Re: snapscan and aic7xxx driver don't work together

From: DStevenson (tech@dgssoftware.co.uk)
Date: Wed Jun 27 2001 - 02:58:21 PDT

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    On Tuesday 26 June 2001 22:50, Steffen Kluge wrote:
    > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:53:46AM +1000, Ben Stanley wrote:
    > > Unfortunately, the aic7xxx_old driver is no longer supported, so I hope
    > > the aic7xxx driver is fixed soon. I'll email the author.
    >
    > I thought the author was Adaptec, sort of. Wasn't that the reason
    > to phase out the old driver?
    >
    > > BTW, I presume your Prisa620ST is with the transparency adpater? How do
    > > you find it? I was offered a transparency adapter for AU$25.
    >
    > It's not really an adapter, it's rather a lamp built into the
    > cover, using its own power supply :( and connecting to the
    > scanner through a short cable. There is also a set of
    > masks/templates to put the slides in. I'm sure there is also
    > additional firmware functionality involved, to control the lamp,
    > move the scan head to a slit in the mask for colour calibration,
    > etc. But maybe all Prisa scanners have that firmware, and some
    > are just lacking the lamp.
    >
    > Anyway, it works well with sane. If your are offered a
    > lamp-fitted cover for 25 bucks and your scanner has a socket to
    > plug the cable in, then I'd say go for it.
    >
    > Cheers
    > Steffen.
    >
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    Hi,

    Being a newbie, how did you change the modules, I have a similar problem
    using a HP5 on adaptec card. Do you have to recompile the kernel or what?
    Sorry to be so basic, but I have been reading all the howto's but cannot find
    the answer.

    Dave.

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