HELP: Acer Prisa 620st

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Hope someone can help me out here. I have an Acer Prisa 620ST that I haven't
used for some time and now that I want to use it I cannot find the SCSI card
that came with it..
The scanner has a 25pin connector and I am at a loss as how to get this
thing going. What I need is a PCI SCSI card that has 25 pin connector and I
was wondering if anyone can help me with a sloution. I am also having an
Adaptec 2940UW in my setup and if there is a way to use this card with the
scanner but how do I do it since the external connector is 68 pin.
Any help is appreciated.

Winston

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"CSM1" <nomoremail@nomail.com> wrote in message
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> "Winston" <replyme@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> > Hope someone can help me out here. I have an Acer Prisa 620ST that I
> haven't
> > used for some time and now that I want to use it I cannot find the SCSI
> card
> > that came with it..
> > The scanner has a 25pin connector and I am at a loss as how to get this
> > thing going. What I need is a PCI SCSI card that has 25 pin connector
and
> I
> > was wondering if anyone can help me with a sloution. I am also having an
> > Adaptec 2940UW in my setup and if there is a way to use this card with
the
> > scanner but how do I do it since the external connector is 68 pin.
> > Any help is appreciated.
> >
> > Winston
> >
> >
> Acer is now Benq.
> You can find the original PCI SCSI card here:
> http://www.benqshopper.com/scac.html
>
> Scroll to the bottom of the page.
>
> Also the power adapter.
> --
> CSM1
> http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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>
>
Hi Winston,

Yes you can use the Adaptec 2940 SCSI card. I did for a while until I
upgraded to another scanner. Mine was an ACER Prisa 300S (or something like
that - it the 300dpi version of yours). I used a "Macintosh" style cable
with the 50pin (centronics style) to DB25 connectors. I came across an
adapter from 68 pin to the 50 pin (centronics style) connector. I didn't
worry about trying to terminate the end of the SCSI chain, in my case the
scanner.

A bit messy but it worked. You could make your own cable if you feel up to
it. Get a 68 pin cable to 50 pin (centronics style) plug and cut the 50 pin
one off and put a DB25 plug on. You'd have to do some research on pin
connections first, but the info shouldn't be too hard to find.

I also used with the same scanner at one time a Tekram DC315 SCSI card,
which to me seemed to be mainly useless for anything else. It also had the
68 pin connector on the back.

Regards
Barry