Re: Scion frame grabber card ... The company producing the Scion cameras has ceased to exist

Posted by Johannes Schindelin on
URL: http://confocal-microscopy-list.275.s1.nabble.com/Scion-frame-grabber-card-tp7113109p7115277.html

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Hi,

On Tue, 20 Dec 2011, George McNamara wrote:

> On 12/20/2011 2:55 PM, P. Johannes Helm wrote:
> >
> > I beg your pardon for sending a question, which is not LSM related at all,
> > even if it is related to one of our local LSM setups.
> >
> > I have frequently bought and installed frame grabber cards from Scion
> > Corporation, chiefly the model FG7. However, the most recent time I had
> > been in contact with the company was 2004 or 2005, if I remember
> > correctly.
> >
> > When I was looking for Scion's wepage,
> >
> > www.scioncorp.com
> >
> > the page would not display. Neither does there seem to be an obvious
> > choice between the webpages offered when googling Scion and Frame Grabber.
> >
> > Is the company still active?
>
> according to
>
> http://valelab.ucsf.edu/~MM/MMwiki/index.php/Scion
>
> *Summary:* Controls Scion Firewire Cameras <http://www.scioncorp.com/>
> *Author:* C. Douglas Remsberg (scion corp.)
> *License:* BSD
> *Platforms:* Windows (32-bit only), Mac
> *Devices:* Scion Firewire Cameras
>
> /The company producing the Scion cameras has ceased to exist.
> Fortunately, the company made the files needed to operate their cameras
> available to us, and these will be accessible through this page.
> However, we do not have any of these cameras and therefore can test
> these instructions. Please update and clarify the following text!'/

There is also the clarification in this ImageJ mailing list thread:

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.imagej/21198/focus=21200

Ciao,
Johannes