[filmscanners] Re: SCSI to Firewire & SS4000

[TonySleep@halftone.co.uk]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 22:18:53 -0800  ThomasH (herthh@attbi.com) wrote:

> I am very surprised about this estimate.
>
> Isn't that rather so that Firewire is by _magnitudes_ faster?

Yerse, but the limiting factor is the scanner's ability to generate,
process and shovel data, not the interface. About 2-3MB/s is about the
usual rate for most scanners, well within SCSI2's abilities. USB1 will
limit this, but SCSI2, Firewire, USB2 should all pan out much the same.

Regards

Tony Sleep
http://www.halftone.co.uk - Online portfolio & exhibit; + film scanner info
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