On Nov 3, 2010, at 9:06 PM, A.M. McCullough wrote:
Howdy, all...
I've been cleaning out some old computer gear and came across my old
UMAX 1200S Astra flatbed scanner (which I originally bought for a
PC) and thought to myself, hm, why not see if this thing will work
with my Sawtooth. Hm again - the Astra's cable is a DB25 male and
the Mac has a SCSI card with an HD50 female connector. I do not know
if this card works, I don't have anything to hook to it. Does anyone
know anything about these cards - what information do I need to dig
up for it to see if it would talk to the scanner?
I cannot find the original SCSI card that came with the scanner -
that appears to be lost to history at this point. Do you think an
adapter to the existing SCSI card might work, or should I try to
locate a card like the one shown here:
http://www.amazon.com/Adaptec-2906-SCSI-Windows-Support/dp/
B00005111H ? That's a ton of money to spend on an ancient scanner
that hasn't been turned on in over a decade.
I believe its probably a PC only card. My UMAX Astra 2400S came with a
PC SCSI card and it did not work in my PCI Mac.
I'm using another SCSI PCI card and it works fine ... its an
ATTOExpressPCIPro type card. I got an external adapter from
mcpricebreakers (mcpb,com) that fits in the opening in the back,
usually used by another PCI card or by a dummy filler bar.
Good luck.
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