ThunderScan: Turning an ImageWriter into a scanner
I was able to acquire a ThunderScan scanner recently that turned an original Apple ImageWriter printer into a scanner by means of replacing the print head with a scan head. This one looks to be an early version and appears to be complete in box.
It has some rich history as Andy Hertzfeld described at the Folklore Website here: http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Thunderscan.txt
Here are some pics:
- Thunder Scan – box front
- Thunder Scan – box back
- Thunder Scan – box side
- Thunder Scan – box open with packing list
- Thunder Scan – Manual and diskette
- Thunder Scan – printer shield
- Thunder Scan – scanner unit and adapter box
- Thunder Scan – scanner unit
- Thunder Scan – adapter box
- Thunder Scan – scanner end