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Would you like to list them (only scanners with which you have hands-on
experience)?.. old scanners 'generally' are slow and do not resolve as well
as new ones.. it is almost next to impossible to find XP drivers for them,
and the original software supplied is not compatible with XP in 99% of
cases..
There is no part of this statement or my original that is in any way
untrue.. neither is it unwarranted, as my advice would save a person hours
of trying to get something to work that inherently doesn't want to.. they
would get a far better product, and new version software, and all for a lot
less than the original scanner would have cost, most likely..
--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User
"NobodyMan" <none@none.net> wrote in message
news:kn94i19tb15igdp4hnj319bkd5eoqhf080@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 15:40:34 -0400, "Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)"
> <mike.hall.mail@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>>Old scanners are best consigned to trash, or placed in original packaging
>>and kept in a heated garage.. even if you manage to get a driver (highly
>>unlikely), the original control program will not run.. treat yourself to a
>>new one..
>
> That's an unwarranted and not true statement. While I agree that most
> old scanners, especially parallel port based ones, won't work under
> XP, SOME do.
>
> Inclusive statements like that are rarely true and shouldn't be posted
> as fact.
>
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