[ILUG] ye olde scanner search

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Fri Nov 5 14:03:01 GMT 1999


Brendan Kehoe said:

> Hi!  Totally random question of the day: do folks know of a company/store
> near/in Dublin that sells a SCSI-based scanner that I could hook up to my
> linux system?  (It's got an Adaptec Ultra2 SCSI host adapter and the suitable
> port in the back.)
> 
> I'm aware of the list for SANE, so the specific scanner isn't necessarily the
> question, more of where to find one. The three scanners listed in the Argos
> catalog appear to only be ones using the parallel port, the use of which I've
> been told in a few different places is close to the embodiment of hell to get
> working. :)

I've had good experiences buying from Encom. They seem to have a
reasonably good range and decent enough prices.

--j.




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