>would it be possible to use my Duo 2300
>(56/1.1) in it's Dock II (with SCSI & ethernet) for some entry level
>photo editing? I probably will just be adding stills to e-mail or to a
>personal Website for now. I could either buy a low cost digital camera
>or a scanner but I'm not sure how to interface between either of those
>devices and my SCSI port.
You're going to need to go to eBay to find what you need. The 3.0 version
of Photoshop should run nicely on your 2300 and cost about $50. Then look
for a Umax scanner which has a SCSI connection which connects easily to
your Dock. That'll run about another $60.
Camera versus scanner depends on a few factors. The scanner will be better
for higher quality pics to print out, but if all you're going to do is show
them on a monitor it's more than you need. The camera will be fine for web
pages but you'll have to find one with a serial cable to transfer the
pictures to your computer. Another option is to use a floppy converter that
takes the pics off the cameras memory card to your Dock. There's a great
link on the 2400 web site that gives great advice on buying Digital camera.
Video is a whole different ballgame and for the 2300, whatever you try will
probably be disappointing. The 2300 will only give you a small picture with
a lot of skipped frames and really isn't worth the effort. There are old
nubus cards that claim to do all the processing involved to digitize a
240X360 sized clip, but I don't know much about them.
Hope this helps.
JPM
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