[Leica] Stupid Computer Question

[Tina Manley]

Thank you!!  That look exactly like what I need.

Tina

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:03 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.fr> wrote:

> 1394 IS Firewire, probably a 4 pin (unpowered) rather than the 6 pin on the
> adapter - Easy to convert, something like
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/ultra-4-pine-firewire-to-6-pin-firewire-adapter-/281
> 757091815?hash=item419a0807e7
>
> john
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> My Nikon LS5000 scanner has died.  I haven't tried to fix it but consider
> this a directive to finally get the Imacon scanner up and running.  I
> turned
> it on and it lights up!  I have a SCSI to Firewire adapter and it all hooks
> up fine. ( Thank you, Doug!)  The problem is that the Windows XP laptop
> that
> I had intended to hook up to the scanner (I read that it does not work with
> any newer version of Windows) has no port for the Firewire.
> It has 4 USB ports, one called 1394. one round one and two square ones but
> nothing that looks like the Firewire plug.  Is there an adapter I need to
> get?  I've searched but I'm not sure what I'm sure for.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I wish photography did not involve computers.
>
> Tina
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