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MattSh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-15-06 04:03 AM
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Connecting a SCSI peripheral using a cable to USB. Is it possible?
Have a Mac Mini without external SCSI connector. No surprise there. However, I have a Canon FS2710 Slide Scanner that I would like to occasionally use with this computer. Installing a SCSI card is out of the question. Has anyone tried connecting a SCSI peripheral (any SCSI peripheral) using a USB Serial Adapter? How did it work?

I know they sell these types of cables. And I know that Canon does not recommend this, although they do not say it won't work. They just don't recommend it.

Any ideas???

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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-15-06 07:51 PM
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1. It won't work.
No Mac has had built in SCSI capability in years.

There no way to make it work with Mini that I know of.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-16-06 04:19 AM
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2. Nope, see what Onehandle said. I have an old SCSI scanner myself...
...and I keep an old Powermac networked to this iMac just to operate it.
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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-24-07 10:26 PM
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3. How about a SCSI to FireWire adapter?
I can't endorse or review this product, I've never used it. But OWC has been a good company to deal with in the past.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Ratoc/FR1SX/
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 12:03 PM
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4. they exist but I wouldnt be that confident that the software
will be able to negotiate the path.

heres one

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/scsi_port/usb_scsi/USB2Xchange/
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elfin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 06:27 PM
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5. Scanners are inexpensive enough to buy new
Finally swithched to USB and donated the old scanner.
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