On Wed 11 Jan 2023 at 14:25:39 (+0000), Ottavio Caruso wrote: > Local charity shop sells a desktop scanner for next to nothing. I > could buy it and try it but it's very bulky and it's a long walk. So > I'd like to have a clue beforehand if it's supported. > > The item is a Packard Bell Slimline PB 61428. > > I googled it but haven't found anything relevant to Linux. The > packaging mentions Windows 98. I remember back in the day, the was a > wrapper for old Windows drivers, I can't remember its name.
Presumably you're thinking of ndiswrapper, which was also recommended recently in https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/01/msg00173.html AFAICT this package did not make it into bullseye, and seems to have fallen by the wayside: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/ndiswrapper > Or am I supposed to just plug it in and expect it to work? That's outside my sphere of knowledge. Cheers, David.
