On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 13:17:30 +0100 renna <renna...@katamail.com> wrote:
> i actually found out i have no scsi-controller. i had attached my > scanner to the parallel port, believing it was scsi. the fact is i > was used to old macs that had scsi built-in, so i thought scsi was > built in my motherboard. but if parallel and scsi are different > standards, why do they have the same plug? and is there a way i > could use my scsi scanner on my parallel port? There is no way. Some SCSI scanners were supplied with a cheap and nasty SCSI card that used a parallel port style plug. Even if you have such a card you should replace it with a proper SCSI controller and a cable to match or you won't get the full speed data transfer from your scanner. Martin
