From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 8 14:46:19 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA18432 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:46:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu ([209.198.197.197]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA18392 for ; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 14:46:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obonilla@voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu) Received: (from obonilla@localhost) by voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA08753; Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:49:41 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from obonilla) Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 16:49:41 -0600 (CST) From: Oscar Bonilla Message-Id: <199902082249.QAA08753@voyager.fisicc-ufm.edu> To: balrog@swipnet.se, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: scanners In-Reply-To: <199902082156.WAA27409@mb04.swip.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i've just set up an UMAX ASTRA 1220S with a FreeBSD box. it's a nifty little thing we have here, we scan stuff using the sane drivers directly into the gimp and use it for web stuff. i have 4.0-CURRENT on that box 'cause i wanted the new CAM SCSI interface. don't know if it would work on 2.2.8, but i guess it would. one thing's for sure: none of the parallel scanners will work, get a SCSI scanner. One more thing, you probably want to get a supported SCSI card since most of the cards that ship with scanners are weird and usually don't work. regards, -oscar To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message