Re: How to write a backend?

From: Pierre Abbat (phma@oltronics.net)
Date: Tue Jul 17 2001 - 13:40:36 PDT

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    On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, karsten.festag@t-online.de wrote:
    >Hi Pierre,
    >I managed wine to recognize my scanner because it is a scsi-over
    >parport one and there is the ppscsi driver for Linux. I have a patch
    >for wine which traces the scsi-commands sent to the scanner. This is
    >the easiest thing because you can use the SCSI-Support of SANE. If it
    >is another parport protocol you may try to use the windows portmonitor
    >(I don't remember where to get it, search for it) and trace the data
    >that is sent over the parport. But I would suggest opening your scanner
    >and writing down the types of the chips that are used. Then ask the
    >group or search the web for specs of these chips. Probably you get
    >information about the protocol this way.

    I don't have the scanner. I just wrote my friend a note that I'm ready to
    start, and hopefully she'll bring it soon. I downloaded the portmonitor but
    haven't installed it yet.

    phma

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