Agfa DuoScan - Which PCI SCSI Card?

[Scott --]

Hi, all -

Well, the monsterous Agfa DuoScan I inadvertantly bid my way into arrived today. Now I need a PCI SCSI card to go with it. Anyone have any suggestions which card to use with this behemoth? I know nothing about SCSI...

(Lacking that, anyone wanna buy this scanner from me? )

Thanks,
Scott

[D. Bryant]

Hi, all -

Well, the monsterous Agfa DuoScan I inadvertantly bid my way into arrived today. Now I need a PCI SCSI card to go with it. Anyone have any suggestions which card to use with this behemoth? I know nothing about SCSI...

(Lacking that, anyone wanna buy this scanner from me? )

Thanks,
Scott

Any SCSI 2 PCI card will probably work fine. Adaptec cards can be found quite inexpensively on eBay.

Don Bryant

[Gordon Moat]

If you already have FireWire, and want another alternative, I just got one of these devices:

http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/FR1SX.html

It really works great, though you might want to confirm the device list. They do list two of the DuoScan scanners, though not sure if they match yours. I was surprised that it worked so well, though very glad to have this device. Of course, the cost might actually be higher than if you just got a SCSI card.

Ciao!

Gordon Moat
A G Studio

[JW Dewdney]

Adaptec 2906. That's the one you want. Trust me. A SCSI-2 card (68-pin) will not work. Pay special attention to your termination! You can probably pick it up for $10.

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/product...40AU/index.htm

[Scott --]

Any SCSI 2 PCI card will probably work fine.

Don, would this or this work?

If you already have FireWire, and want another alternative, I just got one of these devices:

http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/FR1SX.html

Gordon, that looks really cool, but it costs more than the scanner did!

Thanks for the help, guys.
Scott

[JW Dewdney]

Don, would this or this work?

Absolutely not, sorry... you need an OLD SCHOOL 50-pin SCSI-1 card.

[Scott --]

Thanks, JW. Your post snuck in while I was typing.

I'll start trolling for a 2906 Adaptec. Thanks!

[D. Bryant]

Don, would this or this work?



Gordon, that looks really cool, but it costs more than the scanner did!

Thanks for the help, guys.
Scott

Sorry JW is correct, I have an Agfa Duoscan and it does use a SCSI 1, my bad!

Don

[JW Dewdney]

I was just looking around here.. I THOUGHT I had an extra one. I was just going to send it to you..! But hell if I can find it.. sorry!

[Donald Qualls]

I've got an Adaptec 2910, IIRC -- in any case, you want a card that's neither Fast nor Wide, just a basic SCSI. The newer cards are *supposed* to be backward compatible, but they often aren't completely so, and an old one is almost certain to be cheaper anyway. I paid $10 for my (used) card on eBay (I have an Agfa Arcus 1200, slightly higher level but very similar scanner); it was made for a Mac, but PCI is PCI, I just pulled the PowerMac ROM chip (needed only to boot from the SCSI device anyway) ou of the socket on the card, stuck the card in a PCI slot, and downloaded a driver from Adaptec's website (that was on Win98 -- XP found one on the CD when I installed it).

One thing to watch -- you *may* have to have the scanner turned on before restarting the computer for Windows to recognize it. I can use the Hardware Manager to "scan for hardware changes" if I turn the scanner on after starting the computer, but I can't be sure that will work with other scanners or cards than those I have.