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dave@mail.kdcol.com (Dave Martin) wrote:

>Ok, i've done everything the read_nt.txt file says to, except I cannot
>find aspi32.dll anywhere.  Where does this mysterious DLL come from,
>and can I assume its absence is why my scanner won't work with NT?

>I have ScanJet 4C (complete with readme for making it work with NT
>that says "make sure the following DLLs are in the indicated
>directories, which they are, except for aspi32.dll.  It doesn't say
>what do do if the "following DLLs" arent' there 8-) )
>Windows NT 3.51
>DPT 2124 SCSI adapter.
>ScanJet 4c SCSI adapter.

>Have tried lots of stuff, with both scsi adapters.  Windows NT sees
>the scanner (according to the registry info for scsi devices) but
>deskscan II does not.

>I've also heard rumours about "proper 32 bit scanner drivers for NT"
>coming soon for some brands, including HP; I certainly hope so.

Additional information:  I have since located a aspi32.dll.  After
installing it, deskscan II 2.3 would now see the scanner, but would
abort with an "illegal instruction executed" error before it could do
anything useful.  I have installed deskscan II 2.2 which seems to work
ok.  So, my scanner is now working under NT for now, but with 16 bit
stuff.
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In article <4gf9m0$4a0@fuji.ixl.net>, tbsy@ixl.net (Tom Branham) wrote:
[snip]
>Hp's attitude on the phone seemed to be "Well, the Scanner group decided not 
>to support NT or OS/2 directly".  Pretty foolish attitude for a group trying 
>to sell to graphics professionals that are going to demand a Solid Stable and
>Fast OS.  We are now having much the same problem with support for our hp855C
>printer.  Both the OS/2 and NT drivers were done by IBM and Microsoft 
>respectively because HP didn't care whether they got drivers or not.
[snip]
>In the end though, it is, despite their protestations otherwise, HP's 
>responsibility to see that decent drivers are available for their hardware.  
>We looked forward to decent support from HP, and are VERY dissappointed 
>so far.......

Their attitude is particularly confusing considering that their Workstation
group is selling a dual-Pro machine.  "You should buy our great box, but,
oh, by the way, don't buy our scanner, we don't support that."