On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:46 PM, Bill Barry <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Denis Heidtmann > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > So, the need remains: 1) Get the scanner to operate from some operating > > system (it used to operate on win 98/me.) to prove it can still be done. > 2) > > If successful, acquire an old laptop which can do 1). Russell has an old > > desktop which may be able to establish the proof of concept. And I > suppose > > I could use a desktop, although I'd rather avoid the power and space use > > that entails. > > > > > You said virtualbox did not work for some reason. Was it virtualbox-ose or > virtualbox from Oracle? What was the problem? Did you give vmware a try? > > Bill Oracle. I did not try vmware. I had two problems, at least. First was that from Linux I got inconsistent USB communications with the scanner. I used a pci usb card that solved that problem. It is possible that the scanner has poorly implemented usb (1.1 perhaps?) I have less specific notes on what happened within VB, but as I recall the scanner would respond in some limited way, but then stop. I do not believe I ever got even a part of a scan. The frustrating thing is that I used to run the scanner from a dual-booted machine running 98/me. It goes against the grain to chuck a good piece of equipment because the manufacturer will neither support it nor release the specs so those in the sane community can support it. Besides, dedicated slide scanners are available only at the professional level now (>$1000). -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
