Re: SCSI scanner not found in OSX
Re: SCSI scanner not found in OSX
- Subject: Re: SCSI scanner not found in OSX
- From: Mick <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 11:20:24 -0400
Have you, or anyone else out there, tried this with an Epson Expression
836XL?
Mine works fine with my Adaptec 2906 card, but I'd like to free up the
space for other use.
And, is it still necessary to start the scanner before booting OS X for
it to be recognized with a firewire to SCSI converter?
Thanks
Mick Natco
Little Pond Graphic Productions
On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 12:25 PM, Robin Myers wrote:
Most of the FireWire/SCSI converters do not work well with scanners
(or scanning cameras,
which they view as being the same as a flatbed scanner). Scanners
often use very large
block transfers which the converters try to break into smaller pieces
since they were
expecting only the smaller transfer blocks of hard drives. The SCSI
protocols allowed for
quite a lot of vendor specific commands and the act of breaking down
the transfer blocks
results in the original command structure being rendered
unintelligible to the
application program or the OS. The FireWire/SCSI converter that works
the best that I
have encountered is the one made by Smith Micro and sold under the
Belkin and MicroTech
brands. On OS 9 there might be a few operations that do not work with
it, but on OS X it
fully functions, at least on the equipment I have tried with it.
Good luck!
Robin Myers
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