Breathing New Life Into a 1997 SCSI Film Scanner

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Breathing New Life Into a 1997 SCSI Film Scanner
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A maker resurrects Epson’s 1997 FilmScan 200 SCSI film scanner by reverse‑engineering its ESC/I protocol and writing new software to talk to it on a Mac SE/30 with System 7, using an old patched SANE driver to switch negatives and coax color data—delivering a working DIY scan solution, with VueScan as a ready-made alternative.

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