Re: USB Microtek ScanMaker X6 (and parallel)

From: Wade Hampton (whampton@staffnet.com)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2000 - 07:58:35 PST

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    Oliver Neukum wrote:
    >
    > Am Mon, 06 Mär 2000 schrieben Sie:
    > > Oliver Neukum <Oliver.Neukum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> writes:
    > >
    > > > I can tell you, having the same scanner, that I know of no working driver and
    > > > no one working on one. I tried to use wine for recording the USB commands the
    > > > win driver sends, but no luck as yet. I'll get the newest wine snapshot, but I
    > > > have little hope in that direction.
    > >
    > > [...]
    > >
    > > Have you tried getting the specs out of Microtek yet? Microtek seems
    > > to have a bunch of offices dotted about the globe, and because each arm
    > > of the company is unlikely to know what the others are doing, we stand
    > > a chance, I think. How about if I email the American office to start
    > > with?
    > >
    > > If enough people pestered them, they might sit up and take notice.
    >
    > That is an interesting suggestion. I tried the asian home office, which never
    > replied. I will try Microtek Europe. Please do try Microtek Amerika.
    Also, any ideas on the X6/parallel. That is what I purchased as I saw
    X6 WAS supported, but later found out only SCSI :(

    I have not yet tried the parallel to scsi stuff -- anyone tried it
    yet with the X6?

    Cheers, 

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