Re: [APML] OT Firewire 1394

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

Mike,

	It looks like I was mistaken about this, sorry. Do you know if it works 
with Win98? Does the manual state that it only works with WinME  or are 
there any other operating systems mentioned as well. I recall, aparently 
incorrectly, that it only supported one operating system. I would prefer 
to use Firewire if I had a choice to unload the burden off my SCSI chain.

Loke



Michael Greger wrote:

> I've been using an SS120 with Firewire on WinME all weekend...  Works 
> great!
> 
> Mike
> 
> "tan@home.com" wrote:
> 
>     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.
>      
>      
> 
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