Microtech SCSI-to-USB adaptor- does 10.3 need drivers for this?

[jumpyspider]

Thanks in advance to anyone that may be able to shed some light on this.

I have a Microtech SCSI-to-USB adaptor that I'm trying to use to connect an A3 scanner (Linotype Circon- £8000 worth!).

When I start the Linotype software, the scanner make some initialisation noises. However, the software refuses to recognise that the scanner's there. I've tried this, both in Classic and Mac OS 9 natively. No Mac OS X version of the software exists.

Do I need the Microtech drivers? I hope not, as their site seems to be dead.

I know that this is a very obscure question, sorry, but any help would be much appreciated, x.

[Marvin]

There are a few OS X scanner software packages that work quite well. I've used VueScan with SCSI scanners before.

This software seems to support Linotype:

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/DTP-Prepress/SilverFast-Ai-Linotype-Circon.shtml

You can also get some Microtek scanner software here:

http://www.quickceph.com/download.html

but I don't know if it's generic.

[jumpyspider]

Thanks for the links- really helpful.

I think now that the problem may be that the Microtech scsi-usb adaptor needs some driver software- I have searched the web high and low for this to no avail.

Various forum posts seem to suggest that I'm heading down a blind alley if I want a scanner to work with this kind of adaptor.

I've installed Vuescan (which looks bloody good by the way) but still no joy- it says it can't find a scanner- it's definitely the adaptor.

Thanks again for you post Marvin.