How to run old Minolta scanners on Vista & 7

rjerham wrote: Hi Guys, I have a (Konica) Minolta RX-3 Scanner which I am trying to get to work. Does anyone have any suggestions for where to find a driver or can I use the .inf file provided and add a line for the scanner? I am going to be using VueScan for the scanner but there site doesn't mention support for this scanner. Any help is appreciated. Cheers Reiss

Isn't that a super-old SCSI scanner? If so, none of the methods described here will work, since all of these rely on the standard USB driver, just telling Windows that the connected scanner is, indeed, just a standard USB scanner

SCSI-based devices need dedicated drivers. Even getting the SCSI card to work in a modern version of Window might be a challenge

Thanks guys, yep I checked them forums, So what can I do to get it to work on Windows then? It is from 2002 by thr way.

rjerham wrote: Thanks guys, yep I checked them forums, So what can I do to get it to work on Windows then? It is from 2002 by thr way.

If it is SCSI only, you need a SCSI card (not cheap) - you might have more luck finding an old PC from 20 years back that has a card in place and an OS that is more likely to drive it (w97?/ME).

Hi,

Its for sale for 20 pounds, which is not much. it takes 35mm negatives and 35mm slides as well as aps film. I think it was originally an addon for the Mini-Lab stuff, it does 2700 DPI and bulk scanning. I assumed with a bit of perserverance I can get it to work but I cannot find any drivers etc for it. Except from Sony Drivers.

rjerham wrote: Hi, Its for sale for 20 pounds, which is not much. it takes 35mm negatives and 35mm slides as well as aps film. I think it was originally an addon for the Mini-Lab stuff, it does 2700 DPI and bulk scanning. I assumed with a bit of perserverance I can get it to work but I cannot find any drivers etc for it. Except from Sony Drivers.

Well, there is a reason why it's "only" 20 pounds, and it's still too expensive to sell

Unless you find a 20 years old PC with the original software and drivers (and working SCSI), there isn't enough perseverance in the world to make it work on a modern PC

It's probably a good deal for someone who wants to gut it and use its parts (for example, the main lens must be worth much more than 20 pounds, if you need one)

robca wrote: rjerham wrote: By the way I have a SCSI card and it works. I have a Nikon LS-30 also which is working on the SCSI card. I just do not know if I plug the scanner into SCSI if it will work out of the box Unlike USB, SCSI was never really developed into a standard for scanners. Each scanner had its own custom driver code Out of curiosity, what OS are you using that still works with a SCSI card and Nikon SCSI drivers?

Windows 10 Latest Build

robca wrote: rjerham wrote: robca wrote: rjerham wrote: By the way I have a SCSI card and it works. I have a Nikon LS-30 also which is working on the SCSI card. I just do not know if I plug the scanner into SCSI if it will work out of the box Unlike USB, SCSI was never really developed into a standard for scanners. Each scanner had its own custom driver code Out of curiosity, what OS are you using that still works with a SCSI card and Nikon SCSI drivers? Windows 10 Latest Build Then according to this https://www.colorperfect.com/Vuescan/Adaptec-SCSI-controller/AHA-2940-etc/driver-for-64-Bit-Windows-7-and-8/ you might be able to have Vuescan recognize it, assuming Vuescan knows about a similar enough SCSi scanner.

Ahhh so I just plug it in and if windows recognises it then VueScan should work?