On 3 Nov 2010, at 18:06:10 PDT, 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.
Any thoughts or ideas welcome :)
Thanks,
Annie M
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As you can get a NEW scan-print-copy machine for about the same price
as the card, it seems
a waste. There are adapters to connect the 25 pin SCSI port on the
scanner to the connector
in your Mac. Or cables with different ends to do the same thing.
I had no luck trying to get my Astra 1200S connected to my AGP
graphics SCSI card (might be
the same one you have). Had the connectors but the computer could not
"see" the scanner.
Found an Epson with Firewire that is a better scanner and faster than
SCSI so "retired" the 1200S.
Ken
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