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AVOID BLACK WIDOW

#49
From: andy thompson
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 00:00
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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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From: "andy thompson" <andyt@technologist.com>
Subject: AVOID BLACK WIDOW
Date: 1998/12/17
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