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<blockquote data-quote="cpn chris" data-source="post: 1509272" data-attributes="member: 299977"><p><strong>Older Mac to use a Xerox SCSI scanner with?</strong></p><p></p><p>Hey all,</p><p></p><p>I got some very reasonable advice from Louishen (thanks!!!) who says rather than try to adapt my I/O from a Xerox 620s (SCSI) to my Air, I should go retro on the machine end. (here: <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/297843-connect-scsi-xerox-scanner-macbook-air-new-post.html" target="_blank">http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/297843-connect-scsi-xerox-scanner-macbook-air-new-post.html</a>) This makes a whole lot of sense in that I was already thinking about a dedicated OCR hardware solution for a database I am developing. I am told I need a PCT(?) SCSI equipped Mac. In light of this, anyone with any advice regarding what (desktop?) machine I should be looking at? Sometimes it seems the most elegant solution is the simplest. That scanner is 1998 vintage, BTW, and no- I am not interested in a newer scanner- I would not mind another Mac to do this with, but am unfamiliar with older hardware, and which software works the best. I am into OCR accuracy, and not efficiency at all.</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance,</p><p>~cc</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cpn chris, post: 1509272, member: 299977"] [b]Older Mac to use a Xerox SCSI scanner with?[/b] Hey all, I got some very reasonable advice from Louishen (thanks!!!) who says rather than try to adapt my I/O from a Xerox 620s (SCSI) to my Air, I should go retro on the machine end. (here: [url]http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/297843-connect-scsi-xerox-scanner-macbook-air-new-post.html[/url]) This makes a whole lot of sense in that I was already thinking about a dedicated OCR hardware solution for a database I am developing. I am told I need a PCT(?) SCSI equipped Mac. In light of this, anyone with any advice regarding what (desktop?) machine I should be looking at? Sometimes it seems the most elegant solution is the simplest. That scanner is 1998 vintage, BTW, and no- I am not interested in a newer scanner- I would not mind another Mac to do this with, but am unfamiliar with older hardware, and which software works the best. I am into OCR accuracy, and not efficiency at all. Thanks in advance, ~cc [/QUOTE]
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