Following Richard's observations a few weeks ago, I disassembled a spare optical mouse and found it to contain the same H2000 IC he referred to. In my...
Terry & All Sorry about your problems with the optical mouse. Ross is making excellent progress and we have already proved that these little gadgets will be...
Now that I have Richards's MK-3 up and working. I thought I would get my transport from the closet. ... This is really close to the top glass that was in the...
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Julie et al., Use the following formula in calculating the correct shim thickness between the aluminum case of the Dyna Image CIS module the cover glass: Shim...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Rollscanners group. File :...
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Dear all: After reading of the latest progress in adapting the optical mouse to the job of position encoder (which I had suggested in Post #39, Feb. 28, 2001),...
Hello Folks, I certainly don't want to suggest that what I'm doing has anywhere near the experience behind it that Richard's mouse method does, but I'm ...
Bob ... Post #39, Feb. 28, 2001) You made the mistake of listening to those who told you it wouldn't work. If I'd done that throughout this project, there...
Julie's research into suitable front glass for the array is extremely welcome. This is a boring but important issue which affects us all we would be greatly...
... Hi Richard, The other interesting benefit of getting the full mouse input directly from the proper port, is that I get both the X and Y movement readings. ...
Dear All: Another bit of manufacturer's data on the Agilent optical mouse chip. It turns out that they make a Developer's Kit which has the hardware to make 5...
In a message dated 3/12/2003 3:38:30 AM Central Standard Time, ... The standard method for dealing with this, for those who don't have diamond files, is to use...
I've got a fair number of large program rolls that are posing special problems on my MK 3 BT scanner that I've been unable to resolve. * These program rolls...
Terry I'm sure others are more proficient than I with MIDI editing and will suggest ways round your problem with multiple tune rolls. With regard to the...
Hi Terry, ... Believe your theory is correct. I normally use an earlier version of Cakewalk that provides a facility called 'Extract' to perform this function...
To: Don Shebarger Don, Many thanks for your message this morning, appreciated. I tried to reply, but it bounced "user unknown". Looks like your email...
I placed some pictures of my test scanner and Richard's "MK 3 BT" controller onto my website at: <http://www.delectra.com/rolltransport/> I made a new stepper...
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As my MK 3 roll scanning progresses, I have a growing concern that many of my scans lack identifying information imbedded within the midi file. All that is...
OOPS! Forgot that Yahoo strips off attachments. The roll scan I referenced in my previous message is uploaded into our Rollscanners file area. Regards, ...
Hi Terry and All, I know that I have talked about this before but I think that we should pick a method that can be easily added to the files. Terry can add...
Hi Terry and everybody, Some of the issues regarding embedding the roll text information with the MIDI files were discussed "off-list", and should probably be...
Greetings Rollscanners, A few MIDI editing tips. To remove blank time in the beginning of a file you have to insert a bogus note just at the end of the section...
Hi Warren and Terry, I am using Cakewalk Express version 8.04 and can insert TEXT data into the MIDI file. To do this I display the "Event List" box then do...
Hi All The Mk3 software is designed to look up the roll details in a database called ROLLCAT.TXT and insert those into every MIDI file generated. The ...
After many months and considerable experimentation, my roll scanner is working sufficiently well that I'm prepared to share my roll scans and the details of...
Just a brief note to let all know that my 2nd batch of roll scans is now uploaded to my personal web site. See: http://members.shaw.ca/smythe/library.htm As...
Hi Folks, The list has been fairly quiet lately, so I thought I would give a brief update on my own progress, and hopefully spur others to do the same. ...
Greetings Rollscanners, To help break the silence, I can report on some progress on a new scanner. I have the transport finished for a t100 sized (and a little...
Warren asked a show of hands of those people that were still working on puting together a rollscanner. I am happy to report that as of April 27 I overcame a...