Re: HP ScanJet plus on IIGS?

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lars@cruzio.com (Lars Johannesson) wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>A friend just gave me a HP ScanJet plus with serial connector (to hook it
>up to old PC). I'm not sure whether I'll be able to make it work with my
>Mac, but will it be able to hook up to my IIGS? What can I do with
>it..i.e. most of my graphics work is on the Mac, so I'd like to be able to
>transfer files over.
>
>thanks in advance for any help
>
>-Lars

If that's a hand-held scanner with a standard serial scan head
(usually made by Omacron?), then it can be used with the Quickie
interface card on the IIGS.  That card will drive any of the older
grayscale scan heads (from ScanMan, Logitech, HP, Vitesse, etc.).

You can use any of the popular graphics conversion programs, such
as Convert3200 from Joe Kohn, to turn the graphics into GIFs and
transfer them to the Mac (he'll throw in LemminGS, reportedly). :)

-Scott G.