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From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Scanner and Laptop
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Date: 18 Apr 91 20:27:17 GMT
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In article <853Gr*yr1@cs.psu.edu>, cho@sol4.cs.psu.edu (Sehyeong Cho) writes:
|> Is it possible to use a scanner with a laptop? (Mine is T1000SE)
|> If not, what is the requirement, in terms of processing power,
|> means of connection etc.?
|> 

I have a T1000XE.  I looked into purchasing a scanner a little while
back.  I discovered that every scanner for IBM PCs and compatibles
uses a bus-card interface and probably draws a lot of power.  I don't
know of anyone that makes a scanner which has its own power supply
and interfaces via the parallel port (or the T1000SE/XE/LE expansion
bus).  You could buy an expansion card box for your Toshiba and plug
the scanner into that, but that would be expensive and not very
portable.  Still, portability of the scanner may not be an issue.

So for right now, I think the answer is no, unless someone knows
something I don't.

m.

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