Unlike the controlling software from Rollei itself, DiaShow is not
only reasonably priced, but also much more powerful and intuitive to use.
It was developped for a (almost) computer illiterate (i.e it's very easy
and self-explanatory to use), but it's just as comfortable for the expert
user. There is context sensitive online help for every part of the program.
Here is a more complete program description. (in German)
And here is a demoversion for you to try out. (Full version, except
that saving to disk is disabled.):
Just send me an
if you are interested.
Or call me:
Phone:
+49 89 74370665 (evening and answer machine)
Fax:
+49 89 74370666
Please note: NOW there is a
demoversion (Full version, except that saving
to disk is disabled) (in English!).
I do not sell the cable which is necessary to connect PC and projector, but one of
my customers Stephan Dürr was so nice to send me the scanned
circuit plan (55k) that he got
from Rollei.
Update (11/2004): in the meantime my father in law improved
it quite a bit so that it's a lot easier to understand:
new version (87k)
Update (01/2023): Tobias Wolf wrote a python programm for controlling the projector and a web interface for it.
In case you wonder: The price is just Euro 40,- !
Now go and compare that to what Rollei charges for their program
which is IMHO just a bad joke.
Software for Rollei MSC300P
Here is a (English and German)
description of the program. And here is a
demoversion for you to try out. (Full version, except that saving to
disk is disabled.)
Version 2.11 now supports the following
languages: German, English, Spanish, Dutch (and your own language
if you take the time to translate a few strings!).
Here are two screenshots:
You can see the automatic popup of the Quick-Help window for entering
special functions. It always tries to be where it doesn't hide what you are
currently looking at.
Manual Mode, not as nifty as a graphical Windows-based approach, but
it offers more control than any other program I have seen.
But better decide for yourself:
Download the
demoversion and then just
me if you are interested.
Or call me:
Phone:
+49 89 74370665 (evening and answer machine)
Fax:
+49 89 74370666
In case you wonder: The price is just Euro 50,- !
Now go and compare that to what Rollei charges for their program
which is IMHO just a bad joke.
NOTE: DiaShow doesn't work on Windows 7 anymore but you can run it in a DOSBox, e.g. on Linux. Here is a description by Fred Rooks who did exactly that using an USB2serial adapter. Erhard Bollmann informed me that an additional "chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0" is necessary, thank you!!!