Digital BW, The Print

Running Ed Hamrick's 'VueScan' under LINUX on a dedicated scanner box would be an economical solution.

As long as you use a compatible Firewire card, or an adapter since second gen Firewire is NOT backwards compatible, your off to the races.

Ubuntu or Debian Linux distributions are among the easiest to use coming from Mac/Windoz.


FWIW ... my scanner box is a SINGLE Core IBM workstation, bought used for $199 and running VueScan v9.2.11 via Ubuntu 12.04LTS

... good luck

BillyC

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jespes2" <jesse.pesta@...> wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> I have an old but functioning Nikon LS2000 35-mm film scanner. This is a SCSI scanner, but I use it on my Firewire-equipped iMac with an old Ratoc SCSI-to-Firewire adapter.
> 
> Here's my question: 
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> I need to buy a new iMac. Has anyone gotten a SCSI scanner like this to work on a modern iMac via Thunderbolt? EG, can I plug this Ratoc adapter into Apple's Firewire-to-Thunderbolt adapter? In other words, daisy-chaining two adapters -- SCSI-to-Firewire, then Firewire-to-Thunderbolt.
> 
> I realize this is a long-shot question. And I hope it's not inappropriate in this forum. 
> 
> Many thanks in advance for any advice.
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