Re: OT: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

2018-03-29 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Mar 28, 2018, at 11:39 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk > wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Mar 2018, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: >> This thread reminded me of a DYI scanner I had read about. Found it with >> google: >> http://retrocmp.com/projects/scanning-micro-fiches/235-the-homebuild-automatic-mic

Re: OT: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

2018-03-29 Thread emanuel stiebler via cctalk
On 2018-03-28 20:59, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: > On 3/28/2018 6:00 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: If you start with a fiche viewer, then a lot of the mechanical parts, such as the fiche holder, are well under way.  You need to modify the card movement mechanism to be able to

Re: OT: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

2018-03-28 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 28 Mar 2018, Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk wrote: This thread reminded me of a DYI scanner I had read about. Found it with google: http://retrocmp.com/projects/scanning-micro-fiches/235-the-homebuild-automatic-micro-fiche-scanner I like his enthusiasm and the fact that he actually got it t

Re: OT: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

2018-03-28 Thread Bob Rosenbloom via cctalk
On 3/28/2018 6:00 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: If you start with a fiche viewer, then a lot of the mechanical parts, such as the fiche holder, are well under way.  You need to modify the card movement mechanism to be able to automate it, but you could put that part off until you confirm tha

OT: Digitising collections of microfiche - Re: Looking for opinions...

2018-03-28 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
If you start with a fiche viewer, then a lot of the mechanical parts, such as the fiche holder, are well under way. You need to modify the card movement mechanism to be able to automate it, but you could put that part off until you confirm that the optical portion is satisfactory. On Wed, 28