primax: Specs for Primax scanner
Subject:
Re: Specs for Primax scanner
From:
Christian Ordig ####@####.####
Date:
10 May 1999 19:44:31 -0000
Message-Id: <XFMail.990510214530.chr.ordig@gmx.net>
On 10-May-99 CP Hennessy wrote:
> Hi
> Christian Ordig wrote:
>> Well, negitiation is in progress. And primax has told us, the source will be
>> freely available. We´re avaiting the NDA during the next days. Then we´ll be
>> able to be more specific.
>
> Have you any idea how the organization of the coding will work if/when
> the
> Non-Disclosure Agreement will be signed ?
>
> What I mean is that since only a limited number of people can actually
> sign then
> this limits the number of developers !
>
> Maybe we could get some people to start developing the necessary part of
> the
> backend for SANE ?
> And then simply "plug in" the protocol messages as they are available ?
>
Let´s see what´s actually in the NDA, and talk about more then.
>
>> > putting another piece of hardware between the PC and the scanner
>> > which captures messages. I have no experience in the electronics
>> > needed to do this but I have come accross some web pages describing
>> > a reasonably cheap way to do this ( about $20 ):
>> > http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/kheidens/lptcap/lptcap.htm
>> >
>> Well, but a new Scanner would be available for about $50... (one which is
>> already supported by SANE ;-)
>
> Thats true, but then sometimes buying a jigsaw and putting it together
> is more
> of a challenge than just buying a picture 8-)
>
> CP
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