[filmscanners] Re: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-11 Thread Tony Sleep
On 11/02/2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > USB2 is just as > robust if not more so than Firewire; it was USB 1.1 which was not as > robust > as Firewire. Yup, nothing wrong with USB2 (so long as it's not plugged and unplugged too many times). I have lots of USB and no FW in use, never had an issue.

[filmscanners] RE: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-11 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
inal Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Sleep > Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 9:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [filmscanners] Re: SCSI support on a Mac Pro > > On 11/02/2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Evidently, this a

[filmscanners] Re: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-11 Thread Tony Sleep
On 11/02/2008 Stan Schwartz wrote: > I don't know if the SS4000 is Scsi-1 or SCSI-2. SS4000 is SCSI-2, definitely. I'm still using mine :) -- Regards Tony Sleep http://tonysleep.co.uk Unsubscribe by mail to

[filmscanners] Re: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-11 Thread Tony Sleep
On 11/02/2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Evidently, this adapter/converter still is on the market; but it > works only > with SCSI-2 from what I have been able to determine. As far as I know, all filmscanners that appeared with SCSI interfaces used SCSI2 standard, even though they only achieved SC

[filmscanners] RE: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-11 Thread Stan Schwartz
It is the old SS4000 without USB. Yes I think I will keep the old PC if there is no easy solution. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 2/11/08 1:14 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Re: SCSI support on a Mac Pro Several questions: Is it a SprintScan 4000

[filmscanners] Re: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-10 Thread Karen and John Hinkey
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi_port/usb_scsi/USBXchange/ I think this is the more recent version of what I used. Mac compatible it seems. - J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I currently am using my Polaroid SprintScan 4000 on a Windows computer with > an installed SCSI card. > > I am abo

[filmscanners] RE: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There use to be a SCSI to USB adapter (XircomR PortGear USB To SCSI Converter - PGSCSI, U1-SCSI) put out by Xircom (www.xircom.com or tel.: 800-438-4526), which I believe was an Intel subsidiary. I believe it was a SCSI 1 version of SCSI (the first version of SCSI) that would work for Mac OS 8.6.

[filmscanners] Re: SCSI support on a Mac Pro

2008-02-10 Thread Karen and John Hinkey
I have one by Adaptec that converts SCSI to USB - check on their website. I also use it with a SS4000 - works pretty well. - John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I currently am using my Polaroid SprintScan 4000 on a Windows computer with > an installed SCSI card. > > I am about to buy a new eight-co