yep, thats why my offer for this thing is only $100. Be one of those projects with the goal of someday finding either some internal docs or a Mac with the code and dongle. There's a 43" wide x infinate length scanner in the garage in the same state. .. but it was "free".
-pete On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:05 AM, m. allan noah <kitno455 at gmail.com> wrote: > 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" >