Nikon LS-2000 SCSI Scanner & Windows 10 X64

<p>For those of you who own older Nikon SCSI Scanners, I can confirm that it is possible to install and use them on Windows 10! I have been using my LS-2000 for some time with Windows 7 X64 by following the methods outlined in this link:<br /> <a href="http://www.colorneg.com/Vuescan/Adaptec-SCSI-controller/AHA-2940-etc/driver-for-64-Bit-Windows-7-and-8/">http://www.colorneg.com/Vuescan/Adaptec-SCSI-controller/AHA-2940-etc/driver-for-64-Bit-Windows-7-and-8/</a><br /> <br />While I'm not ready to switch to Windows 10 yet (if ever), I have been playing around with it a bit on a separate installation. Just for kicks I decided to see if I could get my scanner to work with it and sure enough it works! (You do have to disable the digital driver signing though).<br /> Thought this information might be helpful for some of you!</p>

<p>Frank</p>

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<p>As long as you use vue scan you're OK. You can't use Nikon software though. SCSI isn't a problem with any windows as long as you have the adapter for your computer.</p>

<p>Interesting. I have an old but high quality Canon USB scanner that I can't use with a Windows OS newer than XP32, and that's got a USB interface! So much for the "Universal" bit of USB.<br>

I also have MIDI keyboards that work via the old Joystick/Midi soundcard port that are no longer supported by MS, although I did manage to find a 3rd party set of hacked drivers that work. As for Firewire, that now seems dead in the water with the introduction of USB-3.0.</p>

<p>It really isn't good enough that we're expected to throw away perfectly serviceable old hardware with each new OS that introduces nothing of any real value to the end-user. It's just Emperor's New Clothes syndrome. And not even as eco-friendly as going naked!</p>

<p>I have a dedicated IBM laptop with a hard wired Firewire port and Windows XP that has become an integral part of my Nikon Coolscan LS-8000. XP is the last version of windows that supports the NikonScan software.</p>

<p>Joe! It's not your interface that doesn't work but it's the software for your scanner that doesn't work. So the USB and Firewire are not obsolete yet but your scanner is. Just like the Coolscan, SCSI isn't obsolete but the scanner is and the only way to use it under Windows 10 is to use third party software written for Windows 10.<br>

Any way SCSI is kinda going away as the last SCSI that would work with the Nikon LS was the Ultra 320 which none of the new computer has it. High end computers have SAS but that is not compatible with SCSI.</p>

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<p>"Joe! It's not your interface that doesn't work but it's the software for your scanner that doesn't work."</p>

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<p>I realise that Bebu. The lazy *derogative deleted* at Canon can't be bothered to write an update for the driver and software, and MS claim it's not their job to provide built-in drivers. The annoying thing is that USB "drivers" are fairly easy to write, being just a script. I've tried to hack the last available driver for it and hybridise it with one for a similar scanner that works with a more recent version of windows, but I couldn't get it to work for some reason. Probably a stupid mistake in the script that I haven't spotted.</p>

<p>I just dual boot into XP32 if I want to use that scanner, but it's a bit of a pain having to break the workflow between two OSs.</p>

<p>I think (just think as I don't know for sure) that if you have the source code you can simply re compile it and it would work.</p>

<p>@ <a href="/photodb/user?user_id=2085864">Frank P.</a> Thank you for sharing this information. I currently operate an LS-2000 under Win7-32; and have 11 months left to decide for the free Win10 upgrade.</p>

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<p>SCSI isn't a problem with any windows as long as you have the adapter for your computer.</p>

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<p>... including the driver for that adapter. Which is why I stay with 32-bit windows so I can use my Tekram 315 adapter. Unless somehone here can indicate me an SCSI adapter that is affordable, available, and has a 64-bit driver that works with Win10. </p>

 

<p>@<a href="/photodb/user?user_id=2389883">Bernard Lazareff</a><br>

The Adaptec cards mentioned in the link are readily available on "the big auction site" often for less than $20! The harder part might be obtaining the copy of Vista X64 needed to create the custom driver.</p>

<p>FYI: I just got my Coolscan 5000 working in Windows 10 (using the Nikon scanning software) simply by right-clicking on "solve compatibility issues" before opening the software.</p>

<p>Microsoft should just add a general purpose "Make this work properly" button at the bottom of the screen. </p>