26 Jun
2006
26 Jun
'06
10:06 p.m.
No...but I also wouldn't consider using a scanner
someone else provided
to scan your manuals to constitute depending on that scanner.
If it breaks, I'd fully expect you to shrug and report to people who
want manuals scanned that the thing has broken, you can't fix it
because you don't have docs, and that anyone who wants further manuals
scanned can either come fix it or send you another one - or scare up
docs for you.
This seems to be a way for me to end up with a large pile of broken
scanners that I won't throw out, becuase they _might_ be repairable one
day, and anyway they contain bits that might come in handy (the stepper
motor if nothing else..). But then again I am terminally short of space...
I also don't have the time (or inclination) to keep on tinkering with
software (drivers, etc) every time I need to replace the scanner...
-tony