RE: filmscanners: I got a Nikon LS-40 on Loan

[shAf]

Ed writes ...

> I certainly intend to implement SCSI over Firewire (which is what
> scanners use - the SBP2 protocol).  It may take me a bit longer
> to get it working on Mac OS than Windows though.  It turns
> out that this is really, really easy for me to add on Windows.
> ...

        You make "SCSI" vs "firewire" sound as simple as what would allow for
a SCSI-to-firewire converter.  I have to admit, I haven't seriously
looked into firewire ... yet ... figuring the time would come when I
either needed another computer or the LS-4000.  What advantages does
firewire have over SCSI??  Any idea why Nikon switched to fw, and
didn't impliment both?

shAf  :o)