I've just bought an Linotype Saphire Ultra Scanner, which supports
SCSI-II.
On my notebook I'm running Win XP.
What I now need is a pcmcia-adapter to run my scanner.
On the adaptec website I found out that there is a APA-1460B
scsi-adapter which costs about EUR 80,- and which is 16bit.
But there's another adapter there: the APA-1480 with costs about EUR
50,- more than the 1460 and supports 32bit.
Are there any disadvantages in speed if I'd use the APA-1460B? Will
there be any probs concerning compatibility (between WinXP and
16bit-APA-1460B)? What would you recommand me to do?
Sebastian Scholz wrote:
>
> I've just bought an Linotype Saphire Ultra Scanner, which supports
> SCSI-II. On my notebook I'm running Win XP.
>
> What I now need is a pcmcia-adapter to run my scanner.
>
> On the adaptec website I found out that there is a APA-1460B
> scsi-adapter which costs about EUR 80,- and which is 16bit.
> But there's another adapter there: the APA-1480 with costs about EUR
> 50,- more than the 1460 and supports 32bit.
The 1480 is a "Cardbus" Adapter. This is the more recent PCI-like
interface for PC-Cards.
> Are there any disadvantages in speed if I'd use the APA-1460B?
Yes, the 1460 is much slower and generates higher CPU Load.
Whether the 1480 will be a real advantage for your application depends
on the controller of the scanner (the avarage transferrate of the
scanner, not the maximum theroretically speed like 10MByte/s for a SCSI2
"fast narrow" interface).
> Will
> there be any probs concerning compatibility (between WinXP and
> 16bit-APA-1460B)?
As I can see, for the older versions of both adapters WinXP is not
listed as supported OS. Maybe the driver will nevertheless work for them
too.
> What would you recommand me to do?
This depends on the capabilities of your scanner. "SCSI2" is not enough
information. If the scanner can transfer more than approx. 2MByte/s than
you should use the 1480B.
Do you have a manual that specify the SCSI transfermode or better the
avarage data transferrate of the scanner?
> Do you have a manual that specify the SCSI transfermode or better the
> avarage data transferrate of the scanner?
Unfortunately I don't have such a document. I've been googling the
internet, too. No hits, sorry.
The scanner was built in 1989. Do these old devices really produce such
large amount of data (in such a short time period)? What I want to do is
scanning middleformat-film (6 to 6 cm) in a 600x1200 dpi resolution.
> > Do you have a manual that specify the SCSI transfermode or better the
> > avarage data transferrate of the scanner?
>
> Unfortunately I don't have such a document. I've been googling the
> internet, too. No hits, sorry.
If you are talking about a "Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II", it is a rebadged
"Umax PowerLook III". There is a manual for it on Umax's site.
Sebastian Scholz wrote:
>
> Michael Baeuerle wrote:
> >
> > Do you have a manual that specify the SCSI transfermode or better the
> > avarage data transferrate of the scanner?
>
> Unfortunately I don't have such a document. I've been googling the
> internet, too. No hits, sorry.
>
> The scanner was built in 1989. Do these old devices really produce such
> large amount of data (in such a short time period)?
Maybe. The older cheap SCSI scanners are very slow but your Scanner
seems to be not one of the "cheap" ones.
> What I want to do is
> scanning middleformat-film (6 to 6 cm) in a 600x1200 dpi resolution.
1i = 2.54cm
600x1200dpi = 236x472dpcm
=> Approx. 4M Pixels in the scanning area
With 16Bit colour:
4M x 16Bit = 64MBit or 8MByte
Even the 1460 should be able to transfer this amount of data in less
than 5s.
I doubt it is 1989. That would be SCSI-1, 2-3MB/s.
Nobody had enough RAM on their desktop to handle 2M pixel film scans either.
If it is 1999 and the scan time is a few secs, go for the Cardbus adapter.
Another option is a USB2 to SCSI-2 adapter.
"Sebastian Scholz" <scholz-news@gmx.de> wrote in message news:5ablatF1gb64fU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> Unfortunately I don't have such a document. I've been googling the
> internet, too. No hits, sorry.
>
> The scanner was built in 1989. Do these old devices really produce such
> large amount of data (in such a short time period)? What I want to do is
> scanning middleformat-film (6 to 6 cm) in a 600x1200 dpi resolution.
>
16 or 32 bit scsi adapter? 
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