[rollei_list] Re: OT: It's Coming Around Again
- From: John Jensen <jwjensen356@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 18:08:18 -0700 (PDT)
Re HP (and the medical line), the medical line was originally Sanborn (in
Massachusetts). I believe Sanborn was purchased by HP in the early 60s.
John
--- On Sun, 10/3/10, Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Don Williams <dwilli10@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT: It's Coming Around Again
To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010, 3:24 PM
At 01:08 AM 10/3/2010, you wrote:
http://www.rickbucich.com/blog/2010/07/remembering-siliconfilm.html
http://www.visualimpressions.com/Digital_Film.pdf
Jim
On Oct 2, 2010, at 8:22 PM, Eric Goldstein wrote:
> Jerry I'm waiting for someone to market "digital film." With a bit of
> a stretch of the lexicon, you could say that it is already in use in
> the medical imaging arena...
>
>
> Eric Goldstein
>
> --
I have a very vague recollection of that silicon-film writeup, but am pretty
sure I have actually bought memory cards with the label "Digital Film" on
them. Not sure which format or who made them. I suppose that name had already
been copyrighted by someone so it only appeared for a short time. The idea of
a "Drop-in" digital replacement for 35mm cartridges was pursued by more than
one company but I don't think any of them got past the prototype, or even the
mock-up stages.
In the medical arena, I have no idea what it's called, but for at least 10-12
years my X-rays have all been digital, (except in small practices), and I have
been able to get CD's of the images for my own curiosity and also to pass on to
new docs as I have moved from the San Diego area to Mid-Oklahoma.
I sometimes send them to friends, who seriously dislike seeing them, not sure
why. I can recognize my own chest and can even recognize my lungs based on a
scar created by Valley Fever about 20 years ago. My chest looks somewhat like
a barbed wire fence plus a lot of wiring and electrical leads.
I believe that most of the X-rays are now made using equipment that is
manufactured by newer companies, I hardly ever see Pickett or Triplett
(Triplett was mostly industrial X-ray systems anyhow).
It's sad to realize that my favorite electronics instrument company, HP, has
sold their medical equipment business to Phillips.
Back to the main subject, I am sure that around here somewhere there are memory
cards that have the words "Digital Film" as part of the nomenclature.
DAW
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