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Flavio Genelhu Oliveira wrote:
>
> I just got BL3 on internet, since i wanted to fill
> my old 486 with some more than 10Mb of memory and an
> HD of about 500Mb with some usefulness.

Welcome.

> looking at SANE to do scanner things, but i couldn´t 
> find info if BL3 suports it (SANE)

I do not have a scanner and have never used one.
So there is no scanner support in BL3.

> at least with a proprietary SCSI interface. 

I do not have any SCSI devices and have never used
one.  So, again, I am unable to provide support for
SCSI devices.

> to use USB scanners 

I do not have any USB devices and have never used one.  
Does your 486 have a USB socket?

> it needs a higher version kernel

I am told by users who have USB devices that the current 
BL3 kernel works with some of them.  Apparently USB keyboards
and mouses work.  I have not heard whether USB scanners work.

Cheers,
Steven