Re: new fisher-price PXL? (fwd)

["Stephen E. Marinick" <stevem@primenet.com>]

At 6:05 PM 11/22/96, Jeff Economy wrote:



>        Just saw this on usenet, it's the first I've heard of such a thing--

>does anyone here know anything about it?



(snip)



>> camera.  Apparently, it has that same wonderful PXL-like quality and it

>> prints out on thermal fax paper, to boot.  Does anyone have any more

>> information on this?  I missed out on the original PXL-2000s (wasn't

>> quite a techie back in the mid-80s, I think I was too swamped in

>> highschool angst) and I really don't feel like shelling out upwards of

>> $150 for a vintage PXL-2000 that may or may not work when I finally get it.



The new ID Magazine has a feature about a new Fisher Price still camera

called the Creative Effects Instant Camera that prints B&W images on

thermal papaer. I suspect that's what the Usenet post is referring to.



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