1997 UMAX S-6E (SCSI) Scanner with trasparency adapter, including software 
(for Mac, Win and Win NT) and cables. This was working fine until the SCSI 
adapter in my computer failed. Replacing the adapter costs a good fraction 
of a new USB Scanner.

Best Offer.

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We probably have a spare SCSI adaptor some place (PCI).  Will it work in your
computer or must it be specific to Mac?  If you really want to get rid of the
scanner and nobody else offers money for it (unlikely since scsi is no longer
common) we can take it off your hands.  I have a UMAX running in linux.
Kiwanis rummage sale has a lot of scanners (USB or parport) for $10 each.
Yours supposedly works with OSX 10.1 not 10.2, according to two sites. 
Max resolution 1200.  USB scanners will probably do at least 4800 dpi.
The S-6E ought to work in linux.  Kiwanis throws out scsi scanners.

Thanks for providing more information.

I run primarily MacOS 10.3.9 currently and plan to go to OS 10.4. I had to 
boot in "classic" (9.2.2) to run the scanner, also because my SCSI card 
only worked in OS 9. I am just as happy to migrate to OS X and USB.

Another factor was that that SCSI board also provided Mac serial ports 
(also only in OS 9.2), which I need for some old hardware. I'll still have 
to get a serial board for them, but they are cheap.

Somebody might actually want the Transperancy Adapter more than the scanner!

(It is amazing how much it cost in 1997 $$, and how relatively cheap 
better scanners are today. You have a good thing in hanging out with retro 
gear - even with its limitations.)

You might make a list of what Kiwanis has (maybe we can do that for you) and
check what works with your current OS.  What serial equipment do you have for
Mac?  I thought Mac external modems used a different connector.
An older scanner won't make as good copies of slides because of the lower
resolution.  Even our newer one makes fuzzy copies (USB, 2400 or more res).

No takers here...no takers on craigslist (I asked "best offer")...and no
takers on freecycle (a nibble but no followup). So it's to the Drop Off
Station unless you want it. Sindi. If you do, please send driving directions
to dropoff.

The serial peripherals I still use are an Olympus camera, CP-290 X-10 xmttr,
and a Palm Pilot. I've gotten them all working with as USB-Serial adapter,
although the camera requires rebooting in OS-9 as there is no OS-X driver for
it. 

I will email you an address.    Jim recently fixed a serial PDA for someone
with a Mac, then the person's USB-serial adaptor would not work, and we got
him another one at Kiwanis for $2.  I have a serial Olympus camera.  I got
a USB card reader for the Smartmedia card in it, which is faster.  If yours
has a SM card you could try doing the same, assuming OX X supports USB
storage.  We have an HP printer with parallel and USB connections.  Win98
driver is 3MB, Mac OS 9 is 10MB, OS 10 is 30 MB.  Why so large?  I print to
it in linux using a 2.7MB ghostscript which prints to a bunch of HP inkjet
and laser printers, plus a couple 100 K of fonts.

Transparency adapter for camera film or for overheads?

I thought it meant slide attachment.  So you can scan your slides and email
them to people.  We have one on a Microtek which is not good quality.  The
UMAX is probably better.

The transperancy adapter is a full size light box that "scans" along with the
scanner. I scanned both overheads and slides with it. Resolution with slides
is somewhat limited, though.

The little adaptor on the Microtek is not full size.  This sounds really nice.
Can we repair something for you in exchange?  

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