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<h1>RE: IBM IdeaScan</h1>
<b>Warren Chartier</b> (<a href="mailto:icebalm@bigfoot.com"><i>icebalm@bigfoot.com</i></a>)<br>
<i>Thu, 30 Dec 1999 18:55:42 -0500 (EST)</i>
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Hi there Paulo,<br>
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Well I dont know for sure if thats the case for your particular scanner,<br>
however my Microtek SlimScan C3 is a parallel port scanner which uses SCSI<br>
over Parallel, and I've used ppSCSI to get it working with SANE.<br>
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One of the easiest tell tale signs is to look at how the windows drivers<br>
work.  Mine even have a SCSI style probe function where it probes SCSI<br>
ID's to find my scanner (always on ID 5), however I don't have a SCSI<br>
adaptor in the computer!<br>
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The reason its cheaper?  People with SCSI usually have more money so<br>
manufacturers gouge them. :P<br>
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999, Paulo Abreu wrote:<br>
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<i>&gt; It seems the link points to some module to enable the use of a scsi adapter </i><br>
<i>&gt; that's connected to a parallel port. Let me see if I'm getting this </i><br>
<i>&gt; straight (100% newbie here, so be patient):</i><br>
<i>&gt; 1. I have this parallel port scanner xyz1000P that doesn't have a sane </i><br>
<i>&gt; backend yet.</i><br>
<i>&gt; 2. There's a sane backend for its scsi cousin, the xyz1000SC.</i><br>
<i>&gt; 3. Then, probably the xyz1000P is just a xyz1000SC with some kind of </i><br>
<i>&gt; parallel port scsi adapter inside. If I know the adapter, I'll be able to </i><br>
<i>&gt; use this module to use a scsi driver to control a parport model.</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Is this correct? If it is, why was my parallel port scanner much cheaper </i><br>
<i>&gt; then the scsi cousin? It has more hw inside (scsi+parport converter)!</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; If it isn't, can you explain a bit more?</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; TIA</i><br>
<i>&gt; </i><br>
<i>&gt; Paulo</i><br>
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