I finally got my Minolta Scan Multi II operational again. What a slog, though...
It's a SCSI scanner so I got a SCSI card with 64-bit driver support for my computer. But I couldn't get the card to recognize the scanner no matter what I did. Card problem? Scanner problem? Who knows... So I tried my old Ratoc SCSI-to-IEEE1394 adapter. No go - it doesn't like the 64-bit OS. New drivers? Ratoc wanted 20 bucks. OK, I gave it a go for 20 bucks. Still no joy and I find that even the new drivers won't work on a 64-bit OS. Ah, but my laptop is running a 32-bit OS! But it doesn't have a FireWire connector! I found my old IEEE1394 card... but it's CardBus type and my current laptop has only the newer ExpressCard type slot. Well, today my new ExpressCard IEEE1394 card arrived and, much to my surprise, it all works: The computer works with the card; the card works with theIEEE1394-SCSI adapter; the adapter recognizes the scanner; the OS accepts the whole lot! Now I can scan in the MF slides I've had in storage for about a year (and also batch-scan some slides I need to re-do). Life is good! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
