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gurrie · Aug 8, 2004, 06:54 AM

As i wait for delivery of the new G5 I am trying to find a scsi interface card for the new G%. I have an old Howtek D4000 film scanner which requires it. Eveything I read about which card is good or not good seems to be conflicting with other peoples experience. Is there any one or any place I can call to get the straight deal about this!!!!!!!! This is my first posting.

Also does anyone have any experience with running an old scsi scanner on these new breed of machines?
thanks
ed gurrie

CatOne · Aug 8, 2004, 11:02 AM

Originally posted by gurrie:
As i wait for delivery of the new G5 I am trying to find a scsi interface card for the new G%. I have an old Howtek D4000 film scanner which requires it. Eveything I read about which card is good or not good seems to be conflicting with other peoples experience. Is there any one or any place I can call to get the straight deal about this!!!!!!!! This is my first posting.

Also does anyone have any experience with running an old scsi scanner on these new breed of machines?
thanks
ed gurrie

Stay away from Adaptec cards. Their OS X drivers stink.

ATTO cards work well, and their drivers are built into the OS. Get the UL3 or UL4 based cards.

gurrie · Aug 8, 2004, 12:21 PM

Originally posted by CatOne:
Stay away from Adaptec cards. Their OS X drivers stink.

ATTO cards work well, and their drivers are built into the OS. Get the UL3 or UL4 based cards.

any particular card that i should get? does it matter to the old howtek scanner which card is used?
ed

austinmatthews · Jan 5, 2006, 10:31 AM

Does anyone else mind paying $400+ for a SCSI card? I just need one for my old Umax 2100XL (SCSI-II) scanner. I know these are the only cards Apple lists on their site, but does anyone else know of a good card that will work in the Express slots besides the $475 Atto Card?