>I can't seem to get my old Umax S-6E to work under OS 9.2.2 (nothing wrong
>with the scanner - just Umax, who seem to be drifting away from the Mac
>platform). I could probably get it to
>work with something like VueSscan but it costs more than the S-6E is worth!
>
>Anyway I have decided to upgrade and would be interested to have list
>member's opinions on what scanner to go for.
>
>Here's my requirements:
>
>Budget �100
>New or pre-owned
>Optical res: 600 x 1200 or better
>Transparency hood (built-in or available)
>Mac OS 9 and X compatible (without resorting to 3rd party driver)
>USB, SCSI or Firewire (any will do)
>
>The Dark Side seem to have a plethora of machines with this spec to choose
>from - I'm struggling to find any!
>
>TIA
>
>Keith
Hi,
For �100 you may get a used high end scsi Umax Powerlook or Mirage
from ebay or for less you could begin with an Astra 2400s - also Umax and
scsi. I have had an Astra 2400s (s for scsi) for a couple of years now
and it works very well with 9.2.2 and Umax's high end software -
MagicScan 4.5+ ( a very good scanning interface with multiscan capability
but I don't know about OSX compatability). I don't have the tranny
adapter but I've never really needed one.
I would go for scsi or firewire as usb is too slow for images - I
have a scsi/usb converter which I sometimes use with my Kodak DCS cameras
when I'm too lazy to shutdown and connect the scsi and there is a very
noticeable drop in performance with usb compared to scsi.
Pete - down the road in Chesterfield....
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