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| Apple ][ QuickTake 150 hack! | |
| Posted by: Snial on 2025-10-06 09:21:17 This looks pretty cool! 
Optimizing A QuickTake Image Decoder For The Apple II’s 6502The idea of using the Apple II home computer for digital photography purposes may seem somewhat daft considering that this is not a purpose that they were ever designed for, yet this is the goal th…
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I'm a bit surprised he seemingly wanted to take QT image files and then convert those rather than take serial input from the QT150. And I thought that the serial data format for the QT series had been reverse engineered. Am I wrong here? Seemingly not. The same person also reverse engineered the QT100 serial format, which works for a 150 and 200. 
Quicktake for Apple IIQuicktake for Apple II is a program to fetch and view your Quicktake pictures on your Apple II. Reject planned obsolescence!
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A third document documents the protocol itself: 
The Apple Quicktake 100 and 150 serial communication protocolThe basics of communicating with a Quicktake 100 camera over the serial port.
www.colino.net
Finally, a Java app which can talk to a QuickTake camera: GitHub - Crazylegstoo/JQuickTake: Java-based app to manage vintage Apple QuickTake 100/150 camerasJava-based app to manage vintage Apple QuickTake 100/150 cameras - Crazylegstoo/JQuickTake
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Posted by: colinmcmillen on 2025-10-07 00:27:54I'm a bit surprised he seemingly wanted to take QT image files and then convert those rather than take serial input from the QT150.Hi! Author here 🙂 Well, the serial input gives us QTK image files, so both are necessary. First get the QTK image from the camera over serial, then decode it. And I thought that the serial data format for the QT series had been reverse engineered. Am I wrong here?It has been indeed 🙂 Seemingly not. The same person also reverse engineered the QT100 serial format, which works for a 150 and 200.To be precise, the 100 and 150 share the same serial protocol, the 200 is a different one. I reverse engineered the 1x0 protocol, but for the 200, someone else (Pierre Dandumont) had already done it. | |
Posted by: Snial on 2025-10-07 09:32:01Hi! Author here 🙂Great to hear from the author! I have a QT150. I think either @cheesestraws or @Durosity do too, because they were recapping one recently. Interestingly, the inside of a QT150 is bigger than the outside. I wonder how easy it is to interface it to an Archimedes 3020? BBC Micro and Amstrad CPC are also potential targets from a 8-bit Brit viewpoint. -cheers from Julz | |
Posted by: cheesestraws on 2025-10-07 11:04:05I have a QT150. I think either @cheesestraws or @Durosity do too, because they were recapping one recently. Interestingly, the inside of a QT150 is bigger than the outside. I think you're thinking of @croissantking maybe? Or @Hollie. Can't remember who has which. | |
| Posted by: Durosity on 2025-10-09 13:10:59 It was @croissantking , who created a beautiful recapping guide for the QT! I do have one too.. really must recap it soon! | |
Posted by: croissantking on 2025-10-09 14:19:13It was @croissantking , who created a beautiful recapping guide for the QT! I do have one too.. really must recap it soon!❤️ | |
| Posted by: nathall on 2025-10-30 22:32:48 This looks really cool. I don’t have a QuickTake, but want to get one now to try this. | |
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