Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/07/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug Wrote: > > From: Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > > Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:19:54 +0100 > > To: <lug at leica-users.org> > > Subject: [Leica] Scanning > > > > Not a Leica question really, but.... > > > > I was given an old Nikon Coolscan LS-30 which needs a SCSI card to get it > > working. Anybody out there know whether I'd be wasting my time and money > > trying to get this scanner working? I'm running XP Pro and I see from > > googling > > the net that there are compatibility problems with XP & the scanner. > > > > Douglas > > _________ > > Douglas Barry > > Bray, Co. Wicklow > > Republic of Ireland Doug, I used a SCSI interfaced Polaroid Sprintscan 4000, at first with a SCSI PCI card in an earlier Apple tower that I had. Then when I upgraded towers I ended up getting a SCSI to firewire adapter. I think, as Nathan, points out, that you should be able to find a SCSI to USB adapter since that seems to be the more common port with Windows machines. The one thing that you couldn't do with the adapter was daisy-chain firewired peripherals together as you would normally be able to do. You might also check with Ed Hamrick at VueScan to see if his software supports such a configuration. I know it did with the firewire adapter. Best, Carl Socolow www.carlsandersocolow.com