Re: Q:UMAX Astra 610S + G3 = no scanner?

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From: Greg Pennefather
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 00:00

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Just a generic SCSI tip, use SCSI Probe to find out if the scanner is seen
on the SCSI bus.  If you see it, then there is probably something not right
with the software.  If you don't see it, probably the cable or some other
hardware.

Cheers

Greg

In article <1daczi6.6wboca1g84ol8N@ws50.pulteney.sa.edu.au> ,
geoff@auslink.net (Geoffrey Peters) wrote:

>We've struck a bit of an odd one ...
>
>Our school has just purchased an Astra 610S scanner, but try as we might
>we cannot get our G3 desktop Mac to recognise it.
>
>A friend had had similar problems with his UMAX Vista on his 8500, and
>we got it working by installing the UMAX drivers from OmniPage 8 and
>reselecting the new driver from the chooser. Alas, this trick doesn't
>seem to work with the G3 (running OS 8.1).
>
>Any suggestions, kind net.wizards?
>
>
>Geoffrey

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