cedwards
EF5
I got a Nikon ls2000 slide scanner and it came with a PCI SCSI card, but my new computer doesn't have a slot that fits it. Is there any way that works with the scanner to adapt it to USB or SATA?
SCSI adapter for scanner
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Aaron Kennedy
EF5
Yikes... you could get a pci-express scsi card (which I assume your motherboard does have), but those are pretty pricey (hundreds of dollars). I did see some adapters for SCSI to USB, but I would only buy one from a place with a really good return policy. I'd be very skeptical of it running correctly without directly attaching it to a scsi card.
cedwards
EF5
Sounds like I am better off finding an older computer to use it on. Anyone have one fore sale cheap? 
Rob Wadsworth
EF5
All those SCSI peripherals are dirt cheap these days. If you live near a major city, you can score them for next to nada. However, if you have a newer computer (last 3 years or so), you would do well to get a newer scanner. Unless you are hung up on making that one work; as I can understand that too.
A 'Visioneer' brand scanner is what my brother uses for his law practice, and the copies it makes are just incredible! The quality you get from the Visioneer scanner is well worth the ~$300/used price they are going for - in decent condition. Depends on how much quality you require to do the work you intend to do . . .
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A 'Visioneer' brand scanner is what my brother uses for his law practice, and the copies it makes are just incredible! The quality you get from the Visioneer scanner is well worth the ~$300/used price they are going for - in decent condition. Depends on how much quality you require to do the work you intend to do . . .
Just $.02
cedwards
EF5
The problem is, they don't make new slide scanners any more. My family was going through old things and came up with 1000s of old slides of the family and trips dating back to the 50s. There are too many to send them out to get scanned.
Jason Haller
EF2
as close as I could find for what your need. Not cheap
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118096
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816118096
Rob Wadsworth
EF5
If your computer doesn't have any PCI slots; then it could get expensive to use a PCI-E card as Jason pointed out. I would shop the internet for the best price; Google is your friend here.
BTW - SCSI cables aren't all the same. They vary greatly. You will need to match it up with what you have. Maybe you have an older computer lying around that you can revive to ensure that you can get those pix of yours stored on a hard drive; then transferred as needed . . .
BTW - SCSI cables aren't all the same. They vary greatly. You will need to match it up with what you have. Maybe you have an older computer lying around that you can revive to ensure that you can get those pix of yours stored on a hard drive; then transferred as needed . . .
Since this scanner was made circa 1998, I believe you need a regular PCI slot versus the newer PCI Express type slot. According to the LS 2000 user manual found here Manual we are definitely talking about the older style PCI slot versus something current since they mention PCMCIA technology. The language in the user manual talks about Windows 95 and IBM PCs, so this is definitely older tech, no doubt about it! On page 54 in the specifications section it references the interface type as: "SCSI-2 Compliant, half pitch 50 pin connectors X 2". If you have a newer computer and the motherboard doesn't have a normal PCI slot, you'll have to find another option unless you can find some kind of conversion cable/device that converts the connection type (i.e. USB to SCSI). It sounds like the scanner came with the connection card and cable, so it's really a matter of figuring out your options (complex as that may be). I used Google and this search term "50 pin SCSI to USB cable" and a link to eBay came up and it appears there are multiple options available. I'm not sure if they would work, but it's worth checking out. This one was a good example of one that might work cable.
If you go here http://www.nikonusa.com/index.page and input LS 2000 in the search box in the upper right of the web page it will take you to several useful documents, but what you have is something based on older technology like Rob mentioned not something current. Good luck Charles!
If you go here http://www.nikonusa.com/index.page and input LS 2000 in the search box in the upper right of the web page it will take you to several useful documents, but what you have is something based on older technology like Rob mentioned not something current. Good luck Charles!
Greg Campbell
EF5
Charles, you can have my old Nforce2 mobo (A7n8x, I think), Socket 7 CPU (probably a Barton at 2 GHz or so), and ?MB of memory (likely about a gig), case, and PS for shipping and beer money. It's got a gob of free PCI slots.
My Canon FS4000 scanner runs dandy on a low end Trantor SCSI/PCI card. There's no need to get some ultra/mega/150/SCSI7x card. A fast hard drive will help quite a bit if your computer has FARE or ICE hardware IR dust detection.
Slide scanning is hugely time intensive. Unless you have one of those fancy auto-feeders, you'll be lucky to finish more than a box or two per evening. I suggest you buy a nice light table and use it to ruthlessly crop the lesser images from your scanning queue.
My Canon FS4000 scanner runs dandy on a low end Trantor SCSI/PCI card. There's no need to get some ultra/mega/150/SCSI7x card. A fast hard drive will help quite a bit if your computer has FARE or ICE hardware IR dust detection.
Slide scanning is hugely time intensive. Unless you have one of those fancy auto-feeders, you'll be lucky to finish more than a box or two per evening. I suggest you buy a nice light table and use it to ruthlessly crop the lesser images from your scanning queue.
Matt Tottle
EF4
Even new motherboards have a regular PCI slot or two. They pretty much have to because they still make PCI cards. Do you not have a slot that matches at all? Or the regular PCI slots are full? If it doesnt match at all (too long/too many contacts), it's probably a PCI-X (not to be confused with PCI-Express) card. Those can USUALLY be plugged into a regular PCI slot (there is an extra 'tail' of contacts that'll hang outside the slot), with no ill effects besides running slower than intended.
The scanner did NOT come with the card from the factory (it's very rare for any 'standard interface' devices to come with an interface card). So the card was whatever worked in the previous owner's computer. PCI-X was used in 64-bit computers in the late 90's and early 00's.
Which one does it look like?
PCI:
PCI-X
PCI-Express (PCIe):
The scanner did NOT come with the card from the factory (it's very rare for any 'standard interface' devices to come with an interface card). So the card was whatever worked in the previous owner's computer. PCI-X was used in 64-bit computers in the late 90's and early 00's.
Which one does it look like?
PCI:
PCI-X
PCI-Express (PCIe):
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James Langford
EF4
Charles, the other problem you will probably run into here is driver issues. From spending a few minutes on Google I found a huge number of problems getting these scanners working with newer versions of Windows. Many folks even had issues with XP. I would suggest using the same computer OS version that the scanner previously worked with. You could then pull the files over your network to your newer computer.
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