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From: johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Thunderscan for mac and IIgs
Message-ID: <20200076@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 90 01:38:30 GMT
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Nf-From: uxh.cso.uiuc.edu!johnsone    Jan 16 01:41:00 1990


/* Written  2:02 pm  Jan 12, 1990 by jgsmith@watson.bcm.tmc.edu */
 > Does anyone know whether the Thunderscan for the mac is the same as the
 > Thunderscan for the IIgs?  I'm hoping that both computers use the same
 > device, but different software, and maybe a different cable.

Yes, the Thunderscan is the same, but I'm not sure about using it with the
IIgs.  I have used it both with a Mac SE/30 and IIc.  The hardware that comes
with the scanner includes a box to which the cable to the imagewriter and the
cable to the scanner connect.  This box also has a cable leaving it that
has a 9-pin (male) plug like

             -----------------------
             \  *   *   *   *   *  /
              \                   /
               \  *   *   *   *  /
                -----------------

For using the SE/30 this plugs into an adaptor that draws power from the
external disk drive port and has a cable to plug into the printer port.

For using with the IIc, the 9-pin plugs directly into the IIc joystick/mouse
port.

The software is probably different too, but I was able to purchase the
regular Mac Thunderscan for its normal price and the software for the IIc
for a small additional cost ($15 if I remember correctly).

Hope this helps.

				    Erik A. Johnson
				    Graduate Student, Aero/Astro Engineering
				    University of Illinois
				    johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu