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Date:      Thu, 12 Nov 1998 19:04:50 +0100
From:      Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
Cc:        Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>, nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, usb-bsd@makelist.com
Subject:   Re: update on USB stack/call for help
Message-ID:  <19981112190450.A17400@cons.org>
In-Reply-To: <199811121643.IAA11406@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Thu, Nov 12, 1998 at 08:43:08AM -0800
References:  <Pine.SGI.3.96.981112085334.966Q-100000@animaniacs.itribe.net> <199811121643.IAA11406@dingo.cdrom.com>

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In <199811121643.IAA11406@dingo.cdrom.com>, Mike Smith wrote: 
> > 
> > I bought an HP 6200c about 2 months ago because it was the only scanner on
> > the shelf with a scsi interface on it.  It also happens to have a USB plug
> > as well.  Does this device have two different command sets on it, or is
> > twain riding on top of USB?
> 
> "Twain" is the software interface between the scanner-specific drivers 
> and the user application.   SCSI scanners are usually processor target 
> devices, and their communications protocols are all proprietary.

That's not *that* true. Document sgc-r00.pdf on Symbios' ftp site
defines "SCSI 3 graphics commands" and my Mustek implements this (more
or less, didn't tangle too much with it).
 
Maerin
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