Ratoc Systems' FR1SX Firewire to Ultra SCSI for UMAX PowerLook 2100XL
This is a success story.
I've owned a UMAX PowerLook 2100 XL for years. It offers a 12 x 17" scanning area, and it works well.
I was having some troubles with my SCSI chain recently. It would time out during preview or during the scan intermittently.
I removed other devices from the SCSI chain, and it worked fine.
I decided to try to bypass my internal SCSI card and use a firewire solution, and the following solution worked well.
I bought:
1 Ratoc Systems' FR1SX Firewire to Ultra SCSI Converter ($86.00)
Contains:
-2 firewire ports
-HD50 Male port (which requires the separate adapter**)
-CD-ROM containing a driver which wasn't necessary
**1 HD50F to Cent50M SCSI adapter. (Cost: $8.00)
-can plug directly into the UMAX Powerlook 2100XL
Optionally, if you have a Centronics 50M-50M SCSI cable available:
-plug the above adapter into a Centronics F/F gender-changer
-the gender-changer plugs into a Centronics 50M
to Centronics 50M cable, which can plug into the UMAX.
I was very impressed that running 10.4.6 on my G4 from 2002, it worked immediately without installing the Ratoc driver from the CD-ROM.
Even if I connect my UMAX Powerlook 2100XL after the G4 is powered up, it is recognized immediately, without hesitation, by Vuescan or by Silverfast 6.4.3.
I have asked around for years about how to leave SCSI behind without abandoning my Powerlook 2100XL, and finally I have a solution. I am very impressed that it works so well, even when attached through a pretty complex firewire chain.
G4 from 2002 Mac OS X (10.4.6) UMAX Powerlook 2100XL, Ratoc Systems' FR1SX Firewire to Ultra SCSI Converter, HD50F to Cent50M SCSI
I've owned a UMAX PowerLook 2100 XL for years. It offers a 12 x 17" scanning area, and it works well.
I was having some troubles with my SCSI chain recently. It would time out during preview or during the scan intermittently.
I removed other devices from the SCSI chain, and it worked fine.
I decided to try to bypass my internal SCSI card and use a firewire solution, and the following solution worked well.
I bought:
1 Ratoc Systems' FR1SX Firewire to Ultra SCSI Converter ($86.00)
Contains:
-2 firewire ports
-HD50 Male port (which requires the separate adapter**)
-CD-ROM containing a driver which wasn't necessary
**1 HD50F to Cent50M SCSI adapter. (Cost: $8.00)
-can plug directly into the UMAX Powerlook 2100XL
Optionally, if you have a Centronics 50M-50M SCSI cable available:
-plug the above adapter into a Centronics F/F gender-changer
-the gender-changer plugs into a Centronics 50M
to Centronics 50M cable, which can plug into the UMAX.
I was very impressed that running 10.4.6 on my G4 from 2002, it worked immediately without installing the Ratoc driver from the CD-ROM.
Even if I connect my UMAX Powerlook 2100XL after the G4 is powered up, it is recognized immediately, without hesitation, by Vuescan or by Silverfast 6.4.3.
I have asked around for years about how to leave SCSI behind without abandoning my Powerlook 2100XL, and finally I have a solution. I am very impressed that it works so well, even when attached through a pretty complex firewire chain.
G4 from 2002 Mac OS X (10.4.6) UMAX Powerlook 2100XL, Ratoc Systems' FR1SX Firewire to Ultra SCSI Converter, HD50F to Cent50M SCSI
