I checked out their list of supported scanners before getting openbook and my Visioneer onetouch8100. That scanner is also supported by the Linux kernel, but I'm still trying to find a SANE backend for it so that I could try out gocr, and Kirk's scanning package. Greg On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 09:09:27AM -0600, Jason Symes wrote: > I'm not vary familiar with cmos settings, but I'm vary familiar with Open > Book and the scanners it supports. A SCSI or usb scanner would be a good > upgrade, and most scsi and usb scanners work with open book perfectly fine. > Unfortunately, the newer hp scanners however are by no means supported by > open book, and I'd steer clear from them. I bought a brand-new 5300c > scanner from them, not knowing open book was uncompatible, and the thing > only lasted six scans before it gave up the ghost, and the ocr software hp > provided was garbage compared to open book. That's what you call quality! > > At 09:45 AM 12/11/01 -0500, you wrote: > >I am recovering from a catastrophic failure here, caused by an > >accumulation of cat hair in my fans and a runaway heating problem. I lost > >a power supply, a processor, and a motherboard. On the theory that every > >catastrophe is just a disguised opportunity, I upgraded my hardware rather > >than simply replacing it. I am now running an AMD Athlon processor at 1400 > >MHz with 256 MB ram instead of the 600 MHz Athlon with 64 MB ram I was > >previously using. > > > >That is the good news. > > > >The bad news is - while the old motherboard had an ISA slot, the new one > >does not. And while the old system ran DOS on a small partition, the new > >system will not run DOS. Attempting to run DOS causes the loader to switch > >to rerunning Linux, but when that happens Linux hangs up when about 90% > >through the boot process with no speech, no keyboard control, and no error > >messages left on the screen. > > > >The reason I have preserved a DOS partiti9on is to support two legacy apps > >I have relied on. One is the Arkenstone Openbook software which runs under > >Windows 3.11. The ISA slot on the old system supported a scanner interface > >card for this ancient Scanjet Plus flat bed scanner, so without that card > >and without DOS/Win3.11, I guess I kiss Arkenstone goodbye. > > > >The other legacy app is an old DOS version of "CheckFree" with which I pay > >my bills electronically. So I guess I kiss my bill paying goodbye. > > > >I will probably move the Scanjet card and Arke;nstone software to an old > >486SX which will also run the CheckFree program too, so all is not as > >bleak as I made out. However, it seems too bad to ask a 486SX to do OCR > >when a perfectly good Athlon XP 1600+ is spinning its wheels on email and > >web browsing trivia. > > > >The only thing I can think to do is collar someone to help me sort through > >the menus of the CMOS setup program on my new system to see if there are > >some settings that might sabotage my DOS. If anyone knows what I might > >look for on the setup menus I would appreciate some suggestions. > > > >Ain't computers fun? > > > >Chuck > > > > > >Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh > >The Moon is Waning Crescent (12% of Full) > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > Jason Symes > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
