Dick Smith & Jaycar do 1A plugpacks. Ortherwise I would try an old notebook p/s as most are around 18v, which would be near enough. Watch the polarity, as there is no standard on those DC power connectors.
regards Doug On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 05:09 pm, Jeff Waugh wrote: > <quote who="Bill Bennett"> > > > I was given an Agfa 1212p Snapscan. > > > > Without a power supply. > > > > So, first off, can anybody confirm that this unit requires > > 16V DC to supply approx 0.9-1.0 amp? > > Whoa! Weird. I have a USB version of the same scanner, and my power adapter > died. I can indeed confirm this, and also confirm how much of a PITA it is > when no one stocks one - I have just been looking in the last two days! > > > Which I will make. No problems thus far. > > Um... What are the chances of making two? :-) I would happily pay for your > services. :-) > > > The driver for this unit, however, is something else. > > While the kernel side of things was usbscanner.o (which worked okay), you > are better off using the libusb user-space support for it that comes with > xsane. Indeed, usbscanner has been removed from the 2.6 kernels because the > user-space support is so much saner (mind the pun). :-) > > Thanks, > > - Jeff > > -- > GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norway > http://2004.guadec.org/ > > "I believe in true love. But I am easily satisfied." - Miguel de Icaza -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
