Scsi scanner question

[XOR != OR]

Hi all, I have an old and painful to use scanner that I need a scsi card for. Unfortunately, replacement of the scanner isn't an option ( believe me, nothing would make me happier than to take this scanner out back with a hammer ) as it's extremely expensive and hard to find. The company that sells it doesn't have the greatest grasp of commerce, so it's always a game to actually to talk to a sales rep.

The scsi card that the scanner ships with will blue screen most modern computers running xp/2k. So I need to get a replacement scsi card. Now comes the problem: I need a 50 pin (?) external scsi port, the type that looks identical to a printer port. This too, seems to be something of a joke among hardware vendors, as I am not able to find anything at newegg matching this description. I have googled around a bit and found some alternatives, but if anybody here has a recommendation, I'd greatly apprecaite it.

 

[TehQuick]

might wanna also look into alternative cable, which does end up with a printer-like connector.. I had a similar problem when I upgraded my comp ages ago, and I got lucky finding a cable to fit my new scsi card. IIRC that cable terminated with a printer-like connector and standard 50-pin on the other. Good luck!

 

[XOR != OR]

Unfortunately, the cable for this thing is proprietary: The breakout scanner side is made only for this scanner. The computer side, it's a parelle( printer ) connection.


Really, all I need is an old scsi card, but I can't seem to find any that have the right external port. They all have the small 50 pin connectors, and they call it scsi1.

I swear, nothing is so complex as working with scanners AND odd scsi configurations. Scsi especially. For something that is supposed to be so supieror to everything else, it sure is a bigger pain in the ass than strictly required.

 

[onetrueday]

adaptec29160

it has an internal 50pin connection and you can feed the wire in.

I know it's not the most attractive, but it'll work.

I'm assuming this is for a negative scanner? Those are certainly worth the couple of bucks for a 29160

 

[trivial]

We'll get this sorted out if you can post some model numbers. Something's amiss in your description as it stands—I don't believe that a Centronics 50-pin port will fit on the back of a SCSI card.

I doubt the manufacturer's intention was that any user would have had to string cables and/or adapters together with the original equipment.

This isn't a big old drum scanner bought surplus, is it? Because you might have to buy a Windows driver for something like that, and it wouldn't come cheap if it were available at all. You might have better luck with Linux. I don't know if you expected your scanner to be plug-and-play once everything was connected properly. Vagueness preserves confidentiality, but that's awfully tough to reconcile with online advice.