Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 23:05:43 -0500 (EST) From: "matthew c. mead" <mmead@Glock.COM> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: peter@jhome.DIALix.COM, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCSI Scanner anybody? Message-ID: <199601120405.XAA28027@Glock.COM> In-Reply-To: <199601111923.MAA17804@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jan 11, 96 12:23:30 pm
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > I guess this is going to be a "You gotta be kidding me!" type question, > > but does anybody know what would be involved in driving a SCSI scanner > > (eg: something like an Epson GT-8500, HP Scanjet 3C, Sharp JX330 etc) > There are drivers. > The main limitation is that the SCSI controller in your machine must > be able to operate in target mode for several SCSI scanners. This > is why many of them come with their own custom AIC6360 based cards. > If you happen to have a good controller (as opposed to one that > works for HD's, etc.), then you can implement the scanner software > on top of it. Is the AHA2940 considered a "good controller?" I'm purchasing an HP ScanJet IIcx in the next day or two, and have been pushing the author of XVScan to port to FreeBSD RSN. Check out http://www.tummy.com/xvscan/ for information on XVScan. -matt -- Matthew C. Mead mmead@Glock.COM http://www.Glock.COM/~mmead/
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