Date   : Fri, 06 Jan 2006 19:57:49 +0000
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Advice on digital photographs

I've used a scanner before I had my latest digital camera.  I even used it
to take a picture of the BBC B motherboard with the lid off and then by
placing the scanner upside down on top of the Beeb.

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Jules Richardson
To:   bbc-micro@...
Sent: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:17:24 +0000
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Advice on digital photographs

Mark Usher wrote:
> I always had good results by placing the PCB on a flatbed scanner, a black
> or white piece of cloth over the back and press the scan button. Could get
> some fantastic resolution to check tracks and zoom in around components!

Hmmm, that's interesting - the HP scanner here is terrible for PCBs - anything 
that's more than a mm or so away from the glass goes horribly out of focus. 
Presumably some scanners are better than others at this.

Mind you, would a BBC B board actually fit on there? Memory (I don't have a 
machine to hand right now) says that the board is slightly too square to fit 
on an A4 scanner.

cheers

J.