Digital BW, The Print

Just my two bits

I've found that buying a perfectly working old computer is much less expensive than trying to make older peripherals to work with new computers, new OS's and any updated version.

For example, I'm on a Mac platform : I'm the owner of two nice scanners (films and flat) and none is supported anymore; so I went on eBay and bought for cheap, a nice G5 non-Intel. Installed the OS, software and needed drivers. I have know a "Scanning section" and when it's done, I import the files via wireless connexion to my new computer and this is a very workable (and cheap) solution.

Good luck!

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "jimbo" <mrjimbo@...> wrote:
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> Paul, The Raytoc scsi to firewire is , I think, the best. All of these things have pretty much stopped production and the scsi to firewire chip is no longer made. Belkin made one also but it wasn't as good I understand.. You are after one that has switchable parameters to deal with system or software issues.. I just searched eBay and their is one out there.. 350.00 ...Here's the url http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ratoc-FR1SX-Firewire-to-SCSI-adapter-/330950295349?pt=US_FireWire_Cables_Adapters&hash=item4d0e2cbf35#ht_735wt_1213
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> If you want to run a new OS and system this is the path you need to take.. The other option is to just keep an older computer going to run it.. If you move up to an LS5000 which is USB .. and you want to run WIN 7 or OSX Leopard you'll need to use Viewscan or Silverfast..  Nikon Scan 4.0.3 does run on Vista and OSX 10.4.3 ..I know it does not work on OSX 10.5 and Win 7..
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> So it's choices based on how you want to end up.. A little coaching on the Raytoc.. FR1SX ..If you can afford one it's as a good a place as any to have a few bucks sit .. Their's a lot of 20k scanners and scan backs out there that use them. I have a Betterlight 8k back and we were lucky as the owner of Betterlight gave us all a heads up that these things were going away so many of us picked up a few. I've seen them for over 400 bucks.. Anyway maybe not the best news but at least you have choices..
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> jimbo
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Paul 
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Friday, July 05, 2013 8:28 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Ideas on getting a Nikon LS2000 working on a Thunderbolt iMac?
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>   Thanks Tina,
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>   But do you use some sort of adapter to get from the scanner's SCSI cord to your computer?
> 
>   Paul
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>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@...m, Tina Manley <images@> wrote:
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>   > I'm using my Nikon LS2000 daily with Windows 7 and Vuescan. It also works
>   > with Silverfast. The Nikon software will not work with Windows 7.
>   > 
>   > Tina
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