Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 773
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 00:01:05 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

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Friday 09 January 2004
 Number  773
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  Printer recommendation : Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
2  Re:  hp 5p : Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
3  Re:  hp 5p : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
4  Re:  hp 5p : Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
5  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
6  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
7  Re:  hp 5p : nickl at pacific dot net dot au
8  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
9  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
10  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
11  Re:  hp 5p : Charles Borg <charlesborg at ozemail dot com dot au>
12  Re:  hp 5p : Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
13  Re:  hp 5p : Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
14  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
15  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
16  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card : John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
17  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card : Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
18  Re:  hp 5p : Charles Borg <charlesborg at ozemail dot com dot au>
19  Re:  hp 5p : David Shearer" <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 00:31:26 +1100
From:  Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re:  Printer recommendation

It all comes down to good management of the system.
I've seen fantastically well setup W2k & WinXP systems, well managed, 
reliable, both using IE & Exchange (!).

On the other hand, I've seen more lousy Windoze & OS/2 systems than good 
ones.
I use OS/2 Windoze / Linux at home, its just

Epson Australia has a great Novell / W2k system so does Jing's work.
Unless things have changed, IBM was pretty lousy, good place *not* to be ;)

Ed Durrant wrote:

> Daryl,
> 
>   This is not the correct forum to discuss this, however suffice to say too much of my
> time at work is taken up patching and virus-proofing systems that if they had a half
> good coded OS on them, it wouldn't be neccessary. It's an extra unbudgetted cost in
> all cases.
> 
> Cheers/2
> 
> Ed.
> 
> Daryl Pilkington wrote:
> 
> 
>>Hi Dave,
>>Have a look on the Epson CD, there may be a win3.1 directory.
>>Perhaps do a dir /s >c61.txt at a command-line & email me c61.txt what
>>you get privately. It may be possible to get WINOS2 printing working.
>>The problem is finding a driver that will work under WINOS2 not that its
>>a USB connected printer.
>>
>>Ed try the following:
>>Install a firewall:
>>http://www.zonelabs dot com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
>>
>>Install antivirus software:
>>http://www.grisoft dot com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
>>
>>Problem solved, get on with *using* the computer, rather than stuffing
>>around with it.
>>
>>Ed Durrant wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Daryl Pilkington wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Dave,
>>>>If this seems too hard, just format HDD & install W2k, fully supported
>>>>by Epson...
>>>>
>>>
>>>And ALL of virus writers worldwide ......
>>>
>>

>> 

> 
> 

>  

> 
> .
> 

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 00:40:53 +1100
From:  Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Hi Charles,
What cable to you have for the scanner?
Is it Honda 50 at both ends?

Most SCSI cards have Honda 50 these days.
Go to a computer swap meet & find an Adaptec 2920 card.
These where usually bundled with SCSI CD-R units.
You can't boot off these but they are a perfect match for the 5P.

I've probably got one floating around or something similiar.
If you are interested, I'll post it down to you with the correct OS/2 
driver.

Charles Borg wrote:

> David Shearer wrote:
> 
>> Yea well, I followed the instructions of said site - and it did not 
>> recognise the scanner - says no scanner found.  Doesn't really matter 
>> as I usually access it through native OS/2 software.  I have 2 HP 5P's 
>> (in case one breaks down eventually - they are cheap but hard to find 
>> now as nobody wants SCSI anymore.  I also have a  
>>
> I have an HP 5p Scanjet with the original isa scsi card. I want to 
> transfer the scanner to a new motherboard with pci slots. Where can I 
> find a pci scsi card that will work with this scanner.
> Charles Borg
> charlesborgAT ozemail dot com dot au
>

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Date:  Thu, 08 Jan 2004 15:47:17 +0100
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Charles Borg schreef:

>>
> I have an HP 5p Scanjet with the original isa scsi card. I want to 
> transfer the scanner to a new motherboard with pci slots. Where can I 
> find a pci scsi card that will work with this scanner.

Wrong question. You should ask: "Which scsi-card has suitable drivers 
for OS2/eCS?"
Any Adaptec aha-2940 will do. Out of production a long time ago but 
easely to acquire at Ebay or so for a few pennies. If is is only for you 
scanner, that would be my recommendation.
Of course, aha-2940UW and aha-29160 would do as well. An AHA-29190 would 
be an overkill though.

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 11:24:37 +1100
From:  Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Hi Charles,
I checked my 5p connector & SCSI controller & confirmed that:
Its an ISA controller card
The connector cable is Honda 50.

If you can't easily find an Adaptec aha-2920 card for about $15, let me 
know. Next time I'm at Sydney's North Rocks computer market I'll pick 
one up for you & post it to you along with the OS/2 driver.

I've got one, but sorry, I'm actually using it to drive my 4c, so I 
can't let you have it :(

Kris suggested higher performance Adaptec cards like the:
aha-2940
aha-2940
aha-29160

These are all over-kill for your task, but the aha-2940 is really common 
  & easier to find than an aha-2920.

Charles Borg wrote:

> David Shearer wrote:
> 
>> Yea well, I followed the instructions of said site - and it did not 
>> recognise the scanner - says no scanner found.  Doesn't really matter 
>> as I usually access it through native OS/2 software.  I have 2 HP 5P's 
>> (in case one breaks down eventually - they are cheap but hard to find 
>> now as nobody wants SCSI anymore.  I also have a  
>>
> I have an HP 5p Scanjet with the original isa scsi card. I want to 
> transfer the scanner to a new motherboard with pci slots. Where can I 
> find a pci scsi card that will work with this scanner.
> Charles Borg
> charlesborgAT ozemail dot com dot au

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 12:13:13 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 11:24:37 +1100, Daryl Pilkington wrote:

>Hi Charles,
>I checked my 5p connector & SCSI controller & confirmed that:
>Its an ISA controller card
>The connector cable is Honda 50.

Now that conversation has moved on to scanning, can anyone help me find an
OS/2 driver for a Mustek M8000SP scanner.

The Mustek site only shows Win drivers for that model.

I have recent releases of Tame and Sane but I can't find anything directly
relevant to this model. 

If someone was brave enough to tell me that I have a boat anchor, that
would be OK too - I would stop wasting time on it.

I inherited this hulking great thing and flat bed scanning would be an
advance on dummying up with the fax machine but only if there are suitable
drivers.

TIA

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 Zealot
Melbourne Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Email: talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 02:24:19 +0100
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p

John Angelico schreef:

>On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 11:24:37 +1100, Daryl Pilkington wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Hi Charles,
>>I checked my 5p connector & SCSI controller & confirmed that:
>>Its an ISA controller card
>>The connector cable is Honda 50.
>>    
>>
>
>Now that conversation has moved on to scanning, can anyone help me find an
>OS/2 driver for a Mustek M8000SP scanner.
>
>  
>
Main question: is this a parallel port scanner?

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:32:26 +0800
From:  nickl at pacific dot net dot au
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Hi All.

FWIW I have a PCI SCSI Card.....an Advansys 29A, that works beautifully
with my beloved HP5p Scanner, eCs1.1 and the new drivers from Solution
Technology.

I remember buying it new a couple of years ago (in the fear I would have
to buy a non-ISA motherboard). Best thing I ever did.

Now, I have "inherited" another HP5p, with the original ISA SCSI Card. At
this point I haven't got it going with my sons old P200MMX, and worse, the
ISA SB16 Card says "it can't be detected..." Does this look like some DMA,
IRQ problem (which I don't have the faintest idea of waht to do about it).

The next problem is (and it's probably the "inheritance" reason) the
former owner (only being 10 yo at the time) moved the scanner without
locking it, and it doesn't scan so well under Wintendo. It may be only a
matter of mirror adjustment....but is it a big job, as it would be a shame
to cast it to the outer reaches, as they are so good when they work.

Regards

NICK

In <3FFD5465.9030001 at ozemail dot com dot au>, on 01/08/2004 
   at 11:30 PM, Charles Borg <charlesborg at ozemail dot com dot au> said:

>David Shearer wrote:

>>Yea well, I followed the instructions of said site - and it did not recognise the scanner - says no scanner found.  
>>Doesn't really matter as I usually access it through native OS/2 software.  I have 2 HP 5P's (in case one 
>>breaks down eventually - they are cheap but hard to find now as nobody wants SCSI anymore.  I also have a 
>>  
>>
>I have an HP 5p Scanjet with the original isa scsi card. I want to 
>transfer the scanner to a new motherboard with pci slots. Where can I 
>find a pci scsi card that will work with this scanner.
>Charles Borg
>charlesborgAT ozemail dot com dot au

> 

WOOHOO!! - Windows not found: (C)heer (P)arty (D)ance
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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 13:45:15 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 02:24:19 +0100, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>
>
>John Angelico schreef:
>
>>Now that conversation has moved on to scanning, can anyone help me find an
>>OS/2 driver for a Mustek M8000SP scanner.

Oops! Should read MFS-8000SP

>Main question: is this a parallel port scanner?

It has both parallel and Centronics connectors.

I understand it to be SCSI and I have cables wit8h both types of
connection:
Centronics to 50-pin SCSI and 
Centronics to 25pin HP-labelled D-shell. 

I also have a "Centronics" terminator which can be inserted at the scanner
end of the cable if necessary. 

According to some handwritten note on a label it is apparently part of a
Paragon 600/800/1200SP series - whatever that means.

I already have SCSI cards to which I could connect it (BusLogic or Symbios)
via the flat 50-pin connector.

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 Zealot
Melbourne Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Email: talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 06:42:27 +0100
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p

John Angelico schreef:

>On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 02:24:19 +0100, Kris Steenhaut wrote:
>  
>
>>John Angelico schreef:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Now that conversation has moved on to scanning, can anyone help me find an
>>>OS/2 driver for a Mustek M8000SP scanner.
>>>      
>>>
>
>Oops! Should read MFS-8000SP
>
>  
>
It is a scsi device.

>>Main question: is this a parallel port scanner?
>>    
>>
>
>It has both parallel and Centronics connectors.
>
>I understand it to be SCSI and I have cables wit8h both types of
>connection:
>Centronics to 50-pin SCSI and 
>Centronics to 25pin HP-labelled D-shell. 
>
>I also have a "Centronics" terminator which can be inserted at the scanner
>end of the cable if necessary. 
>
>  
>
That's always a "try and by" matter.

>According to some handwritten note on a label it is apparently part of a
>Paragon 600/800/1200SP series - whatever that means.
>  
>
That's correct. "P" stands for Pro <G>, not for parallel.

>I already have SCSI cards to which I could connect it (BusLogic or Symbios)
>via the flat 50-pin connector.
>
>
>  
>
So, as I told earlier, the question for you to ask is: "is there a 
suitable driver for my scsi card."
The scanner is supported by Impos/2:

http://www.taartenbakkerij dot com/bestanden/impos2.html 
<http://users.skynet.be/bk328434/bestanden/impos2.html>

http://www.ap-com.de/os2/os2software/impos/impos.html

I'm sure you can acquiere a copy at Mensys as well. Rather costly I'm 
afraid.

Also, as Impos/2 does the job, Tame/2 should do even so. But as nobody 
has tried the device already on Tame/2, you'll be the first one. Hence 
it would be for free but you would be the guinea pig as well. :-)

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:53:20 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanners was hp 5p

Have you tried asking on the SANE-OS2 newslist John ?

Unless your looking at Twain, it's not a "driver" that you are looking for but rather
a software package that supports your scanner. If it's a SCSI connection, you've got a
good chance. If it's a parrallel port connection is slimmer and if it's USB, you
should be fine in abluit 6 months as SANE is being extended to cover USB. USB support
on the OS/2 version HAS been released about 2 months ago, how good or bad it is, the
guys on SANE-OS2 will be able to tell you.

Cheers/2

Ed.

John Angelico wrote:

>
> Now that conversation has moved on to scanning, can anyone help me find an
> OS/2 driver for a Mustek M8000SP scanner.
>

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:23:53 +1030
From:  Charles Borg <charlesborg at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Hello Daryl,
Thank you and Kris for your advice.
The cable is the mini 50-pin SCSI-II that came with the scanner.I have 
been trying to find scsi card at second hand shops but no success as 
yet. I live in Adelaide. I will be happy to pay for an Adaptec aha-2920 
if you can find one. I am quite happy with the scanner for what I need 
it and I would like to keep using it if I can.

Cheers
Charles Borg
charlesborgATozemail dot com dot au

Daryl Pilkington wrote:

> Hi Charles,
> I checked my 5p connector & SCSI controller & confirmed that:
> Its an ISA controller card
> The connector cable is Honda 50.
>
> If you can't easily find an Adaptec aha-2920 card for about $15, let 
> me know. Next time I'm at Sydney's North Rocks computer market I'll 
> pick one up for you & post it to you along with the OS/2 driver.
>
> I've got one, but sorry, I'm actually using it to drive my 4c, so I 
> can't let you have it :(
>
> Kris suggested higher performance Adaptec cards like the:
> aha-2940
> aha-2940
> aha-29160

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 19:21:41 +1100
From:  Daryl Pilkington <u3232 at home.dialix dot com>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Hi Charles,
I'll look for a card for you.
Please email me if you find one, otherwise I may inadvertantly purchase 
an additional card for you.
Will probably take 3-4 weeks, I work on the least effort, lowest cost 
method :)

Charles Borg wrote:

> Hello Daryl,
> Thank you and Kris for your advice.
> The cable is the mini 50-pin SCSI-II that came with the scanner.I have 
> been trying to find scsi card at second hand shops but no success as 
> yet. I live in Adelaide. I will be happy to pay for an Adaptec aha-2920 
> if you can find one. I am quite happy with the scanner for what I need 
> it and I would like to keep using it if I can.
>

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 09:54:02 +0100
From:  Kris Steenhaut <kris.steenhaut at hccnet.nl>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Charles Borg schreef:

> Hello Daryl,
> Thank you and Kris for your advice.
> The cable is the mini 50-pin SCSI-II that came with the scanner.I have 
> been trying to find scsi card at second hand shops but no success as 
> yet. I live in Adelaide. I will be happy to pay for an Adaptec 
> aha-2920 if you can find one. 

Look for an Adaptec aha-2940 at Ebay. They go almost for nothing.

> I am quite happy with the scanner for what I need it and I would like 
> to keep using it if I can.

The HP5 is an excellent device!

-- 
Groeten uit Gent,

   Kris

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:06:03 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:53:20 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

>Have you tried asking on the SANE-OS2 newslist John ?

Doh! Thanks Ed. Got me thinking on the right lines.

I have TAME100RC and SANE for OS/2 1.0.12 with (theoretical) support in a
backend dll for this scanner, known as a Paragon MFS-8000SP in Sane terms.

>
>Unless your looking at Twain, it's not a "driver" that you are looking for but rather
>a software package that supports your scanner. If it's a SCSI connection, you've got a
>good chance. If it's a parrallel port connection is slimmer and if it's USB, you
>should be fine in abluit 6 months as SANE is being extended to cover USB. USB support
>on the OS/2 version HAS been released about 2 months ago, how good or bad it is, the
>guys on SANE-OS2 will be able to tell you.

USB isn't a usable option here at the moment, but I now have a new
question.

I have a BusLogic BT-946C card in the machine to which I am trying to
physically connect the scanner, using the external connector. 

The scanner is selected to be device 5 (rotating switch on the back panel),
the card is device 7 and the hard drive is device 3, connected internally.

Can anyone tell me if the BL card is auto-terminating, auto-detecting or
(PITH - pain in the hardware - time!) requires a jumper to be set on the
card for termination, please? 

The BusLogic website (it points to Mytek now) doesn't have any of that old
legacy stuff *that works!* (hey, what are you, man, radical? Who says it
has to work? Modern is where it's at, man! <g>)

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 Zealot
Melbourne Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Email: talldad at kepl dot com dot au
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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:17:18 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card

I don't know the buslogic card, but does it have a mini-configuration program at startup by
pressing some key combination (Adaptec used to be CTRL+A I think). You may find an answer
to your termination question within the cfg prog.

Cheers/2

Ed.

John Angelico wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:53:20 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
>
> I have a BusLogic BT-946C card in the machine to which I am trying to
> physically connect the scanner, using the external connector.
>
> The scanner is selected to be device 5 (rotating switch on the back panel),
> the card is device 7 and the hard drive is device 3, connected internally.
>
> Can anyone tell me if the BL card is auto-terminating, auto-detecting or
> (PITH - pain in the hardware - time!) requires a jumper to be set on the
> card for termination, please?
>

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:22:34 +1100 (AEDT)
From:  "John Angelico" <talldad at kepl dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:17:18 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:

>I don't know the buslogic card, but does it have a mini-configuration program at startup by
>pressing some key combination (Adaptec used to be CTRL+A I think). You may find an answer
>to your termination question within the cfg prog.
>

Should have said, Ed. Ctrl-B but no evidence found.

Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
talldad at kepl dot com dot au
________________________

>
>Ed.
>
>John Angelico wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:53:20 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
>>
>> I have a BusLogic BT-946C card in the machine to which I am trying to
>> physically connect the scanner, using the external connector.
>>
>> The scanner is selected to be device 5 (rotating switch on the back panel),
>> the card is device 7 and the hard drive is device 3, connected internally.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me if the BL card is auto-terminating, auto-detecting or
>> (PITH - pain in the hardware - time!) requires a jumper to be set on the
>> card for termination, please?
>>
>

> 

>
>

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:39:07 +1100
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  SCSI Scanner on BT-946C SCSI card

Then, unless someone on this list has had experience with this card, I guess you've got some
"web-searching" to do !  Or perhaps simply pick up a cheap adaptec card ?

Cheers/2

Ed.

John Angelico wrote:

> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:17:18 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
>
> >I don't know the buslogic card, but does it have a mini-configuration program at startup by
> >pressing some key combination (Adaptec used to be CTRL+A I think). You may find an answer
> >to your termination question within the cfg prog.
> >
>
> Should have said, Ed. Ctrl-B but no evidence found.
>
> Best regards
> John Angelico
> OS/2 SIG
> talldad at kepl dot com dot au
> ________________________
>
> >
> >Ed.
> >
> >John Angelico wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 18:53:20 +1100, Ed Durrant wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a BusLogic BT-946C card in the machine to which I am trying to
> >> physically connect the scanner, using the external connector.
> >>
> >> The scanner is selected to be device 5 (rotating switch on the back panel),
> >> the card is device 7 and the hard drive is device 3, connected internally.
> >>
> >> Can anyone tell me if the BL card is auto-terminating, auto-detecting or
> >> (PITH - pain in the hardware - time!) requires a jumper to be set on the
> >> card for termination, please?
> >>
> >

> > 

> >
> >
>

>  

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Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 21:17:23 +1030
From:  Charles Borg <charlesborg at ozemail dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Hello Daryl,
I will be grateful if you can find a card for me. I will email you if I 
come across one but it is unlikely. I will leave and continue using the 
scanner attached to the older computer in the meantime.

Charles Borg

Daryl Pilkington wrote:

> Hi Charles,
> I'll look for a card for you.
> Please email me if you find one, otherwise I may inadvertantly 
> purchase an additional card for you.
> Will probably take 3-4 weeks, I work on the least effort, lowest cost 
> method :)

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**= Email   19 ==========================**

Date:  Fri, 09 Jan 2004 22:10:06 +1000
From:  "David Shearer" <dshe5874 at bigpond dot net dot au>
Subject:  Re:  hp 5p

Sounds like an IRQ conflict between the symbios HP SCSI card and the SB 16.  The symbios uses IRQ 5 as 
does the SB16 (usually).  As the symbios is not PNP the SB16 will still try and use that IRQ.  You have a 
couple of choices - reserve that IRQ in your bios settings for thr symbios card and then SB16 will select 
anotehr IRQ or try and set the symbios to use another IRQ.  I think I managed to do that somehow - maybe in 
the readme for the symbios os/2 driver.

Your best bet is to use a PCI scsi card they are rarish but very cheap ($15 to $20).  I bought mine at a local 
computer maket here in Brisbane for around $20.  I use an adaptec 2940 I managed to get an ultra wide that 
uses 68 pins as well - but that is another story for another day.

David
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On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 10:32:26 +0800, nickl at pacific dot net dot au wrote:

>Hi All.
>
>FWIW I have a PCI SCSI Card.....an Advansys 29A, that works beautifully
>with my beloved HP5p Scanner, eCs1.1 and the new drivers from Solution
>Technology.
>
>I remember buying it new a couple of years ago (in the fear I would have
>to buy a non-ISA motherboard). Best thing I ever did.
>
>Now, I have "inherited" another HP5p, with the original ISA SCSI Card. At
>this point I haven't got it going with my sons old P200MMX, and worse, the
>ISA SB16 Card says "it can't be detected..." Does this look like some DMA,
>IRQ problem (which I don't have the faintest idea of waht to do about it).
>
>The next problem is (and it's probably the "inheritance" reason) the
>former owner (only being 10 yo at the time) moved the scanner without
>locking it, and it doesn't scan so well under Wintendo. It may be only a
>matter of mirror adjustment....but is it a big job, as it would be a shame
>to cast it to the outer reaches, as they are so good when they work.
>
>Regards
>
>NICK
>
>In <3FFD5465.9030001 at ozemail dot com dot au>, on 01/08/2004 
>   at 11:30 PM, Charles Borg <charlesborg at ozemail dot com dot au> said:
>
>>David Shearer wrote:
>
>>>Yea well, I followed the instructions of said site - and it did not recognise the scanner - says no scanner 
found.  
>>>Doesn't really matter as I usually access it through native OS/2 software.  I have 2 HP 5P's (in case one 
>>>breaks down eventually - they are cheap but hard to find now as nobody wants SCSI anymore.  I also 
have a 
>>>  
>>>
>>I have an HP 5p Scanjet with the original isa scsi card. I want to 
>>transfer the scanner to a new motherboard with pci slots. Where can I 
>>find a pci scsi card that will work with this scanner.
>>Charles Borg
>>charlesborgAT ozemail dot com dot au
>

>> 

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