Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter, I'm no expert, but my Adaptec SCSI card 2903 came with separate installation discs for the Mac and for the PC. Julian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Klein" <pklein@2alpha.net> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:03 PM Subject: [Leica] SCSI card for scanner > Folks: I recently bought my work computer when it came off lease. The > old ISA SCSI card I've been using won't work, because my "new" PC has PCI > slots only. Which means that I'm going to have to find a new method to > connect my Canon FS-4000 film scanner to the computer. > > I ran the scanner on USB this weekend, and it is significantly slower than > before. It takes about 8.5 minutes for a 4000 dpi scan with IR cleaning > (Vuescan). On the old machine, with SCSI, it was more like 6.5 minutes > for the same task. Unfortunately the scanner is USB 1.1, not 2. So even > though I have USB 2 slots, it does me no good for the scanner. > > After some research, the economical alternatives are: > > 1. Buy an Adaptec 2930 SCSI card ($99 new, about $20 on that auction > site). > > 2. Buy a Startek PCISCSI2 card ($41 at CompUSA. 10 mbps, as opposed to 20 > mbps for the Adaptec. I don't know if this will make any difference with > the scanner). > > 3. Buy a SCSI to USB-2 adapter. Adaptec makes one for $80. > > Does anyone have experience with the latter 2 options? If the Startek > card is as good as the Adaptec for the scanner, it might be worth not > having to deal with the auction site. > > Also, does anyone know how to tell the difference between an Adaptec 2930 > PCI card for the PC as opposed to one for the Mac, if the seller has no > box and doesn't know which system it came from? :-) > > Thanks, > --Peter > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information