If you cannot run the machine due to missing software or dongle, you cannot snoop on the communication protocol. No snoops = no reverse engineering.
allan On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote: > Ever since Fuji got out of the scanner biz the price has been dropping > fast, very fast. And as usual the PC, in this case a Mac that was > dedicated to it along with the proprietary software and lic. dongle > are usually long gone in another direction, thats the situation this > one is in. So far I can't even get Fuji or Agfa who resold it to even > give me more the the usual 'we don't support it anymore, click'. > > HP lost the sale of 250 printers when I got that replay a few years > ago. The short term bean counters just don't get it. > >> Unfortunately, at 5000 Dpi, I'd bet this thing uses some interesting >> compression, which could be hard to decode. > > 5000 x 18 x 13 ?x 48 (dpi, x, y, bits/pixel) , compression - I hope so !!! > > -pete > > > PS C .. yes years ago, but it's like riding a bike :-) > > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:13 PM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: >> Not that I've heard. Its a pretty pricey piece to 'play with' :) >> However, if you've got some C programming experience, you might be in >> luck. More expensive scanners tend to have simpler protocols. >> Unfortunately, at 5000 Dpi, I'd bet this thing uses some interesting >> compression, which could be hard to decode. >> >> allan >> >> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Pete Lancashire >> <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote: >>> Has anyone connected one of these beasts up to a Linux box and >>> succeeded with sane ? >>> >>> I've been offered one at what I think is a reasonable price. >>> >>> -pete >>> >>> -- >>> sane-devel mailing list: sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/sane-devel >>> Unsubscribe: Send mail with subject "unsubscribe your_password" >>> ? ? ? ? ? ? to sane-devel-request at lists.alioth.debian.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "The truth is an offense, but not a sin" >> > -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"