Re: which umax scanner (or other)

From: Peter Ilott (maillist@ilott.com)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 20:08:36 PST

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    Hi,

    I got both the 1200 and 2200 Umaxs, and both worked great with my cheap adaptec
    card. (about $50 US). Did not try the umax card, but with an adaptec card you
    can attach other scsi devices at least !! It's worth t for ease of operation.
    Both work just fine in the GIMP !!

    me@Ilott.com

    On Fri, 17 Mar 2000, Steve Sheriff wrote:
    > Hi everyone.
    >
    > Thank you all for contributing to such a friendly list. I now have the
    > libraries needed to get SANE running under SuSE and have tested the software
    > interface. Thanks to all concerned.
    >
    > By reading the documentation, I have narrowed our choice of scanner(s) down to
    > Umax. There are problems however: 1. Availability in Spain, and 2. the need for
    > a proper Adaptec SCSI card to use it under Linux. We can get HP and Epson
    > scanners more or less on demand however.
    >
    > Are the Umax cards so bad that they are not workable? (a separate Adaptec card
    > is ridiculously expensive over here. I may be able to mail order *that* item but
    > shipping a Umax scanner is another matter I feel)
    >
    > Is there a HP or Epson model we could get working as well as the Umax? With the
    > suppled card? That scans in colour? Or maybe Agfa?
    >
    > Thanks once again from Steve & Clara at FeF, Spain.
    >
    >
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