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To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (11722)	1/17/1998 12:20:00 AM
From: Scrapps	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22053

Dwight how fast is that parallel connection? I don't know if someone that is use to a SCSI connection would be happy stepping down to a the parallel. Also my HP scanner came with software which will allow you to use it without taking up an IRQ, I didn't set it up that way. and my parallel port scanner is just as fast as his scsi if not faster for simply scanning 4"x6" photos. I suppose the scsi is faster on full-sheet scans, but what a hassle. That's apples & oranges. You have to compare a parallel to a SCSI using the same brand of scanners. The data transfer rates are usually printed on the scanner packages. My parallel Zip drive is the only drive not SCSI on my PC and it reminds me of my old 286 PC floppy drives. :o(

To: Dwight E. Karlsen who wrote (11722)	1/17/1998 10:10:00 AM
From: Jeff Sheeran	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

THe IBM sounds like a good deal. I have been using the HP we have at work and it works great but I had some conflict setting up the SCSI card for it. I went to install a NIC in the new Dell we got at work and I was suprised that it did not have a free ISA slot. The Pentium II's only have 2 ISA slots and one had a modem in it and the other had the sound card. I really look forward to when they start making all these add on's USB. I am sick off IRQ's and ISA's and PCI's and all that stuff. FWIW though, I don't know how I ever lived without a Zip before, the darn things are just so useful and are highly addictive. I'm kinda hoping I can get a reasonable USB port scanner in the next year, untill then I'll use the HP at work and store everything on Zips to tote around. Jeff