> > > > The other way out would be to find someone who writes a driver. The parallel
> > I will gladly try to help, if you want to take the challenge, but you will
> > need at least basic knowledge of electronics and how to wield a soldering iron
> > if you want to monitor the parallel port in hardware or a solid knowledge
> > of WinDoze drivers to do it on the software-side.
> Well, unfortunately, knowledge of electronics isn't passed in the genes.
> I might convince my Dad to help out on that end, but he lives four hours away,
> and we visit for a weekend a month. Besides, I'm still trying to complete his
> linux upgrade, and I don't think he's up for another bout of craziness yet.
> I might be able to get a parallel-port-monitoring-thingy out of him if he's
> got the time, though.
Maybe you find someone near you by screaming loud on this list ...
Anybody with data-logging facilities handy on the list ?
> As for Windoze, I gave up that nasty, smelly habit some time ago, and never
> did know anything about its drivers...
> I've got the hardware handy, and the they say that necessity is the mother of
> invention, but I get the feeling that reality is working against me.
;-)
> I'll certainly write to Logitech and see if I can get the specs on the scanner,
> but I won't know what to do with the information if/when I get it without a
> good deal of guidance.
Should you get it, I will gladly try to be your guide, though I doubt they will
give you anything ...
Maybe asking on another list might get you some contacts to other owners
which might want to help, too.
CU,Andy
P.S.: Your line-break it not set correctly. I get lines with about 500
chars in it.
-- Andreas Beck | Email : <becka@sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de>
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