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bearhugs28
Junior Member
USA
117 Posts |
 Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 17:30:40
Can i just use a parallel cable to connect my Astra scanner to a Centris 650 ?bert Total 68K Macs liberated 2
Quadra 610 running Debian Linux (almost)
Centris 650 running OS 8.1 |
tmtomh
Junior Member
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 18:28:43
No, you need a SCSI cable. Physically -- I said _physically_ -- a parallel cable will fit, as long as both the Mac and the scanner both have DB25 connectors. But electrically it'd be a disaster.Matt No rank Permanent 68k roommates:
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bearhugs28
Junior Member
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 18:59:49
It doesn't matter that the scanner isn't SCSI ?Bert Total 68K Macs liberated 2
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Centris 650 running OS 8.1 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 19:24:18
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It doesn't matter that the scanner isn't SCSI ?
Of course it matters, that's why it would be a disaster electrically!I'm not sure if the DB-25 on serial or parallel PC ports will fit Mac SCSI ports without looking, but it probably won't hurt to plug JUST THE CABLE into your Mac as long as you don't attach anything to the other end of it! As long as nothing is tied together in the cable that will damage your Mac's SCSI controller or worse, anyway. If you attach a device with the wrong signals nothing good usually comes of it.  jt  ™.
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bearhugs28
Junior Member
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 20:23:36
So, then how do i connect my Astra 1220P scanner to my Centris ?Bert Total 68K Macs liberated 2
Quadra 610 running Debian Linux (almost)
Centris 650 running OS 8.1 |
Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 20:40:36
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So, then how do i connect my Astra 1220P scanner to my Centris ?
If it's a parallel port scanner . . . you don't.jt ™.
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tmtomh
Junior Member
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 20:41:36
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So, then how do i connect my Astra 1220P scanner to my Centris ?
You don't. Parallel devices cannot be attached to a Mac. The only exceptions are: (1) One can attach parallel printers to USB-enabled Macs with a USB-to-parallel cable. But no 68k Mac can be USB-enabled; and (2) Some Orange Micro PC compatibility cards have a parallel port on them. I don't know if any NuBus-based Orange Micro cards have such a port, however, and I don't know if the parallel port devices can even be accessed from the Mac OS environment. (Apple's PC Compatibility Card had an optional accessory card with a parallel port on it as well, but that accessory card only worked with the PCI-based PC Compat card, and of course the Centris series are not PCI-based). Matt No rank Permanent 68k roommates:
Q605 w/full '040, 36/1.2G/enet, 8.1, Debian Woody
SE/30 w/IIsi ROM, 20/500/enet, A/UX |
bearhugs28
Junior Member
USA
117 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 20:55:52
Well, i guess i can forget about that then. The thing is that this scanner besides a parallel port also has another round port that looks like the mac serial port and is labeled as "option".Bert
BTW, anyone got a NuBus video card for cheap ?
Total 68K Macs liberated 2
Quadra 610 running Debian Linux (almost)
Centris 650 running OS 8.1 |
tmtomh
Junior Member
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - 05 Nov 2002 : 21:39:43
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The thing is that this scanner besides a parallel port also has another round port that looks like the mac serial port and is labeled as "option".
I'm 99% sure that's where the optional transparency adapter plugs in (it's a DIN8 DC conduit to provide power for the transparency adapter's backlight AFAIK). No rank Permanent 68k roommates:
Q605 w/full '040, 36/1.2G/enet, 8.1, Debian Woody
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Connecting a scanner to my Centris 650
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