[PLUG] USB to SCSI?

[Roderick Anderson]

On 11/30/18 8:16 AM, Dick Steffens wrote:
> On 11/29/18 9:55 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
>> I don't know that I've ever seen a usb-scsi adapter in the flesh. It
>> does seem from an amazon search that they do exist.
> 
> I saw that, too. But I've been bitten by things like this before, where 
> it works for a subset of all use cases, just not mine. Hence my reason 
> for asking.
> 
>> You may well be
>> better off going to free geek's thrift shop and seeing if they have a
>> pci-scsi adapter you could plug into a not-new desktop box.
> 
> I actually have one of those, both the older box and the PCI SCSI card, 
> and it's where I last ran the old scanner. I don't run that box on a 
> regular basis, and don't have it set up. But that may be the thing I 
> need to do.
> 
>> or just
>> buying a new scanner. or going to a copy place with scanners.
> 
> A week or so ago I asked about printers. This was one of the reasons. 

Another thought to keep in mind is the multifunction printer may not 
support higher than 300 DPI.  Usually not a problem but my flatbead
Epson does much higher when I need it.

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Rod
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> The nice thing about this Epson scanner is that it has a larger flat 
> bed, so it can scan legal size. Not that I need to do that often, but 
> it's nice to have. I may just have to set that box up again. Last I 
> remember, it has Ubuntu 12.04 on it. But since I probably won't need to 
> access the Internet with it, maybe leaving it at 12 will be okay.
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts. Maybe I'll get to it this weekend, after I 
> tweak the Slackware laptop some more.
>