Re: filmscanners: Thoughts on Minolta Dimage Scan Dual II?

[EdHamrick@aol.com]

In a message dated 2/8/2001 7:21:56 PM EST, ee907@earthlink.net writes:

> And if the $500 LS-30 isn't cheap enough, check this one out!
>  http://acecam.com/magazine/film-scanner.html
>  
>  $199 for 1800 DPI, ain't bad at all. Wow, this filmscanner list will really
>  be hopping. You reckon Ed will support this model?

I own one, and it's a terrible scanner.  I tried to reverse-engineer
the USB protocol it uses, but it uses a complex parallel-port
protocol with a USB->parallel chip.  I won't be able to get it working
with VueScan.

Regards,
Ed Hamrick