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Re: [OM] A Zukiholic with a new film scanner

Subject: Re: [OM] A Zukiholic with a new film scanner
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 13:25:46 -0700
If there is anything you can say about SCSI except FAST, it is complicated.
There are standards for SCSI, SCSI 2, deep, wide, ultra and probably other
variations. Implementation to a widely accepted standard does not mean that
it is going to work with_every_variation of card since there is more than
one standard. The fact that Minolta designs to and specifies Adaptec means
that they realize that one also cannot assume that every card out there
successfully implements accepted standards. It is a reasonable and cost
effective thing to do. Whether someone is successful in making a SCSI
connection may also be about length of chain, quality of connnectors, SCSI
number assignment,  and appropriate termination, not to mention operating
system set-up complications.

I am not sure why Minolta's SCSI implementation in the Dimage Scan Dual is
an issue when you can buy an Adaptec SCSI card for as little as $59. For
another $150 dollars you can get the higher resolution Minolta Quickscan 35
plus and it includes the Adaptec card and cables. That is still hundreds of
dollars cheaper than its competitors and better performance than most. Not
a bad solution for those of us who save our bucks for used Oly stuff in LN
condition.

Winsor

Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California, USA
mailto:wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx





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