Re: [APML] OT Firewire 1394

["tan@home.com" <tan@home.com>]

Bobby,

	There are multiple SCSI standards but I believe scanners usually use the 
lower speed standards such as SCSI-2. Fast harddrives tend to support 
the higher speed standards. You will have to look up your manual. Please 
see the folowing for some discussion on SCSI standards.

http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/solutions/hw1709a.htm

Firewire is very fast 400Mb/s and should be much faster than SCSI. I am 
not sure if it makes a difference in scanning speeds as you might not be 
limited by the transfer speed. If you have a SS120 Polaroid, the 
advertisements states that it works with Firewire but read the fine 
print in the manual. They only support Firewire for Win2000. So if you 
have Win98 etc it will not work. I have tried it. I've also looked up 
Polaroids website for software updates but there is no mention of 
software updates to support Firewire with Win98/ME/XP etc. I may have 
not have searched thoroughly though.

Loke





Bobby Middleton wrote:

> Anybody here on the list familiar firewire 1394 host adaptor cards? How do
> they stack up against SCSI? I'm considering the best connection for a
> scanner.
> Bobby Middleton
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