[Leica] Stupid Computer Question

[Ken Carney]

Tina,

Are you using Window 7 Pro?  If so your installation disc may have come 
with a provision to install XP on a separate partition.

Ken

On 7/24/2015 2:57 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
> 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
>