Digital BW, The Print

David,

Thanks for the quick response!

Actually I've considered that very strategy, just use the old PC with the scanner. But my office is rather crowded as it is!

I did a Google search on that Ratoc adapter but apparently it's no longer in production. If I could find one, that might work as the new PC probably has Firewire - or could accept a Firewire card.

I may end up going a whole different route. It seems some folks are using a digital camera with a macro lens (and maybe an extension tube) to simply make a copy of the slide or 35mm negative, with good success. Certainly a lot quicker and the new cameras have excellent resolution with a high pixel count.

Appreciated your thoughts!

Regards,

Paul

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, David Whistance <david.whistance@...> wrote:
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> Others might have managed it but I haven't managed to get SCSI working with windows since XP Pro. I'd keep you old PC, refresh it (reformat the disk reload XP Pro, then load up just the necessary software) and use that with the scanner. Do everything else on the new PC. 
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> You will find the old PC is much faster and runs the scanner perfectly (as it will in perpetuity if not connected to the Internet!) whilst the new PC is much quicker for everything else.
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> David Whistance
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> On 5 Jul 2013, at 13:14, "Paul" <paulmwhiting@...> wrote:
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> > I have a related question, hope I'm not hijacking the thread. I too have a Nikon LS2000 which has been cleaned and adjusted, works fine. However I'm using a ten year old PC, with a SCSI adapter card (Adaptec AHA-2940). I'm running XP Pro. I'm due for a new PC and I hope I can run Windows 7 on it, having heard bad reports on Windows 8. 
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> > Will I be able to use my LS2000? Sounds like it might be doable.
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> > Thanks all!
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> > Paul
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