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Braggin' Rights - My Digital Darkroom
A digital darkroom can be any computer with some peripheral devices for capturing images, and some software for massaging those images.  However, be aware that image files are large and get larger with alarming rapidity.  Image files increase by the square of size, and by the inverse square of resolution.  You need hefty equipment to handle it.

Lets consider a modest 8x10 image which is 80 square inches.  For fine art printing, (not a consumer grade HP, Epson, or Cannon), you need 300 dpi resolution, (90,000 pixels per square inch), add color and you have a 22Mb file.   Enlarge to 16x20, or create 3 processing layers and you have an 88Mb gorilla in your computer.  Can your system handle it?  Mine can.

Here is what's in my digital darkroom:

HARDWARE
 

  • Dual Pentium II 266Mhz processors
  • 21" Hitachi SuperScan Supreme 803 monitor, (1600 x 1200 @ .22dot pitch)
  • Dual port video card with 8MBytes VRAM
  • 256 Mbytes RAM, (need more)
  • 9 Gbyte hard drive, (need more)
  • 12x CD-Rom reader
  • 2x CD-Rom writer/4x reader
  • Polaroid SprintScan 35 Plus scanner, (2700dpi optical resolution & 0-3.4 optical density)
  • Microtek ScanMaker III flatbed scanner, (600x1200dpi optical resolution).
  • Iomega ZIP drive.
  • DAT drive for backups
  • Single SCSI Daisy Chain, (need more)
  • All SCSI peripherals, (except floppy)
  • Floppy disk
  • HP DeskJet 870Cse printer.
SOFTWARE
 
  •   Windows NT 4.01 operating system.
  •   Photoshop 5.0
  •   Corel Professional Office Suite 8
  •   Netscape Communicator 4.0
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