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Re: [ARSCLIST] I.R.E.N.E.
Is it the scanning that's the impediment or the processing of the files once
scanned?
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] I.R.E.N.E.
On 12/06/07, Rob Poretti wrote:
> I've seen IRENE at LC and I believe it's an on-going co-development.
>
> The 2D chip sets employed for the scanning can only handle warps and
> eccentricities of a certain magnitude. So for media in good shape it
> does a good job.
>
> I believe they are looking at more current 3D scanner/chip-sets -
> which are much faster - to ultimately handle more significant problem
> discs.
I read a full presentation on this a while ago.
It seems like a very promising technique, but at present it is glacially
slow.
Regards
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Don Cox
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