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Yep, modern optical computer nice have sensors north of 10000 dpi, so ostensibly a hacked up mouse/scanner could read all the data with plenty of room for error
by xyzzy_plugh 7y ago
Yep, modern optical computer nice have sensors north of 10000 dpi, so ostensibly a hacked up mouse/scanner could read all the data with plenty of room for error.
A colleague was doing this in a decade ago, I wonder if he ever got it working.
- 0xcde4c3db 7y agoI'm not sure I can find the specific project I'm thinking of now (possibly [1]), but I recall that ~10-15 years ago someone scanned vinyl records with a consumer or "small business" grade scanner well enough that the scan could be played back with enough fidelity to be recognizable. Certainly far short of "all the data", but it's a data point for what can be accomplished with mass-market hardware. [1] https://www.cse.huji.ac.il/~springer/DigitalNeedle/index.html https://www.cse.huji.ac.il/~springer/DigitalNeedle/index.htm...