On Mon, 5 Jan 1998 Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE wrote:
> Hello Bernd,
>
> > It would really be great if you could mention such things on the
> > Web page. It took me almost 2 weeks to prod this information out
> > of you guys. By putting this information up on the web site,
> > you would make it much easier for people to orient oneself.
>
> If you take a look at
> http://www.mostang.com/sane/sane-umax.html
>
> (there is a link to it from http://www.mostang.com/sane)
>
> you will find:
> ------------------------ CUT & PASTE ---------------------------------------------------------
> SCSI ADAPTER TIPS:
>
> The SCSI-adapters that are shipped with some Umax-scanner are not supported by Linux and
> most other platforms, so you typically need to purchase another SCSI-adapter that is supported
> by your platform. See the relevant hardware FAQs and HOWTOs for your platform for more
> information. Also, we recommend to connect Umax scanners to their own SCSI controller since
> otherwise, the devices on the same SCSI bus as the scanner cannot be accessed while a scan is in
> progress.
> -------------------------- END HERE --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> There sould be no great problem with a scsi-cable, because the scanner has a
> 50 pin centronix connector, that is the "normal" connector for scsi!
>
> If there is no terminator delivered with the scanner, you should buy one, best would
> be a 25-pin-sub-d-active terminator, but that should be no great problem, too!
>
> Bye
> Oliver
>
>
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