General Information

Serial #

BPL-0002025

Part Number

1

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, SCANNING WINDOW, PARTS, CABLES/ METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

54.2 cm

Width

35.2 cm

Height

12.0 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

Abaton

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Fremont

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PURCHASED JAN. 1992 AT COMPUTER STORE AT DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, HALIFAX, NS & WAS USED UNTIL MAY 1997

Canada

INPUT DEVICE USED OF TYPE USED IN CANADA & ELSEWHERE WITH PERSONAL COMPUTERS. IT WAS USED BY DONOR WITH MACPLUS COMPUTER (SYSTEM 6.2 OP SYS, WITH 4 MB RAM) & 40 & 20 MB GCC HARD DRIVES. SCANNER CAME WITH ABATON'S OWN UTILITY SOFTWARE BUT WAS USED WITH APPLE SCANNER SOFTWARE & OMNIPAGE 1.0 & 2.0 OCR SOFTWARE.

Function

COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE USED TO CONVERT GRAPHIC OR PHOTO IMAGES TO DIGITAL FORMAT FOR USE BY COMPUTER SOFTWARE. THIS MODEL IS ABLE TO SCAN B&W DOCUMENTS UP TO 35 X 20 CM (14 X 8.5 INCHES) IN 8-BIT GRAY LEVELS WITH SCAN RESOLUTION RATES UP TO 300 DPI (DOTS PER INCH).

Technical

EXAMPLE OF DIGITIZING EQUIPMENT FOR USE WITH PC. DIGITIZING HARDWARE & SOFTWARE HAD EXISTED FOR GRAPHIC PROFESSIONS FOR SOME TIME BUT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. ABOUT 1988 SEVERAL MFRS. CAME OUT WITH SCANNERS INTENDED FOR USE WITH PCS AT PRICE BELOW $2K. PRICES DROPPED RAPIDLY AS CCD DETECTORS DROPPED IN PRICE; THIS SCANNER COST APPROX. $1100. IT COULD BE USED WITH IBM COMPATIBLE PCS WITH ADAPTORS FOR XT, AT, & PS/2 MODELS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LETTERING ON WHITE SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT READS "Abaton SCAN 300/GS"/ LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "Abaton/ A Subsidiary of Everex Systems, Inc. SERIAL NO. BPL-0002025 PWR-00513-0004/ DATE CODE 0128-BLU/ PART NO. EXO 02285-10" & "ITE/ 120 VAC 2A/ 60 HZ SINGLE PHASE/ MADE IN U.S.A."

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

BUFF CASING WITH GREY COVER, BUTTON, FEET/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK POWER CORD/ GREY CONNECTOR CABLE

Decoration

N/A