you're entitled to your opinion, despite it's
deficiencies. I have no problem with that. But to some
people in some situations, speed is
paramount...scsi-boy.
--- Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
  On Tuesday 06 June 2006 22:56, Chris M wrote:
  I havent been following this thread thus far, but
 if
  anyone is shipping a scanner to the UK (unless
 this is
  a joke and I havent gotten it yet) and its not at
 least usb 1.1 compliant, they need to reconsider.
 Blowing bucks to ship an older technology is just
 dopey as all get out. Dont mean to be insulting, 
 but
  in the interest of he getting something done (as
 image
  files take a considera ble time to upload from
the
 scanner to the puter) let it be usb. I dont have a
 spare unfortunately though. 
 I'll take a SCSI scanner over a USB1.1 one any day.
 (Of course, PC parallel
 port ones are worse than either - both in slowness
 and in lack of
 compatibilty with Sane.)
 They're not speed deamons, but all of the
 ADF-equipped HP ScanJets I've had
 (which have all been SCSI) work flawlessly.
 Pat
  --- cctech-bounces at 
classiccmp.org 
<cisin at xenosoft.com>
 wrote:
 > > > If some others would chip in on the 
 shipping,
 I'd gladly send you a
 > > > scanner.  Would you prefer SCSI or 
 "Centronics"?
  >
 > On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Tony Duell wrote:
 > > I don't care, provided it comes with 
 schematics
 and uses chips that I
   recognise
:-) 
 I kinda doubt that even the old HP scanners had 
 
 schematics available.
  However, the operation of a scanner is not too
 complex to reverse
 > engineer.
 > I guess that we still can't get you to accept 
 one,
 even for free, without
 > open hardware source.
 >
 > > > Would you also like some early Pentium 
 machines,
 a Beseler enlarger and a
 > > Pentium machines cannot be early :-)
 >
 > True
 > I meant relative to Pentiums.
 >
 > > > "dichroic" head, a Kodak Caramate, some 
 printers
 and monitors, ...?
  > As for the enlarger, I have enough problems
 hosuing my DeVere 504....
 > > > Howabout: a Fujinon holography camera?
 > > > 'course it's all 60Hz stuff.
 > >
 > > Does it _depend_ on the mains frequency? 
 Votlage
 conversion is trivial (I
 > > have a 110V step-down transformer in the 
 workshop
 anyway), frequency
 > > conversion can be more of an 'interesting' 
 job.
  >
 > I'd be tempted to do it "mechanically", with a 
 motor
 and generator.
 > 8" drives may need 50 v 60 Hz (or a change of 
 pulley
 and belt).
 > But almost everything else recently is rectified 
 to
 DC.
 > Most "modern" computers just want 5VDC, 12VDC, 
 etc.
  > The only electronics in the holography
camera is 
 the
 power supply for the
  laser tube.  And since I don't have the
original 
 tube, a different power
  supply is not a very big deal. 
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