Re: modifying scanner

Cheapness, habit, and convenience.

The scanner has always been in the shooting room with the laptop. The
current (old) laptop has scsi, the "about to be bought" ibook doesn't
(it also won't accept PCI or cardbus). I could move the scanner to the
room with my desktop, but there really isn't room at that desk and I
have all my PCI slots full. I could buy a Powerbook and cardbus scsi
instead of the iBook, but that is more $$ than just buying a new (and
nicer) scanner (i900 or 4870).

Life is full of choices. Unfortunately with Xmas coming, my bank
account isn't that full of cash!

On Thursday, November 18, 2004, at 08:32 PM, Sandy King wrote:

> Why the scsi to usb adaptor? Why not just install a scsi card in the
> Mac? I two in my G4 and they both work perfectly with OS 10.2.8 and my
> scsi devices.
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> Sandy King
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> I crashed and burned on this project :-(
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> I have both VueScan and the original Umax Photoshop plugin driver that
> run my Umax scanner in OS9. Neither would recognize the scanner with
> the Adaptec XChange scsi to usb adapter. According to the Adaptec
> manual I should have seen the scanner with a SCSI probe, not seen. I
> only have Vuescan for OSX, as Judy guessed Umax never made an OSX
> driver for this scanner. Again, the scanner with the adapter wasn't
> "scene". Apple System profiler knew "something" was there, the scanner
> showed up as "unidentified". I tried all configurations plugged
> directly into the back of the computer (powered) USB port. In order to
> work with my new laptop it will have to run native in OSX (newer Mac's
> can use classic, but not "boot" into OS9).
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> Total bummer!
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> Judy (or anyone else here doing this), what brand and model of SCSI to
> USB converter are you using successfully on a Mac? Are you using it in
> 9 or X.
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> On Thursday, November 18, 2004, at 02:09  PM, Judy Seigel wrote:
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> On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Tom Ferguson wrote:
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> I'm doing some checking into this. My current scanner is an older Umax
> Powerlook III. A shocking $1200US at the time I bought it! Very nice
> scanner, does everything I need (including large film) and has a good
> density range. It is SCSI. I'm about to replace the last (old) Mac
> laptop I have that still runs SCSI :-(
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> I'm trying a SCSI to USB adapter today, but I question if that will
> work.
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> Tom, I have several devices on a scuzzi to USB adapter and they do
> work, tho my old (it isn't really old, just old for nowadays) UMAX
> Powerlook 2100 XL is on the only (or one of only) SCSI ports in the
> G4. However, if your UMax is older than mine, which it might be --
> check that you can get the new driver for system X before buying the
> adapter.  I think, for instance, there is none for the XL.
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> Judy
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> Tom Ferguson
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> http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com
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Tom Ferguson
http://www.ferguson-photo-design.com
Received on Fri Nov 19 09:24:09 2004