Effective USB 1.1 throughput is up to 7.5 MB/s, the claimed 12 MB/s is
rather theoretical
estimation.
Alex
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Tom A. Trottier
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 02:31
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Laptop configuration
USB is limited to 11 Mb. You'd be better with 1394/firewire or ultra
wide SCSI.
Tom
On Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at 17:54, Hemingway, David J
<filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
wrote on "RE: filmscanners: Laptop configuration," saying..
> You can purchase a Eiger PCMCIA SCSI card on Ebay for less than $40
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: derek_c@cix.co.uk [mailto:derek_c@cix.co.uk]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:32 AM
> To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
> Cc: derek_c@cix.co.uk
> Subject: RE: filmscanners: Laptop configuration
>
> The LS40 isn't 4000dpi though.
>
> Resolution matters!
>
> mark@otway.com (Mark Otway) wrote:
>
> > >> All the alternatives to the SS4000 are so much more
> > >> expensive that you would save quite a bit by buying
> > >> that PCMCIA SCSI card and an SS4000.
> >
> > Out of interest, how does the Nikon LS40 compare to the SS4000?
> > There's a company in the UK from which I can get the Nikon for £499
> > (ex vat), and I wouldn't have to worry about SCSI, as it supports
> > USB. And, of course, I'd get a full UK warranty.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
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