[sane-devel] Neat NM-1000

[Torfinn Ingolfsen]

On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Kentrell Johnson
<kentrell.johnson at yandex.com> wrote:
>
> Would it be possible to determine the chipset from taking it apart and
> examining the internals?  There seem to be no accessible screws on the
> device, so I am not sure I can open it without breaking it (but am
> willing to do that as a last resort).

This should be your last resort; if you are unlucky chips are unmarked
or just one big ASIC.

> Is reverse engineering the Windows or Mac drivers a possibility for
> determining the chipset?  Maybe running them through 'strings' would be
> revealing?

You won't know until you try it. :)
Sometimes, the *.inf files provided with Windows drivers has clues
about chipsets and so on.
Worth a look (.inf files are text files)

HTH
-- 
Regards,
Torfinn Ingolfsen