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I have 240 scans to do and I have a scanner, Epson Expression 1600.
It works over USB but is slow. When connected via SCSI it's over twice as fast. My dual 1.8 G5 Rev A machines won't boot with an Adaptec 2930 or 2906 installed.
I can also find a Firewire expension card for the scanner as another option.
Thanks,
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I don't believe there is such a thing as a cheap G5 SCSI card, sorry.
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Id get an old SCSI capable G4 and network it to your G5.
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Ratoc (I think) makes a SCSI to Firewire adapter. I've seen some good reviews of it, but YMMV
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I do have a solution, using a Powerbook G4 with Adapted PCMCIA SCSI card that works, but scanning on the laptop was not what I really wanted to do.
Oh well.
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If you can find one used, Apple/ATTO OEM SCSI cards based on the UL3D are supposed to be usable in the G5. Price runs about $80-90 when they show up. Otherwise, ATTO does have some UL3D's left in stock that they are selling for $184. Current model UL4S will run you $350. That said, some people have reported issues running a narrow SCSI device on a wide SCSI host adapter in OS X. I don't know if that would be a problem in your case.
You may have better luck finding a Ratoc Firewire to SCSI adapter. USB to SCSI adapters also exist, but date from a time when they were all USB 1. So you probably would not see any improvement.
P.S. How did you get the Adaptec 2930 and 2906 cards to fit? They are 5 V PCI cards, the slots in your G5 should be 3.3 V PCI-X that only take PCI-X or 3.3 V PCI cards.
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P.S. How did you get the Adaptec 2930 and 2906 cards to fit? They are 5 V PCI cards, the slots in your G5 should be 3.3 V PCI-X that only take PCI-X or 3.3 V PCI cards.
The 2906 would not fit, but the 2930 card fit in, but the G5 would not start up with it in place. Chimes but got no further. I have a SCSI>FW adapter, but it typically requires the Mac to be shut down and then the converter, the device and the Mac powered up in that order.
I have an Adaptec SCSI card that works on my Powerbook G4 that I may use
Or look for the ATTO card.
