Not totally true. The firewire/scsi adapter will work with Win XP as well as with Mac platform. I guess you could argue the scsi adapter is there with this method. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Sleep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:05 AM Subject: [filmscanners] Fw: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000
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Apologies for the delay ---- Forwarded Message ---- Received: from mail.cix.co.uk (UIDL=0:_H9G.7epI8.sulphur) by tsphoto (VPOP3) with POP3; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 04:31:03 -0000 Received: from sulphur.cix.co.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sulphur.cix.co.uk (8.11.3/CIX/8.11.2_BM26) with ESMTP id fBL20PX28449 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 02:00:25 GMT Received: from chmls20.mediaone.net (chmls20.mediaone.net [24.147.1.156]) by sulphur.cix.co.uk (8.11.3/CIX/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fBL20OC28440 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 21 Dec 2001 02:00:24 GMT X-Envelope-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from g365f01 (h000094b5f0dd.ne.mediaone.net [24.91.228.54]) by chmls20.mediaone.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id fBL21hx13256 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:01:47 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002101c189c3$a1b7f460$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Bernie Kubiak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 21:03:02 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001E_01C18999.B665A1C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Envelope-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-UIDL: _H9G.7epI8.sulphur Subject: Re: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C18999.B665A1C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth the Polaroid FAQ's: "The computer must have an available SCSI host = adapter to work properly with a SprintScan scanner." David Hemmingway = just reinforced this point a short time ago in a posting. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: patton paul=20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 12:40 AM Subject: filmscanners: Polaroid SS4000 On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tony Sleep wrote: > > You missed the Polaroid/Microtek 4000 models off the list - the = Polaroid > SS4000 is available at silly prices now, pending replacement by the > SS4000Plus, if you can find anywhere which has stock. No ICE, and = 'only' > 12 bits, but very little CCD noise. > > Regards > > Tony Sleep The Polaroid SprintScan 4000 is an SCSI scanner. I have a G3 = Powerbook with firewire and USB only. Orange Micro makes a SCSI/firewire = converter which sells for $100.00. Has anybody tried such converters? How well = do they work in association with a slide scanner? -Paul P. __________________________________________________________________ Dr. Paul Patton Beckman Institute Rm 3027 405 N. Mathews St. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois 61801 work phone: (217)-265-0795 fax: (217)-244-5180 home phone: (217)-328-4064 homepage: http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ppatton/index.html "The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is = the source of all true art and science." -Albert Einstein __________________________________________________________________ ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C18999.B665A1C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2712.300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Quoth the Polaroid FAQ's: "The computer = must have=20 an available SCSI host adapter to work properly with a SprintScan=20 scanner." David Hemmingway just reinforced this point a short time = ago in=20 a posting.<BR></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>patton paul</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 = href=3D"mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</= A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 20, = 2001 12:40=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> filmscanners: Polaroid = SS4000</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, Tony Sleep wrote:<BR>><BR>> = You=20 missed the Polaroid/Microtek 4000 models off the list - the = Polaroid<BR>>=20 SS4000 is available at silly prices now, pending replacement by = the<BR>>=20 SS4000Plus, if you can find anywhere which has stock. No ICE, and=20 'only'<BR>> 12 bits, but very little CCD noise.<BR>><BR>>=20 Regards<BR>><BR>> Tony Sleep<BR><BR>The Polaroid SprintScan 4000 = is an=20 SCSI scanner. I have a G3 Powerbook<BR>with firewire and USB = only. =20 Orange Micro makes a SCSI/firewire converter<BR>which sells for = $100.00. =20 Has anybody tried such converters? How well do<BR>they work in=20 association with a slide scanner?<BR>-Paul=20 = P.<BR>__________________________________________________________________<= BR>Dr.=20 Paul Patton<BR>Beckman Institute Rm 3027 405 N. Mathews=20 St.<BR>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, = Illinois=20 61801<BR>work phone: (217)-265-0795 fax: = (217)-244-5180<BR>home=20 phone: (217)-328-4064<BR>homepage: <A=20 = href=3D"http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ppatton/index.html";>http://www.staff.u= iuc.edu/~ppatton/index.html</A><BR><BR>"The=20 most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is=20 the<BR>source of all true art and science."<BR>-Albert=20 = Einstein<BR>_____________________________________________________________= _____<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_001E_01C18999.B665A1C0-- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe' in the title or body -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe' in the title or body
