[G4] SCSI adapter for scanner and running on OSX

[Snow White]

Buy a new scanner.  Umax stopped supporting all their scanners about 7 
years ago - as soon as their licensing ran out.  The biggest problem 
with the scanner is not the SCSI connection, but rather the lack of 
drivers.

The SCSI card is about $60 - $70 but the scanner driver (VueScan) is 
another $50 - $90.  A new USB scanner is only $60 - $80 and there are 
probably some that are even cheaper - look for a sale.

Sounds ridiculous because your Umax scanner would last another 20 
years, but with absolutely no support from the manufacturer it is 
useless.  I will never personally deal with Umax again, as they totally 
abandoned the Mac market and their customers the moment they could no 
longer sell new hardware.  They had an interest only for the fast 
money.

jj


On 11-Feb-06, at 4:41 PM, g4-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com 
wrote:
>
> Greetings all-
> I have a UMAX scanner S-12 I use for simple line art
> and photos. It was originally hooked to my MAC 8600
> which I have now retired and given to my son. Is there
> a way to hook this scanner to my G4 466 with
> accelerated processor running at 1.33 ghz on OS 10.4.4
> and use it without hardware problems? I have heard
> that using a SCSI adapter card can create all kinds of
> problems. Other than buying another scanner, is there
> another way to do this or if a SCSI adapter card is
> possible-what would you suggest? And if I have to buy
> another scanner, what can you suggest that will do a
> good job but not break the bank?  Thanks