Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/20

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Subject: RE: [Leica] scanner
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:12:24 -0400

The big question, of course, is precisely when the Kodak scanner, is
actually going to appear. The Calumet in Cambridge, MA, tells me they think
it is going to be months, rather than weeks, which has pushed me to the
Polaroid - a 4000 dpi scanner rather than the Kodak's 3600.....

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of apbbeijing
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 5:53 AM
> To: ken@compose.com.hk
> Cc: LUG; Dr. Joseph Yao
> Subject: [Leica] scanner
>
>
> > Has anyone tried hooking up the Nikon or Polaroid film scanner to a
> > USB-to-SCSI or Firewire-to-SCSI converter on a Mac. I have the
> Mac Cube and
> > currently using the USB-to-SCSI converter to a Minolta Scan
> Dual but want to
> > upgrade to either a Nikon LS2000 or Polaroid 4000. However on
> the Mac Cube,
> > you don't have the SCSI port, PCMCIA slot or PCI slot so the
> only choices
> > are USB or firewire.
>
> Ken
>
> In yr position I would stick with the current set up and wait a few weeks
> for the new Kodak scanner
> (http://www.robgalbraith.com/diginews/2000-08/2000_08_27_kodak.html )
> or perhaps a new Nikon scanner (LS3000) which is due very soon, I have
> heard.
>
> Bests
>
> Adrian
>
>
>
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>
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