Scanner Driver

drivers are a problem with older scanners.

Suggest you use a 32 bit OS and install under that. WinXp will work. The 64 bit version of Xp lackx many drivers. older pieces like the HP4 will never ever have 64 bit drivers...unless you write them

I have purchased a new modem (for Fax's) and a new webcam but I hate the Idea of throwing out my well loved old scanner.

I do of course have a second drive in the computer with Win2000 but resent having to drop everything and restart the machine if I want to do a scan

Scanners used tocost a lot, however the digital camera boom has created a glut of scanner sensors that will suit a scanner to the point that a color sensor costs around $2.

This means that you can buy a scanner for $100 that is far superior to the old HP4 in all aspects, except robustness.

I see HP4 scanners tossed out all the time . I have two old HP4 I no longer use as I have no more SCSI ports on my machines, having gone over to IDE and then SATA as the new tech advanced.

If you have a sentimental attachment to it, go to the waters edge and place it on a raft with an offshore breeze and set it on fire. (warning, some jurisdictions object to Viking funerals).

If you persist in accumulating old tech, some day they will do the same with you and it will require a large boat :)

You have two!, you are as guilty of sentimentality as much as me, I Grew up during the war when no radio spares were to be had we had to cut open electrolytic capacitors, unroll them cut out the short circuits and reuse them.

I still try to repair things rather than trash everything as soon as it has a minor fault.

We have a problem with writeoffs on old stuff. In Canada we have a 20% annual writeoff on a declining balance, so even though they are useless, they are on the books and gradually we use the writeoff. If we toss them and take the full writeoff it can attract an audit, as the tax people suspect someone took them home...

We bought these a few years back. Now the replacement item is so cheap that it was expensed as a part it was under $100

Where I live we have a charity that collects old computer equipment for use in places that cannot afford the new ones. Typically, the computers are 32-bit anyway, so these robust older scanners are ideal. For the sentimental, you've extended the life of your scanner. For the businessman, get a receipt, and you should be able to get rid of the redundant equipment without the consequent hassle from the taxmen. Call it tokenism if you like, but it seems less bad than the alternatives - at least to me.

TSPG

Where I live we have a charity that collects old computer equipment for use in places that cannot afford the new ones. Typically, the computers are 32-bit anyway, so these robust older scanners are ideal. For the sentimental,

Chandan kumar

chandankumar100@rediffmail.com

• have purchased a new modem (for Fax's) and a new webcam but I hate the Idea of throwing out my well loved old scanner.
• I do of course have a second drive in the computer with Win2000 but resent having to drop everything and restart the machine if I want to do a scan

Chandan kumar

New Delhi-110025

Magadh Software Solution

chandankumar100@rediffmail.com