On 4/3/08, Gerard Klaver <gerard at gkall.hobby.nl> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 14:56 +0200, Ralph D. Ungermann wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Ralph D. Ungermann wrote: > > >> > > >> I'm about to adapt the teco3 backend to the VM6552. > > >> > > >> My question: Is there still any public interest in backends for > > >> such old scanners? > > > > > > m. allan noah wrote: > > > though there may not be much interest, we will accept patches if you > > > get it working and it compiles cleanly. we might even make you > > > maintainer of the code if you are not careful :) > > > > > > My scanner now runs fine! But unfortunately, it turned out to be not a > > patch, but a major rewrite (with 30% less lines). I presume, that my > > backend also solves major issues for the other supported scanners, > > chiefly with color scans and responsiveness (to cancel). But I have no > > way to test it for other teco models, and I don't want to fool millions > > of happy teco3 users. > > > > If there is anybody else out there using backend teco1, teco2, or teco3, > > I'm willing to unify and maintain that driver. But now I sit idle, until > > somebody googles and finds this email... > > > > Meanwhile: Anyone here need help coding or reviewing his code? > > > > -- ralph > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Ralph, > > I am the maintainer of the teco2 backend, if you have a link (or send a > zip file with data to mailbox) to your backend i can have a look and add > improvements to the teco2 backend. > > http://gkall.hobby.nl/scanner.html > > > > PS. Frank Zago is the maintainer for the teco1 and teco3 backend. > -- > -------- > m.vr.gr. > > Gerard Klaver
Gerard- Sorry, I thought these backends were all unmaintained. I stand corrected. Can you say how similar the protocol is on all these machines? Is it reasonable to combine the backends? allan -- "The truth is an offense, but not a sin"
