Revive my +20 years old Umax SCSI Scanner
Starting Position Umax Astra 1200S device with power and SCSI cable but no controller card. Backside of the Scanner Situation with newer Windows OS There is no driver available for Windows 7 or newer Operating Systems except the proprietary solution VueScan . The next problem is that newer Motherboards have no native PCI slots anymore, but this is mandatory due the fact that there is no SCSI-2 controller card on the market for PCIe (this is not surprising because SCSI-2 was released in 1989). I came to the conclusion that the easiest way to resolve the hardware issues is to use an old PC with PCI slots and installed Linux with SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) for the Software/Driver part. So which controller card is suitable? E.g. the Adaptec AVA-2902E/I SCSI Controller Card (PCI) with DB25 (25 pins) connection. Available on Ebay for approx. 25€ (other PCI SCSI-2 controller cards for PCI should also work). Adaptec AVA-2902E/I SCSI PCI controller Linux (Debian) Setup e.g. Debian 11 on