I have used firewire on my Win98se system for over a year without any problems. Ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Demyan <mdemyan@ptd.net> To: <scan@leben.com> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Getting on board but which board? > Hi Guys: > > I have the Epson 2450. On my Win98se system (P-3-800), I had to install a > Adaptec USB 2.0 card. Also had to download a driver from their web site for > Win98 - One did not come with the card. The scanner works great and fast > compared to USB 1.1. USB 2.0 and Firewire are about the same in speed. NOTE: > Win98se does not support Firewire ;( > (Win2000 will also support Firewire) > > I also have the 2450 connected by Firewire to a WinME system (Athlon 900). > Both work fine. WinME will support Firewire, but don't try installing the > twain driver until you install the Firewire card. > > I did this and had to contact Epson. They sent me a list of files to > manually remove after uninstalling the driver and before re-installation. > > Mike Demyan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Wiseman" <nyebos@attbi.com> > To: <scan@leben.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 6:58 AM > Subject: Re: Getting on board but which board? > > > > Tom.. > > I have an Epson 2450, am on W98 SE with a 750 PIII, and my system will NOT > > work with a FIREWIRE card or a USB 2 Card..Calls to Epson came back with > > "W98 does NOT support either FIREWIRE or USB2.0."..However, the scanner > > works FINE on USB 1.1..The only speed difference you would notice is data > > transfer to your hard drive, but NO DIFFERENCE in scanning speed.... > > > > Eddie Wiseman > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tom Messenger" <krist@thegrid.net> > > To: <scan@leben.com> > > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:10 AM > > Subject: Getting on board but which board? > > > > > > > OK. Now I've got a scanner. > > > > > > Based on information on this list, I bought a Microtek Scanmaker 6700 > for > > > my wife's birthday. She is taking classes in digital graphics and wanted > > > one. I flipped a coin and bought the 6700. > > > > > > > > > It comes with a USB cable as well as a FIREWIRE cable and FIREWIRE PCI > > > card. Which one to use??? > > > > > > Questions, questions. > > > > > > I'm on a Wintel system, Win 98, and I'm not sure if it's USB 1.1 or 2.0. > > > My guess is that I have USB 1.1 and that FIREWIRE will be much faster. > > > > > > Can anyone out there tell me how to verify this? > > > > > > First, how to tell if it's USB 1.1 or 2.0 and second, is FIREWIRE faster > > > than USB 2.0? > > > > > > I'm fine with popping the box open and loading in another card and > drivers > > > if need be. Just wondering if I need to. > > > > > > THANKS! > > > Tom Fool > > > - > > > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > > > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. > > > > - > > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. > > > > - > Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate > subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions. > - Turn off HTML mail features. Keep quoted material short. Use accurate subject lines. http://www.leben.com/lists for list instructions.