Apple II: Digitizers


Article Change History
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02/09/93 - UPDATED
Micron Technology acquired by Xceed Technologies.
09/21/84 - REVIEWED
* For accuracy.


Here are a few digitizers for the Apple II:


Computereyes        by   Digital Vision, Inc.
                        14 Oak St. #2
                        Needham, MA 02192
                        (617) 444-9040

Dithertizer II      by   Computer Station
                        11610 Page Service Drive
                        Saint Louis, Mo 63146
                        (314) 432-7019

Digisector          by   Micro-Works
                        P.O. Box 1110
                        Del Mar, CA 92014
                        (619) 942-2400

Micro D-Cam         by   Micro Mint
                        561 Willow Ave.
                        Cedarhurst, NY 11516
                        (516) 374-6793

Micron-Eye          by   Micron Technology (acquired by Xceed Technologies)
                        Xceed Technologies
                        37560 31 Mile Rd.
                        Richmond, MI 48062
                        313-727-4085
                        800-642-7661

The Dithertizer and the Digisector accept input from a standard video camera.

The Micro D-Cam and Micron-Eye use a solid state camera made from a special
purpose imaging chip. All have software to map the output from the camera to
the High-Res Screen of the Apple II.

The Dithertizer uses a feature called contouring.  This makes the processor
display only those portions of an image which fall in a certain brightness (or
darkness) range.  With this method you could set the digitizer to display only
the darkest spots on the screen. Then you could write software to scan the
digitized image for spots, count them and note their position.

Micron-Technology (acquired by Xceed Technologies) makes an RS-232 version of
the Micron-Eye. With the proper software, this could be your digitizer for
Macintosh, Lisa or Apple III.  

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Published Date: Feb 18, 2012