Possible IIfx SCSI issue?

[Johnnya101]

Got my Nikon CoolScan III cleaned up today, and turned it on without connecting it to anything. Light blinks slow, motors spin up and down, light goes solid. So I know the scanner works. First I connected it to the IIfx in this order, IIfx > CD ROM (1) > Black IIfx terminator > Scanner (2) (Using Centronics to SCSI2 cable). Looking back, I think that terminator did not need to be in there. Nikon Scan 2.5.1 discovered the scanner, then did not proceed past the scan screen. Quit and restarted. Now it can't find an active scanner.... Turned everything off, removed the terminator, set termination on (On the scanner). Same issue. Uninstall NikonScan, reinstall. Now it can't even detect an active scanner! TattleTech shows scanner fine.

What do you think, SCSI voodoo with a IIfx? Tomorrow I will try my G3.

 

[ymk]

If your scanner is the end of the chain, that's where the terminator should be.

 

[Johnnya101]

Reinstalled the software, no change. Reinstalled again, and now it's working. Not sure why it didn't work the last two times. Now when previewing it is stuck loading, so I will dig out the G3 tomorrow and see what happens. I would think the IIfx would be plenty fast for this. If the G3 works, then I know it's software related.

Edit: looking at some period correct publications on scanners, it looks like it could take up to an hour for a scan on something old like a IIfx... So definitely should work better with the G3.

 

[joshc]

Yep, I would've thought scanning would be slow on even a fast 030 (never tried it though). Probably a job for a G3/G4 IMO.

 

[volvo242gt]

The LS-10 I had was tolerable running on my old 9600 with its G3/300 daughtercard installed. Took a couple minutes per slide to scan. Suspect that you'll be fine with your beige G3 MT, even if it had its original chip.

 

[LaPorta]

We used to use a Mustek SP Scanner on my dad's 660av...and it was decently fast.

 

[volvo242gt]

^flatbed? Those usually aren't bad even on a 68K Mac. It's when you get to the slide/film strip scanners that 68K Macs tend to get a bit slow.

 

[Johnnya101]

The LS-10 I had was tolerable running on my old 9600 with its G3/300 daughtercard installed. Took a couple minutes per slide to scan. Suspect that you'll be fine with your beige G3 MT, even if it had its original chip.

Good to hear. It's actually got an 800mhz sonnet G4 upgrade, so it should be pretty fast. So it sounds like the speed of the IIfx is correct, going to guess 30 minutes or more per slide.

 

[Johnnya101]

Yup, G3 is very fast for it. Scanner works! Sorry for the false alarm.