Re: scsi scanner software for red hat linux

[Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>]

On Wed, 15 Apr 1998, matt wrote:
> i am currently using the isa adaptec 1505/a scsi card that came with the
> scanner.
> 
> i wonder if anyone can recommend a cheap scsi card that will be red hat
> linux 5.x
> compatible and also be compatible with my current agfa scanner and also
> other scsi
> peripherals ?

I bought a Diamond Fireport 40 from http://www.scsistuff.com for $99. It
uses the NCR/Symbios Ultra/Wide SCSI chip. Red Hat 5.0 picked up up
immediately, and my SCSI hard drive benchmarks just as fast as on that
$260 Mylex/Buslogic on one of our servers in the field. (The story may be
different under load, of course... but not $160 different!). 

> i have up until now been running micro$haft win 95 and thus been using
> the very nice scanner software that came with the scanner. but recently
> i decided to do away with dos/win95 and become
> an intel-linux only user on my box.
> 
> does anyone also have any ideas on ocr under linux ?

Unfortunately no. I'm interested in music and I have the same problem --
nobody has come out with anything for Linux that's comparable to Cakewalk.
Specialty software of this sort is where the open source model seems to
fall apart, with the exception of The Gimp.

Eric Lee Green   [EMAIL PROTECTED]          Executive Consultants
Systems Specialist               Educational Administration Solutions
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