Old HP scanner

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Mon Feb 11 14:37:22 2002

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, John Foust wrote:

> At 11:39 PM 2/11/2002 +1300, Dave Brown wrote:
> > The 9190AU
> >designator is on the nameplate underneath. It has a Centronics connector
> >on the back and came with a std IBM printer cable, so I guess is a parallel
> >port version. But there is another oddball ( 20? pin) connector on the back
> >too. What's it for?
>
> I thought that generation was SCSI, not parallel port.
> There's a FAQ at http://www.frii.com/~rjn/computer/hp9190a.htm
> but it doesn't mention the 9190AU, just the 9190A.
>
> - John

John, both the Scanjet and the Scanjet Plus used a HP proprietary
interface. The card for the Plus is reputed to work for both the
original and the Plus. The reverse is not true. In both cases,
however, it is definitely NOT parallel port.

                                                 - don
Received on Mon Feb 11 2002 - 14:37:22 GMT

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