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[James Miller <7sdm-ocsf AT dea.spamcon.org>]

You'd be in for a tough time trying to use this scanner with either
WINE or and emulator like Bochs or Qemu, so far as I can figure. 
Under all these you put yourself at a further remove from the actual
hardware.  Full-blown emulators emulate hardware to the OS being
hosted, so with one of those you'd have to figure out how to implement
USB emulation.  I have almost no experience with open source emulators
doing this, but I have accessed USB devices under VMware, a commercial
emulator.  But then you pay them to simplify things for you (to the
tune of 100-200 USD).  WINE could theoretically access hardware more
directly, but can be convoluted nonetheless.  I do use it from time to
time, but I don't think I've ever tried to do anything with USB
devices using it.  That said, maybe when I get home this evening  can
try installing and running an M$ PDA application under WINE that's
supposed to sync my PDA via USB.  Would be interesting to see if it
works now that WINE is developing more fast and furiously.  I'll
report back if I am able to make some time to try it.

James

On 1/22/06, Ron Clarke <ariadne AT earthlink.com.au> wrote:
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> Hi Sindi,
>
> On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:20:13 +0000 (UTC)
> sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
>
> > If you are near any thrift shops, why not look for a scsi scanner for
> > $5-10.  (I got one for $1 one time without power supply).  Sometimes
> > people include scsi cards and sometimes the cards work.
> > Value World, Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul.
> > Scsi cards can be found at ebay too.
>
>    The point is that I already own ths ACER ScanPrisa 340P, and have for a 
> few years. It has been hooked up to my wife's Win95 machine all that time. 
> She has now gone onto WinXP (may the deity forgive her!) and I can now use 
> this thing - if I can get it to talk to any of my my DOS/Linux machines. I 
> hesitate to throw it away - it is not so much that I need an extra acanner 
> (my business has bought a newer one that is now hooked to her WinXP 
> machine) but that it is/was a perfectly working bit of kit.
>
> >
> >   On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Ron Clarke wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Folks,
> > >
> > >     Just wondering if anyone has had some experience of using wine with 
> > > (I guess) any Slackware distro.
> > >
> > >     I have failed so far in my attempts to access the flatbed scanner I 
> > > mentioned in previous despatches, but I have the original Windows9x/Mac 
> > > installation CDs.
> > >     So, I was wondering if there was any way to use wine (or maybe even 
> > > bochs) so I can install the correct software to run a parellel-port 
> > > scanner.
> > >
> > >     Any ideas ?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >         Ron
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