Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, Ken. I'm going to try hooking it up to the XP computer that I'm not using for anything else. None of my other computers have the right kind of Firewire port either and would also require an adapter. Tina On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html