You can hardly go wrong with a 2940. They are classics and can be had dirt
cheap. I Have a few, scattered around current and retro systems.
Good luck getting your gear up and running again.
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was just visiting Adaptec's site and found Win7 drivers for the 2940
> family (50 pins) and a couple 25 pin adapters (2902 and 2906 and maybe
> more). I think maybe mine is a 2906. I'll have to dig it up and check
> it. That's great news.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 4/10/2014 5:43 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> > Hmmm. Very interesting. I haven't been on Adaptec's site for years but
> > the last I looked there was nothing available for Win7 for any Adaptec
> > SCSI device. I'll have to do some checking. Thanks.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> > On 4/10/2014 2:54 PM, Bart Wientjes wrote:
> >> Hi Chuck,
> >> I have an Adaptec 2940 of some type, I think the UW version. Win7
> >> drives it
> >> with an Adaptec AIC-7870 driver (djsvs.sys).
> >> The Plextor CD-ROM player uses the same Microsoft driver (cdrom.sys)
> that
> >> is utilized for the sata DVD-RW drive. In short: nothing fancy at all :)
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Bart
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Chuck Norcutt
> >> <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks for the info. I'll have to give it a try. I have (IIRC) an
> >>> Adaptec 2905 plus another whose brand I can't recall. But now I have
> to
> >>> ask... what are you using for a driver for the Plextor?
> >>>
> >>> Chuck Norcutt
> >>>
> >>> On 4/8/2014 8:50 AM, Bart Wientjes wrote:
> >>>> Hi Chuck,
> >>>>
> >>>> Windows 7 does not have any issues with SCSI adapters. In my Win7 pro
> >>>> machine is a Adaptec 2940-something card with a Plextor CD-ROM player
> >>>> attached. No issues at all.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Bart
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Chuck Norcutt <
> >>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> I have two dedicated film scanners that have a SCSI2 interface. I
> >>>>> considered running an old Win 2000 machine off the net to support
> both
> >>>>> the hardware and software. But, with VueScan, just getting the
> >>>>> hardware
> >>>>> operating would be enough. I'm not even sure my Win7 machine can
> >>>>> support the SCSI2 card physically let alone with a Win200 era Adaptec
> >>>>> driver. Is anyone here successfully using a SCSI2-USB conversion
> >>>>> interface?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Chuck Norcutt
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On 4/8/2014 7:26 AM, Wayne Harridge wrote:
> >>>>>> Good idea, after SP3 and about 5000 Windows updates it's probably
> >>> pretty
> >>>>>> solid by now.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> ...Wayne
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Works great, less filling. Although, I would suggest that for negs,
> >>>>>> Nikonscan
> >>>>>>> does a better job of nailing the gamma, as well as the frame
> >>>>>>> alignment
> >>>>> on
> >>>>>>> strips of negs. I'm about to do an XP build with no Internet access
> >>> on a
> >>>>>>> computer at the house just to run NikonScan a little longer.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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