Re: filmscanners: A couple of mundane SS4000 questions.

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk (Tony Sleep)]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001 17:14:18 -0500  Bernie Kubiak (bkubiak@mediaone.net) 
wrote:

> 
> Any recommendations for a SCSI adapter for the SS4000

I have a couple of machines fitted with Adaptec 2904CD PCI SCSI cards. 
These are dirt cheap (20GBP), marketed for attaching CDR's, but in fact 
are bog standard SCSI2 without a boot ROM socket. The Plug and Play 
works, and they are recognised by W98, needing no special drivers - the OS 
finds the card and it works from then on. They work well with the SS4000 
and all other scanners I have tried. Using a higher spec card won't 
improve scan speed, it will just increase cost and cabling difficulties.

If you have a faster SCSI controller for disks, it is still better to add 
one of these cards.

I have used a variety of other SCSI cards at different times, ranging from 
ancient Adaptec ISA 15nn's to IBM/Future Domain PCMCIA card in a laptop. 
Never had a SCSI problem with any scanner.

Regards 

Tony Sleep
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