[ILUG] success [Re: ye olde scanner search]

[Brendan Kehoe]

For the benefit of others in the future, the key to making my system see the
scanner was to use 50-pin Ultra (not Ultra2 Wide) SCSI cable adapter, plugged
into the 50pin optional slot that comes with the card, to the 25-pin plug that
the scanner was expecting.  By hooking the 50-pin port onto the non-wide port
of the board, it was able to see the scanner just fine.

In other words:

   Scanner's 25-pin port <- M-M 25pin to 50pin cable -> 50pin scsi port (it's
    a pseudo-slot that's nothing more than the port, with a cable coming out
    of it)

   50pin scsi port slot's cable -> 50pin internal ultra SCSI port on the card

B

Brendan Kehoe writes:
> Hi!  Totally random question of the day: do folks know of a company/store
> near/in Dublin that sells a SCSI-based scanner that I could hook up to my
> linux system?  (It's got an Adaptec Ultra2 SCSI host adapter and the suitable
> port in the back.)
> 
> I'm aware of the list for SANE, so the specific scanner isn't necessarily the
> question, more of where to find one. The three scanners listed in the Argos
> catalog appear to only be ones using the parallel port, the use of which I've
> been told in a few different places is close to the embodiment of hell to get
> working. :)
> 
> Thanks!
> B
> 
> -- 
> Brendan Kehoe
> 
> Web page: http://www.zen.org/~brendan/

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Brendan Kehoe

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