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From: rick@Apple.COM (Rick Auricchio)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: SCSI devices under multifinder under AUX 2.0...
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Date: 28 Mar 90 17:28:11 GMT
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In article <1990Mar27.194851.15269@ecn.purdue.edu> mckay@frenchhorn.ecn.purdue.edu (Dwight D. McKay) writes:
>
>Is it possible to run a SCSI device, in this case a scanner, from
>multifinder under AUX 2.0?  I have a hand scanner (Logitech's ScanMan)
>which is hooked up to the SCSI bus and has a program to go out and 1)
>find the device and 2) read an image.  Any ideas if this would still
>work under the new multifinder/AUX 2.0 setup?
>
	Sorry, no support for "Mac" SCSI calls under 2.0.  With an A/UX
	driver, programs could do read/write/ioctl, but not the usual
	Mac-style "direct" SCSI calls.
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