Re: Highscreen PerfectScan

Warren Early (earlyw@sphinx-group.com)
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 22:51:44 +0800 (GMT-8)

Microtek has started shipping their own version with a 50-pin Centronix F
to 50-pin centronix M pass-through passive terminator. You should be able
to purchase one of these at any decent computer store. The 25-pin
connector is SCSI, the 15-pin one is for external options such as an ADF.

If you use the 1502 that comes bundled with the scanner (supported by
aha-152x driver) and the scanner is the only device you probably won't
need a terminator. BTW, the card will support daisy chaining; I used to
hang my ZIP drive and external hard drive off of one until I moved up to
a 2940. The 1502 works better with the scanner in most cases than the
2940 does.

On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Martin Kroeker wrote:

> I bought a "Highscreen PerfectScan" last weekend, and it is indeed recognized
> as a Microtek E6 and seems to work fine with SANE-0.68. (With an
> Adaptec-2940 that is, i haven't bothered to try the card that came with it).
> I am a bit uneasy about termination, as the minimal documentation in the box
> simply mentioned that it "might be necessary if there are other devices on
> the bus". This beast has two female connectors besides the centronics-type
> scsi port, one of which *might* be scsi (but i have never seen terminators
> with a "normal" 25-pin sub-D pinout). I guess the other is used to connect
> the additional hardware for scanning 35mm slides or some such - can somebody
> confirm this (in private email, i guess it's a bit off-topic for this
> list).
> Martin
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