1394 is FireWire. That's a 4-pin connector. Unless you're bus-powering the
scanner, a 4pin to 6pin adapter cable is easily attainable.
Paul Braun WD9GCO
Certified Music Junkie
"It's such a fine line between stupid, and clever." -- David St. Hubbins
"Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Berthold Auerbach
> On Jul 24, 2015, at 14:57, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My Nikon LS5000 scanner has died. I haven't tried to fix it but consider
> this a directive to finally get the Imacon scanner up and running. I
> turned it on and it lights up! I have a SCSI to Firewire adapter and it
> all hooks up fine. ( Thank you, Doug!) The problem is that the Windows XP
> laptop that I had intended to hook up to the scanner (I read that it does
> not work with any newer version of Windows) has no port for the Firewire.
> It has 4 USB ports, one called 1394. one round one and two square ones but
> nothing that looks like the Firewire plug. Is there an adapter I need to
> get? I've searched but I'm not sure what I'm sure for.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I wish photography did not involve computers.
>
> Tina
>
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