SCSI to USB?

I have a Powerlook II SCSI scanner that works fine when I connect it
to my PCI-SCSI card and run XP. But I can't get it to run under VISTA
Ultimate that I am testing to see if I really want VISTA. I have
concluded that my problem is that I cannot find a VISTA driver for the
SCSI card (ADAPTEC 7850P AV 2906 Controller I think). I therefore
went looking for a hopefully reasonable cable to enable me to connect
the scanner to one of my USB ports. Does you guys think this would
work?

Anyway, I found an item on EBay:

Item Title: USB 1.1 to SCSI HD50 male adapter
Item Number: 140214340458

but my query to the seller about it produced this very non-sensical
(to me) reply.

i dont knw if it's work under vista, tested only under xp. in xp there
is no driver needed, also in some cases if device do not support
active termination, i will new cable and hardware terminator, and
possibly scsi-to-scsi adapter too. I tested it on sony tape drive with
hd68 to hd50 converter, cable and terminator. it works well!

He must be non-English for sure.
I would be afraid to buy his, but there may be others.

If you guys think this could work, would I need a male or female SCSI
end on the cable? Would my present cable have male or female ends?
Would the SCSI port on my scanner be male or female?

Thanks in ignorance

-GECKO

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:24:19 -0600, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:


>
>Trying such an adaptor would be a gamble at best.
>I suggest going for a sure thing and simply getting a scsi adaptor with
>known Vista support
>
Okay - I'll check prices and the driver complication.

Thanks

-GECKO

"gecko" <alpha@olympus.net> wrote in message
news:45upt3dd50thvukt1pjiu28ctfe8bqebed@4ax.com...
>I have a Powerlook II SCSI scanner that works fine when I connect it
> to my PCI-SCSI card and run XP. But I can't get it to run under VISTA
> Ultimate that I am testing to see if I really want VISTA. I have
> concluded that my problem is that I cannot find a VISTA driver for the
> SCSI card (ADAPTEC 7850P AV 2906 Controller I think). I therefore
> went looking for a hopefully reasonable cable to enable me to connect
> the scanner to one of my USB ports. Does you guys think this would
> work?
>
> Anyway, I found an item on EBay:
>
> Item Title: USB 1.1 to SCSI HD50 male adapter
> Item Number: 140214340458
>
> but my query to the seller about it produced this very non-sensical
> (to me) reply.
>
> i dont knw if it's work under vista, tested only under xp. in xp there
> is no driver needed, also in some cases if device do not support
> active termination, i will new cable and hardware terminator, and
> possibly scsi-to-scsi adapter too. I tested it on sony tape drive with
> hd68 to hd50 converter, cable and terminator. it works well!
>
> He must be non-English for sure.
> I would be afraid to buy his, but there may be others.
>
> If you guys think this could work, would I need a male or female SCSI
> end on the cable? Would my present cable have male or female ends?
> Would the SCSI port on my scanner be male or female?
>
> Thanks in ignorance
>
> -GECKO


Trying such an adaptor would be a gamble at best.
I suggest going for a sure thing and simply getting a scsi adaptor with
known Vista support

"gecko" <alpha@olympus.net> wrote in message
news:1gaqt39ti487mqv4nbnpcu3n84gflvduac@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 07:24:19 -0600, "philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>
> >
> >Trying such an adaptor would be a gamble at best.
> >I suggest going for a sure thing and simply getting a scsi adaptor with
> >known Vista support
> >
> Okay - I'll check prices and the driver complication.
>
> Thanks
>
> -GECKO


Just a guess but a new SCSI controller probably won't cost more than one of
those adaptors anyway.

BTW: I'm surprised that Vista does not have drivers for such a common item
(though I guess I should not be)

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:55:57 GMT, gecko <alpha@olympus.net>
wrote:

>I have a Powerlook II SCSI scanner that works fine when I connect it
>to my PCI-SCSI card and run XP. But I can't get it to run under VISTA
>Ultimate that I am testing to see if I really want VISTA. I have
>concluded that my problem is that I cannot find a VISTA driver for the
>SCSI card (ADAPTEC 7850P AV 2906 Controller I think). I therefore
>went looking for a hopefully reasonable cable to enable me to connect
>the scanner to one of my USB ports. Does you guys think this would
>work?
>
>Anyway, I found an item on EBay:

I agree with Philo, that adapter seems a gamble.

Is the following your card (or close enough)?
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support...2900/AVA-2906/

It has a Vista 32bit driver.
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/downloa...SCSI+Card+2906

Direct d/l,

http://download.adaptec.com/scsi/win...86_v605456.exe

On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:00:43 -0400, kony <spam@spam.com> wrote:

>
>Is the following your card (or close enough)?
>http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support...2900/AVA-2906/
>
>It has a Vista 32bit driver.
>http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/downloa...SCSI+Card+2906
>
>Direct d/l,
>
>http://download.adaptec.com/scsi/win...86_v605456.exe


Sure is - thanks. It even works. The SCSI Powerlook II scanner now
works (if I use VUESCAN that is).

-GECKO