> You can purchase an older scsi scanner and pci scsi card
> and they work MUCH BETTER than the USB devices.
Can you define "MUCH BETTER"? Do you mean the transfer rate is faster
or that they work better with Linux for some reason? If the former,
in my experience this hardly matters.
> A 39$ pci scsi card with a 149$ scsi scanner for out performs the USB variety.
The difference is that USB scanners aren't "older" and cost at least
$50 less than this. On the other hand, if you know something about
compatibility with Linux, could you please elaborate?
> The parallel port scanners were mostly a gimmick for those M$ users afraid of scsi.
This is certainly true and I don't blame SANE for not working hard to
support them.
> Once USB 2 comes out it may be different but for the forseeable future,
> even low-end scsi whips USB genreally speaking according to any specs
> I have ever seen and from personal experience.
Specs? This sounds like transfer rates. Head scan times are so long
that it hardly matters for most stuff.
Cheers --- Larry
