Scanner Woes
I wanted to set up a scanner so I could scan images for this blog.
After hunting through the (unpacked) boxes I found my old Canon-320P scanner.
The problem with this scanner is that (a) it is a ancient parallel scanner, and (b) my parallel port is taken up with an antique "OpCode Translator PC" MIDI interface.
I plugged the scanner into the "through port" of the OpCode and got .. nada, zip, nil.
After hunting through the (unpacked) boxes I found the documentation for the OpCode interface.
It stated that you need to power up the interface to use the parallel through port.
After hunting throught the (unpacked) boxes, I finally found the power supply and plugged it in.
The scanner was still not recognised.
After hunting through the (unpacked) box marked "memory" I recalled that it was always like this, and that I used to run the scanner from another PC.
*doh*
In the end I had to choose between MIDI out and a scanner the old fashioned way, by changing the cable at the back.
This is, as they say, is "no choice at all". So now I am looking at USB scanners, or maybe a USB MIDI port.
While I was setting the scanner up, I realised that there was a scrap inside, so I scanned it.
It might even be in the next blog entry if I don't get sidetracked .. by unpacking all my boxes and sorting them out.