Re: [APML] OT Firewire 1394

[Gil Shillcutt <astrocycle@yahoo.com>]

Bobby,

It's a shame. I'm running Win2K, have the D-Link DFW-500 connecting my SprintScan 120.  It's fast and has been stable on my system, going on 3 months use now.  The Firewire adapter has 3 ports on it, and will allow me to do networking in the house.  Pretty cool.

I share yours and others' concern over Polaroid's ability to support the scanner, but for now, the product is working fine for me.

-- Gil

  Bobby Middleton <bobm@koyote.com> wrote:

I think the 120 is supposed to be compatable with win 98 second edition, but
I'm about to chicken out on the firewire 1394. Tony mentioned lots of bugs.
The key factor in my mind is the uncertainty of Polaroid's future support.
I'd hate to get involved in needing a lot of tech support and/or software
patches that might be less than adequate because of Polaroid's financial
position so I think the best choice will be the proven SCSI interface.
The 120 is the SCSI-2.
Bobby Middleton


See the Falling Dominoes of Darwinism:
http://www.koyote.com/users/bobm/deception_unveiled.htm
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> 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 h! ave 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
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> Bobby Middleton wrote:
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> > Anybody here on the list fa! miliar firewire 1394 host adaptor cards? How
do
> > they stack up against SCSI? I'm considering the best connection for a
> > scanner.
> > Bobby Middleton
> >
> >
> >
> > "To think that the eye could evolve by natural
> > selection seems I freely confess absurd in the
> > highest possible degree" CHARLES DARWIN
> > http://www.koyote.com/users/bobm/astro1.htm
> >
> >
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