primax: Thread: Specs for Primax scanner

I use a Colorado Direct. I will like to play with it and Linux ... :)

If you sign the NDA, only you can develop soft using the specs provided by
Primax ?


    - José Miguel

On 10-May-99 José Miguel R. Barrientos wrote:
> 
> I use a Colorado Direct. I will like to play with it and Linux ... :)
> 
> If you sign the NDA, only you can develop soft using the specs provided by
> Primax ?
> 
> 
>     - José Miguel

Is there a better possibility than having the original specs?

Are you going to invent the wheel for a second time?


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Christian Ordig wrote:

> On 10-May-99 José Miguel R. Barrientos wrote:
> >
> > I use a Colorado Direct. I will like to play with it and Linux ... :)
> >
> > If you sign the NDA, only you can develop soft using the specs provided by
> > Primax ?
> >
> >
> >     - José Miguel
>
> Is there a better possibility than having the original specs?
>
> Are you going to invent the wheel for a second time?
>
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I'm not trying to re-invent nothing (perhaps only how to live without working).

There are better possibilities, of course. Having the specs is very good (and a big
step). A open group of people working with these specs is very, very good.  And
publicity of specs is the best thing, I think.


    - José Miguel

Hi all,

If the choices Primax are going to give us are too restrictive, then we can 
continue as Christian and Marco have been doing ( which is I understand quite
difficult ).

If this is too difficult/slow then there is another possibility for us to
"catch" the protocol used between the PC and the scanner - basically trying
to catch it after it has exited the parallel port :

	by either setting up a parallel port on another PC to act as if it
	were a peripheral - but I have been told that this is quite
	difficult; or

	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

Any other suggestions ?

CP

On 10-May-99 CP Hennessy wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> If the choices Primax are going to give us are too restrictive, then we can 
> continue as Christian and Marco have been doing ( which is I understand quite
> difficult ).
> 
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.

> If this is too difficult/slow then there is another possibility for us to
> "catch" the protocol used between the PC and the scanner - basically trying
> to catch it after it has exited the parallel port :
> 
>       by either setting up a parallel port on another PC to act as if it
>       were a peripheral - but I have been told that this is quite
>       difficult; or
Yes, it is.
 
>       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 ;-)

> Any other suggestions ?
> 
s.a.

> CP
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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 ?


> >       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

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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Christian Ordig             | The Primax Scanner Driver Project for Linux/UN*X |
Germany                     |   http://thor.prohosting.com/~chrordig/Primax/   |
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/____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\   | for a stable WinTendo from Micro$oft.            |

CP Hennessy schrieb:
> So could you idicate which models and OS's you would prefer ?
> 
> For me it is :
>         Primax Colorado Direct
>         Linux
> 

...And for me it is:
	Primax Colorado D 600
	Linux, OS/2