[G4] Affordable SCSI card for G4 MDD

[Alex]

On Saturday, Apr 17, 2004, at 10:16 Canada/Eastern, Joseph B. Gurman 
wrote:

> [...] Adaptec's Mac products:
>
> 1.  always had different part numbers from their equivalents without 
> the right stuff in ROM,

Before buying a card -- whether from Adaptec or anyone else -- you 
should always double-check with the manufacturer to make sure it works 
with a Mac. If it doesn't say so specifically, it might -- or it might 
not.

> 3. with one exception needed new drivers for every release of OS X, 
> including some point releases,

That has not been my experience; in fact, I believe that, starting with 
v10.2.x, Adaptec drivers are bundled with the OS. Do a search for 
"Adaptec" on your boot drive, and you'll find the relevant .kexts.

> [...] We dropped the SCSI scanner we had because its OS X software was 
> so poor --- before we knew about VueSCAN).

I'd suggest thinking well and hard before going the SCSI route for a 
scanner. Unless there's a very good reason (e.g., an expensive 
professional scanner which can't be replaced at this point), in the end 
it's probably better to get a new scanner, which is going to be USB or 
FW at the higher end. It's not only the actual hardware, but the 
software required to use it.

f