[sane-devel] How to use this valuable resource

[Martin Collins]

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:43:20 +0000
"quentin thornton" <qthornton@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I presume the driver will not be effective if I have it plugged into
> the wrong port.

Indeed not. You will need a SCSI adapter, either the one supplied with
the scanner or a third party one. In the latter case you will also
need a matching cable and the appropriate driver for the adapter. And
possibly a terminator.
If you don't have these they are cheap on Ebay but you'll need some
idea of SCSI technology:
http://www.scsi-planet.com/
  
> Do you know if this scanner is supposed to be plug and play?

No I don't. I don't even know if plug and play can apply to SCSI
devices. I escaped from Microsoft when Win95 was still new.

Looks like you have three options:

1 Gamble some cash on the SCSI bits and finding a Win98 driver that
  works.

2 Gamble some cash on the SCSI bits and install Linux. It's just as
  easy to be a novice in Linux as Windows:-)

3 Buy a different scanner that you know will work in Win98.

Martin

PS. If you reply to the list and not just to me then other people can
chip in and the whole conversation will be archived for the benefit of
future generations.