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From: dumais@nixter.UUCP (Paul E. Dumais)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: SCSI devices under multifinder under AUX 2.0...
Message-ID: <1990Mar29.030809.20579@nixter.UUCP>
Date: 29 Mar 90 03:08:09 GMT
References: <1990Mar27.194851.15269@ecn.purdue.edu>
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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?

No. The Mac O/S application will try to talk to the SCSI port directly which
is not permitted with A/UX. It's not impossible but the drivers do not exist.

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