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"old" Minolta Dimage scan dual & WinXP...
This is not the terrible problem it may seem to be.
If you have a SCSI card that works under XP check out Vuescan: I had this scanner when it was new and always felt it worked far better under Vuescan than with the Minolta drivers. In fact I thought it was nearly useless with the Minolta drivers. Admittedly that was an earlier version of Vuescan and I do not know if the current version will support the original Minolta scanner under XP. If you contact www.hamrick.com you may find a solution for your problem. Otherwise a dual boot system is not difficult to accomplish (although time consuming) and free if you have the correct software. A dual boot system can be a reasonable way to still use a perfectly good peripheral although manufacturers want to force you to buy new equipment by not providing drivers. I used the original Minolta scanner with a Diamond Paradise PCI SCSI card, which is functionally exactly the same as current SCSI cards, but the original Diamond went kaput around the time XP came out. There are no drivers for XP for the Diamond SCSI card, although many that do not work are posted on various web sites. I sold the Minolta when I got a Canon FS4000 which can run under SCSI or USB 1. Being too cheap to buy a new SCSI card for one peripheral I use the Canon scanner in a dual boot system with WinME. It is worth it because the Canon scanner is unbelievably slow using USB1 but reasonably fast using SCSI (the difference for a 4000dpi scanner is about 8 minutes per scan, no exaggeration). |
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Mayhem wrote:
"Rick" wrote in message ... snip That's pretty ridiculous. Adaptec 2904 or 2910C cards go for something like $10-20 on eBay. Rick What does your "pretty ridiculous" statement contribute to anything but your apparent need to make yourself seem superior? And what good would that do? WinXP detects the scsi card no problem but when I start-up Vuescan it does not detect the scanner. I do not see how a different scsi card will change that... Also if someone knows where I can get a copy of the original Minolta software (application , not the drivers) I would appreciate it... E. He may be right about a different card. My first (or was it second?) HP SCSI scanner was shipped with a card that didn't see or hear my favorite program. On an HP forum it developed that another card with the same number but a different configuration *did* work. When that card was inserted in the chain, all was well. Maybe Mr Minolta has the key locked away somewhere... --Frank ess |
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"Frank ess" wrote in message ...
Mayhem wrote: "Rick" wrote in message ... snip That's pretty ridiculous. Adaptec 2904 or 2910C cards go for something like $10-20 on eBay. What does your "pretty ridiculous" statement contribute to anything but your apparent need to make yourself seem superior? Hopefully it contributes the realization that the OP's time is worth at least something, and that setting up a dual boot system simply to avoid buying a $10 or $20 SCSI card is pretty ridiculous. And what good would that do? WinXP detects the scsi card no problem but when I start-up Vuescan it does not detect the scanner. I do not see how a different scsi card will change that... Also if someone knows where I can get a copy of the original Minolta software (application , not the drivers) I would appreciate it... E. He may be right about a different card. My first (or was it second?) HP SCSI scanner was shipped with a card that didn't see or hear my favorite program. On an HP forum it developed that another card with the same number but a different configuration *did* work. When that card was inserted in the chain, all was well. Maybe Mr Minolta has the key locked away somewhere... The Minolta drivers aren't as picky. Any SCSI card with an appropriate driver will work. Rick |
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