>Can I anticipate that most SCSI cards will be compatible with Mandrake
Linux?
I would think that this would depend primarily on the availability of
drivers for the SCSI card you get and use and if they support Mandrake
Linux. Tou willneed to check the different manufacturers of SCSI cards and
see if they have cards that support that OS and will work in the slots of
your motherboard.
> Is this a significant consideration when chosing between a 3 ft and 6 ft
SCSI cable, or is it
> only important for longer distances?
I believe that most SCSI setups will take a recommended total cable distance
of 18 feet to 24 feet ( that is the distance for the whole daisey chain and
not just per device in a chain). Thus, 3 or 6 feet will make little
difference if it is the only device connected to the SCSI card.
>get a SCSI to firewire converter and connect it with a firewire cable.
Converters are a nice idea but in practice aqre not always what they are
cracked up to be. You need to know if the converted and its software
drivers support and are supported by Mandrake Linux, if the particular
converter in question will work with not only the type of SCSI you plan to
use or are required to use but the device in question, if the converter will
result in a major loss in speed, etc. Converter adapters tend to be
expensive (if other converter adapters are any indication, a firewire to
SCSI or SCSI to firewire converter adapter may rune you as much as $100 or
more).
>I have a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 scanner, and need to connect it to my
new computer, which runs Mandrake Linux 9.1 and Windows 2000.
The real question here is if the SprintScan 4000 scanner has drivers
available that will allow it to work as a device regardless of the type of
connection with Mandrake Linux? Windows 2000, win XP, and even Win 98 all
have Twain drivers available from Microsoft or Polaroid which will support
operation of the scanner so that OS may not be as much of a problem as the
Linux OS.
-----Original Message-----
From: filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:filmscanners_owner@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of patton paul
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 12:07 AM
To: laurie@advancenet.net
Subject: [filmscanners] connecting scanner to computer
I have a Polaroid SprintScan 4000 scanner, and need to connect it to my
new computer, which runs Mandrake Linux 9.1 and Windows 2000. The output
from my scanner is SCSI, and I would like opinions about how best to
connect it to my computer. I could either get a SCSI card for my
computer and connect it with a SCSI cable, or get a SCSI to firewire
converter and connect it with a firewire cable. Can I anticipate that
most SCSI cards will be compatible with Mandrake Linux? Because of the
way that things are arranged on my desk, it would be much more convenient
to use a 6 ft SCSI cable rather than a 3 ft cable. My understanding is
that SCSI is very distance sensitive, and that a longer cable will mean
more noise and therefore slower data transmission. Is this a significant
consideration when chosing between a 3 ft and 6 ft SCSI cable, or is it
only important for longer distances? If I want to place my scanner 6 or
more feet from my computer would it be safer to go with the SCSI to
firewire converter? The SCSI to firewire converter would have the
advantage of allowing me to also connect my old computer, a Macintosh G3
powerbook, to the scanner. Although this machine is slower, its dual
monitor feature can be quite useful when scanning. With the SCSI to
firewire card however, I'm worried about the possibility of hardware or
software incompatibility problems. Has anybody out their tried connecting
a sprintscan 4000 to their computer using a SCSI to firewire converter?
Are my worries about possible incompatibilities warrented? Am I safer in
this regard to stick with a SCSI card? Is it likely
that a SCSI to firewire converter would be compatible with Linux? I've
found two brands of converter on the web, one by 2nd wave technology,
and another by Ratoc (FR1SX). Anybody have an opinion about which is
better?
Help and comments would be much appreciated.
__________________________________________________________________
Dr. Paul Patton
Research Scientist
Beckman Institute Rm 3027 405 N. Mathews St.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois 61801
work phone: (217)-265-0795 fax: (217)-244-5180
home phone: (217)-328-4064
homepage:
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source of all true art and science."
-Albert Einstein
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