cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho) (04/18/91)
Is it possible to use a scanner with a laptop? (Mine is T1000SE) If not, what is the requirement, in terms of processing power, means of connection etc.? Thanks. -- | Yesterday I was a student. Sehyeong Cho | Today I am a student. cho@cs.psu.edu | Tomorrow I'll probably still be a student. | Sigh.. There's so little hope for advancement.
jackw@nstar.rn.com (Jack Wiggins) (04/18/91)
cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho) writes: > Is it possible to use a scanner with a laptop? (Mine is T1000SE) > If not, what is the requirement, in terms of processing power, > means of connection etc.? > > Thanks. > -- > | Yesterday I was a student. > Sehyeong Cho | Today I am a student. > cho@cs.psu.edu | Tomorrow I'll probably still be a student. > | Sigh.. There's so little hope for advancement. Yes! I saw just such a dinkus <--- (extreme technical term) at Tenex. You plug your scanner into the adaptor which plugs (I believe) into the paralle port of your laptop. -- Jack Wiggins NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287 internet: jackw@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!jackw 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---
andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) (04/18/91)
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"Is it possible to use a scanner with a laptop? (Mine is
T1000SE)"
For Toshiba laptops, you can buy the expansion chassis and get five
XT-style (8-bit) slots. I did this for my T3100SX to get a laser
printer interface and a Soundblaster board.
-=- Andrew Klossner (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew) [UUCP]
(andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA]portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (04/19/91)
In article <853Gr*yr1@cs.psu.edu>, cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho) writes: |> Is it possible to use a scanner with a laptop? (Mine is T1000SE) |> If not, what is the requirement, in terms of processing power, |> means of connection etc.? |> I have a T1000XE. I looked into purchasing a scanner a little while back. I discovered that every scanner for IBM PCs and compatibles uses a bus-card interface and probably draws a lot of power. I don't know of anyone that makes a scanner which has its own power supply and interfaces via the parallel port (or the T1000SE/XE/LE expansion bus). You could buy an expansion card box for your Toshiba and plug the scanner into that, but that would be expensive and not very portable. Still, portability of the scanner may not be an issue. So for right now, I think the answer is no, unless someone knows something I don't. m. __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com
steve@europa.esd.sgi.com (Mr. Spench) (04/19/91)
In <1991Apr18.202717.23779@odin.corp.sgi.com> portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes: >In article <853Gr*yr1@cs.psu.edu>, cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho) writes: >|> Is it possible to use a scanner with a laptop? (Mine is T1000SE) >|> If not, what is the requirement, in terms of processing power, >|> means of connection etc.? >|> >I have a T1000XE. I looked into purchasing a scanner a little while >back. I discovered that every scanner for IBM PCs and compatibles >uses a bus-card interface and probably draws a lot of power. I don't >know of anyone that makes a scanner which has its own power supply >and interfaces via the parallel port (or the T1000SE/XE/LE expansion >So for right now, I think the answer is no, unless someone knows >something I don't. Mike (and anyone interested), We had a scanner in the lab that hooked up through the parallel port, or to a SCSI port. It's not in the hardware lab anymore, so I don't know who makes it. We were using it to test out the bidirectional capabilities of the 4D/35 parallel port (compatible with a PC). The scanner is now probably in the Software lab. It was a full page scanner, by the way. >\/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics, Inc. portuesi@sgi.com -- steve valin i've found something no-one else is looking for steve@sgi.com i've found something that there's no use for 4153351379 and what's more, i'm keeping it to myself - wire
Renee@cup.portal.com (Renee Linda Roberts) (04/20/91)
I have a CAT Hand ScanAdapter LPT, but can't get it working! It is supposed to work through the parallel port, but no go yet. See my other message requesting help for more info... Renee@cup.portal.com