On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 11:19 +0100, Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 24/08/11 10:36, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: > > If I were in that position, with an A4 1200dpi scanner costing less > > than £50 I'd be tempted to buy a new one, since the money spend would > > soon be saved through not having to dual boot and maintain two OSs. > > Heh, I agree with the solution if not the logic! > > Alternatively there is almost certainly a more compatible, better > spec'ed free scanner lurking unloved and unused somewhere in a loft of > garage. > > Sean >
I keep my eye on Dorset Comp recycle forum, But there is no cost to me in keeping everything as it is, except for the time that XP needs to upgrade things every time I boot it. Ralph is right it is a Umax Astra 1210p, which was a bit of an oddball. It was chucked out by surrey Univ. and didn't cost me anything originally. P. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday 2011-09-06 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively: http://goo.gl/4Xue
