLER, CORD, CIRCUIT BOARD (INTERFACE CARD), PARTS/ METAL MOUNT FOR INTERFACE CARD, WIRING, PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

16.0 cm

Width

13.5 cm

Height

3.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Marstek

Country

Taiwan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1980'S +

Canada

COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE USED IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE IN WORLD.

Function

COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE USED TO CONVERT TEXT OR IMAGES TO DIGITAL FORMAT FOR USE BY PERSONAL COMPUTER.

Technical

HANDHELD SCANNERS SUCH AS THIS WERE USED FROM LATE 1980S BUT WERE SOMEWHAT LIMITED DUE TO PROBLEM OF ALIGNING TEXT FROM PARALLEL SCANS WHEN PAGE WAS TOO WIDE FOR SINGLE-PASS SCANNING. FLATBED SCANNERS WERE 3 OR 4 TIMES MORE EXPENSIVE BUT WERE MUCH MORE RELIABLE FOR OCR SCANNING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON SCANNER UNDERSIDE READS "Marstek/ HABD-SCANNER/ MODEL: MARS 800/ S/N: MD902862/ FCC ID: HWF90 HS800/ MADE IN TAIWAN R.O.C."/ GOLD & WHITE LETTERING ON SCANNER WINDOW READS "Mars 800/ 800 dpi. 64 GRAY-SCALES/ 12 HALFTONE PATTERNS. INVERSE IMAGE"/ GOLD LETTERING ON INTERFACE CARS READS "MADE IN TAIWAN R.O.C./ GUTS/ GS IF REV B"/ BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

BUFF CASING & CORD/ BLACK WINDOW & ROLLER/ GREEN CIRCUIT BOARD WITH PLATED MOUNT, METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

RED, GREEN & BLACK LOGO READING "MARS"