[sane-devel] Microtek MRS 600Z interface ?

Henning Meier-Geinitz henning@meier-geinitz.de
Mon, 7 Jan 2002 23:45:56 +0100


Hi,

On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 02:03:20PM -0800, Bob Soukup wrote:
> I have obtained a surplus Microtek MRS 600Z scanner that when connected to a 
> scsi bus causes the bus to grind to a halt.  The scanner only has one db25 
> female connector (no loop-thru , thus must be the last device) and no switch 
> to change the address.  I didn't find any info on this exact model at the 
> Microtek site and Google searches don't yield much.  
> 
> Does anyone know anything about this scanner, could it have a parallel, 
> serial, or proprietary interface?

At least the Mustek scanners use this connector for SCSI and parport.
They even use the same cables. So maybe you have luck with parport? No
guarantees for your hardware, though.

bye,
  Henning