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- From: Oliver Kastl <100447.3361@CompuServe.COM>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Scanners for Amiga
- Date: 12 Feb 1996 17:37:18 GMT
- Organization: Elaborate Bytes
- Message-ID: <4fntse$fu$1@mhafc.production.compuserve.com>
- References: <adrianh.19.0013A7B7@singnet.com.sg>
-
- >> All the scanners around for the PC seem to be "Twain"
- compatible. Does anyone
- know if there is a Twain driver available for the Amiga. I want
- to buy a hand
- scanner, buit I want one I can use on the Amiga and the PC.
- <<
-
- No. TWAIN is a programmers interface ABOVE the Scanner driver. The
- hardware of TWAIN compatible scanners is completely different.
- You must get a scanner, where dedicated Amiga software exists.
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