>Bruce pointed out that one of the new Minolta scanners has similar specs >to the LS-1000, and more features, with a price comparable to the used >Nikon I'm considering. It'll run with a USB port, so I don't need and >SCSI stuff, which I'd need with the Nikon, which is also a bonus, >because I'd like to put as little money into my computer as possible >right now, saving it for the big upgrade later.
Be adised that USB as an interface, although new and up-to-date, is much slower than SCSI at transferring data. I'm not sure how this would effect scan times, probably not by much? Speed freaks need FireWire (IEEE1394). HTH Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
