I'm not quite sure what your exact configuration is, is the zip drive
external? SCSI termination can sometimes be tricky, even if what you have is
an appropriate combination. Try running just the scanner on the SCSI card to
make sure that it is terminated properly. If the zip drive works properly,
then the card should like the termination. It should then work with the
scanner. If it does, but refuses to work, you might want to try a different
means of termination. I have a SCSI cd-r drive that the SCSI card would not
recognize if I used the internal termination, even though the card I was
using came with the drive. I had to take the external terminator from my jaz
drive to get it to work. I would recommend trying both devices separately,
and then add on the other device. If that doesn't work, maybe a new cable
and/or terminator.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 6:10 PM
Subject: SCSI Scanner


> Hi,
>     I have a Mustek MFS-6000CX SCSI ISA scanner with its own SCSI ISA
card. The cable end that connects to the SCSI card is the same 25 pin
connections that is on the end of a printer cable that connects to the
computer. (Yes it is SCSI, not parallel).
>      My new motherboard has no ISA slots, so I now cannot use my scanner.
I have a SCSI 250 Zip drive with a PCI SCSI card. I tried connecting the
scanner from the output socket on the Zip but it did not work. I then tried
to connecting it in the middle of the chain, but the scanner was still not
recognized by the computer nor the Scanner Install program software. The
terminator was set each time, the end unit on and the middle unit off. The
scanner's cable will not connect direct to the Zip's SCSI card so I was not
able to try this. This has been my total experence with SCSI, but I feel at
ea
> se working on the computer otherwise. I very well might not be doing
something right.
>      Is there a SCSI PCI card that will work on both my Zip and Scanner?
Or is there one that will work with my Scanner? I do not understand the
difference in the SCSI cards that I see advertised. I do not know which type
I need, etc.
>     If someone that understands SCSI could point me in the right
direction, I would be very thankfull!
>     Mustek did not respond to my questions. I quess my ISA scanner is no
longer suported.
>      Thank you for any help....I really need it...
> Lawrence Richards

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