Re: MacVision apparatus

[Douglas Aalseth]

Sounds like a pot (potentiometer) or variable resistor. If I had to  
guess I'd say the latter, but don't quote me on that. If there are any  
words or numbers on the outside see if you can find the size (.1-.5uf,  
.1-15ohm, something like that) if you can find the size and if you have  
some kind of electronics store near you, like a radio shack or  
something, you can try to find a replacement part and solder it in  
place yourself it. It's tricky, though. On the other hand if the device  
cost $2 and is broke anyway now, whattayagottolose?

(Oh before anyone corrects me, yes I know that the u in uf is supposed  
to be a micro sign, as in microfarad. I just don't know if micro is  
something that will go through correctly in e-mail. Well that and I  
don't know how to generate the character.)

Douglas Aalseth
Shoreview, MN
On Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at 10:59 AM, Peter Stephenson wrote:
this is a monochromatic digitizer. I found one at the salvation army  
two
weeks ago $2!! It is very slow (30 seconds per scan, although there  
may be
other versions from my web searches), but it works on compacts (my  
se30, see
I'm on topic) but not at all or well at all on g3's or a quadra I  
picked up
the other day as well.

The software was on the software archive of one of the list members.

Unfortunately, the one I got worked intermittently (I don't know why,  
for
the price I paid, I expected perfection) but when i took it apart to  
fiddle
with its insides, I broke one of the internal adjustment pots( it has  
about
six connections to the board, it screws up and down inside, the screwy  
part
crumbled really, but it was made of a greyish metal, the outside part  
that
it screw into is chromey looking). Are these things tough to fix,
considering my ten thumbs and giant soldering iron.

Pete

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