Unfortunately the scanner was designed before SCSI was standardized on the
PC so therefore the firmware doesn't understand ASPI standard cards.
Your options are limited to 1) purchasing a new SCSI scanner, 2) rummaging
for the MS-PCY card and PCX cable and using it in Windows with the Microtek
drivers or writing your own back-end for it, or 3) connect it to a Mac.
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>From: "Jeffrey C. Jacobs" <jjacobs@aceltd.com>
>To: sane-devel@mostang.com
>Subject: Request for more info on Obscure Scanner
>Date: Tue, Jun 15, 1999, 1:16 PM
>
> Hi members of the SANE project and supporters alike. My friend
> Andrew loaned me a scanner which he had intended to use for OCR but never
> got around to it. Anyway, when he tried to hook up his scanner, his system
> did not boot, though he believes this is because of the SCSI card settings.
> So I brought the scanner over to my house and hooked it up. On boot-up, my
> SCSI card, an Adaptec AHA-2940U2W, detects my CD-RW at SCSIID 3, Zip100 at
> 5, and no Scanner. I set the Scanner box to be at ID 6, so there should be
> no conflict. The SCSI chain is along the Narrow bus, and goes
> CDRW-Zip-Scanner-Terminator, where Zip is SCSI-1 and the Scanner Box is
> Centronix (sp). Anyway, here is what I know about the Scanner/Box:
>
> Microtek MSF-300Z Colour Scanner, Macintosh-only release (Yes, I
> know I'm trying to use on a PC)
> Includes manuals for Mac software and Adobe Photoshop plug-in.
> MS-SCSI/G Scanner to SCSI converter
>
> The Scanner has a 25-pin out (SCSI-1 / EPP ?) which connects to the SCSI
> box, and the SCSI box has a Centronix input and output. Since the problem
> may be with the Scanner or the Box, we were wondering if maybe the 25-pin
> connector on the Scanner may be an EPP [Extended Parallel Port] connection,
> and thus we could just hook it up to the computer via the EPP to see if the
> Scanner is actually working. We have been unable to get an more
> documentation than what I have listed and this scanner is not even listed on
> the Microtek web site it is so old (or is the model renamed?) it's no longer
> supported. Any help would be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.
>
> Be Seeing You,
>
> Jeffrey.
>
>
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