pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > Hi again, > > I'm interested in moving an image from a JVC Digital Camera KY-F70 to > Debian 10. The camera is pre-USB; it has a 50 pin SCSII connector. > Probably what the Wikipedia SCSII connector article mentions as > HPCN50. The JVC manual mentions TWAIN software for image transfer and > claims their software works in Windows 95/98/NT 4.0. > > Has anyone used TWAIN in Debian? Is there any chance of Debian > receiving images using TWAIN directly? Try to make the Windows TWAIN > software provided by JVC work under wine? If wine is necessary, can > anyone recommend a Windows version from the three noted above? > > Other ideas?
The problem with TWAIN, as I recall, is that it wasn't actually a standard API between devices and OS so much as a standard way for an application to call a manufacturer-supplied application in order to control and receive images. That's why it was completely supplanted by SANE, which more or less standardizes the device-OS interface as well as the application-application interface. You might manage to get the Windows TWAIN software to run in WINE, or if you have a Windows 95/98 virtual machine, that would probably work. I would note, though, that this camera appears to have terrible specifications by current standards: 1360x1024 at 7.5 frames/sec 640x200 at 30 frames/sec and the SCSI connection is designated for connection to a storage drive or printer. If you are specifically looking for a microscope mountable camera, there are lots of relatively cheap C-mount cameras and C-mount adapters, all with much better specs and much easier to access. -dsr- -dsr-
