NotebookForums.com › Forums › Off Topic › Desktop and Hardware Discussion › Old flatbed scanner & my modern laptop?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Old flatbed scanner & my modern laptop?

post #1 of 5
5/3/06 at 5:37pm
Thread Starter 
I was given a nice monster of a flatbed scanner, which was made back when you could drop it & still expect it to work.
But it has a SCSI (?) cable plug on the back...the one with 25 pins or holes.
I have a giant box of cables, so I can definitely find one that will fit it, but can that be hooked to my laptop at all?
Reply
Reply
post #2 of 5
5/3/06 at 5:41pm


do you mean a paralell port?
Reply
Reply
post #3 of 5
5/3/06 at 7:45pm
What's SCSI stand for?
Reply
Reply
post #4 of 5
5/3/06 at 11:05pm


Small Computer System Interface

I think there are SCSI to USB adaptors and I have seen parallel to USB adaptors. You should check your local computer/electronics stores, you should find those there.
Reply
Reply
post #5 of 5
5/9/06 at 5:15pm
I have an old Mustak Paragon scanner with a SCSI interface which I really wanted work. And eventhough, my laptop had a scsi db25 port interface, the drivers refused to work on xp. Time to get a new scanner.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Desktop and Hardware Discussion
NotebookForums.com › Forums › Off Topic › Desktop and Hardware Discussion › Old flatbed scanner & my modern laptop?