On 07/10/2013 01:14 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 03:10:47PM +0000, David G. Miller wrote: >> Philippe LeCavalier <support <at> plecavalier.com> writes: >>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:00 AM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953 <at> >> gmail.com> wrote:I remember I once went through the entire list of >> supported >>> scanners on the sane web site and searched for each one >>> on the office depot and staples web sites. Not a single >>> scanner in the supported list was actually sold in a >>> store you could walk into and buy one from . >>> >>> +1 I was doing some work which required scanning and went through that >> same. I eventually just asked a buddy who owns a retail store and he >> grabbed one out of his graveyard of parts and I've relied on it ever >> since. People don't really buy standalone scanners anymore. >>> >>> >> Snicker. Using: >> >> [dave@waste ~]# cat /proc/scsi/scsi >> Attached devices: >> Host: scsi1 Channel: 00 Id: 02 Lun: 00 >> Vendor: HP Model: C5110A Rev: 3638 >> Type: Processor ANSI SCSI revision: 02 >> >> Got it at what was for all intents and purposes a yard sale about 10 years >> ago for $10. Still works great using Xsane. Kind of goofy to still >> populate a box with an Adaptec SCSI adapter just so I can hang a scanner >> off of it. > I recently found that I needed a SCSI card, and didn't have one that would fit in my recent-model mobos, so looked for a cheapie. I found a PCI-scsi with 50-pin external SCSI connector for about $5. It was indicated that it was for a Mac, and says MAC on one of the on-board chips, but it works fine in my Linux machine. PCI is PCI, I guess. So you could still use your old SCSI scanner if you wanted to. (I'm using an old Jaz drive, with some media that I recorded about 15 years ago! Turns out, I had no other copies of some of the stuff.) --doug -- Blessed are the peacemakers..for they shall be shot at from both sides. --A.M.Greeley -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
