primax: Colorado 9600 USB
Subject:
Re: Colorado 9600 USB
From:
Christian Ordig ####@####.####
Date:
8 Feb 2000 15:56:11 -0000
Message-Id: <XFMail.000208164937.chr.ordig@gmx.net>
On 08-Feb-00 Beldaz Jalfrezi wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 08:29:28AM +0100, Jochem Vaartjes wrote:
>
>> > How about this Jochem Vaartjes guy from Primax who posted last
>> > month?
>> > Is he for real? - in which case could he not just provide the
>> > source from the windows drivers?
>> I'm for real, that's for sure. I'm trying to get the documents
>> from primax as we speak.
>> But primax rufuses to give out the source for the windows drivers.
>
> Why is this? I'm not trying to be obtuse, but I don't get this
> mentality. If primax are happy to supply scanners and documentation
> to this project, why do they insist on making people like Christian
> jump through hoops by forcing them to do things the hard way?
> In simple economic terms they only help themselves by ensuring
> linux drivers are available for their products as soon as possibel,
> since they enlarge their own potential market.
>
> Is there any way to encourage Primax to be a bit more helpful?
> Maybe a post to Slashdot urging everyone with a primax device
> to contact them?
The other thing is: we finally have finished the Primax Colorado Direct D300 stuff (well almost)
but these scanners aren't sold anymore... for the current generation of scanners we
got a quite miserable documentation and are still forced to reverse engenner the Win-driver...
When we'll finally have finished the driver for the E1/E3 chipset these scanners may already
have vanished from the market too...
I don't believe this can be the goal of Primax...?! Or am I wrong?
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