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Article #46Re: AVOID BLACK WIDOW
From: John R Chapman
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:00
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I've a 4830PRO which worked fine with Win 3.1 but not with Win NT4. I solved the problem by getting a new NT driver from the Devcom(?) Website. John Chapman andy thompson wrote: > > Agree... I bought a SCSI from Black Widow and it does not work properly > under NT although that was my spec. Funny - they now never answer faxes, > letters or phone calls! > AVOID LIKE PLAGUE > AndyMoore@nospam.see.sig.co.uk wrote in message > <367b0649.2101478@news.dial.pipex.com>... > >At the budget end the Umax 12* series scanners tends to get very good > >reviews, I would advise against a parallel port model (slow) but they > >do USB and SCSI models well within your price range. Shop around and > >make sure you look at what software comes with it. > > > >If you want NT compatibility you will need to spend more and make sure > >that the company already provides NT drivers (not that they will be > >coming, I was caught out on that one) > > > > > > > >awright@netcomuk.co.uk wrote: > > > >>Hi I am in the market for a budget scanner in the price range > >>of �100-�150 for my Time colossus machine.Most of the high street stores > >>like pc world,tempo and so on say epsom or canon seem the most popular > >>scanners.Any views,experiences on these machines or alternatively do you > >>recommended any other makes. MANY THANKS > >>TONY. > > > > > > > >To send me a real message use jz94 @ dial.pipex.com > > > > > >Any Spam,UCE,Junk Mail will be traced and reported > >to all the upstream providers.
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