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Re: filmscanners: Fast, decent, low res scans
Not being a "Mac" person, I'm a bit out of my league, but Acer indicates
the SCSI card they provide is "proprietary", and will not work with
other devices. I don't know if this is just a software driver matter,
or if they really have some unique SCSI protocols.
Maybe Ed Hamrick can shed some light, since I think he's analyzed the
SCSI command set with the Acer products.
Art
Shough, Dean wrote:
> There is no need to buy an expensive UltraSCSI PCI card for use with a
> scanner. Try the Adaptec 2906 for under $50. Works great for me with my
> Minolta Scan Dual on both my old PowerBase 180 and on my newer G4/500.
>
> Scanners use the original narrow and slow SCSI protocols. The only reason
> to buy the fast, wide, LVD SCSI cards is if you want to set up a RAID array
> of SCSI disks - but then you don't want to put the scanner or any other
> narrow, slow devices on the same card.
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