2.4 Thunderbolt 1 and 2, Mini DisplayPort While I keep that package with mine I moved to Silverfast AI Studio IT8 since it has the specific plugin for this scanners (as all scanners), is kept updated and has calibration slides.Nikon Super Coolscan 8000 ED - film scanner - FireWire overview and full product specs on CNET. It just won't be updated past Leopard (10.5.x). ✕ Close Search for:Nikon's Coolscan 5000ED software works fine with Leopard (10.5.6).3.1.5 FireWire 400 device to USB-C port 3.1.4 FireWire 400 device to USB Type-A port 3.1.3 FireWire 400 device to Thunderbolt 3 port 3.1.2 FireWire 400 device to Thunderbolt 1 or Thunderbolt 2 port
![]() ![]() Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 Ed Software Upgrade Cycles And2012 13″ MacBook Air (USB-A and Thunderbolt 2 ports) Like any reasonably sane person, I had done my research, however, the question if the daisy chain of up to four cables and adapters would actually work remained.New laptop on the left with Thunderbolt 3 and 18 year old Nikon 4000 ED scanner on the right with FireWire 400…To further complicate issues, I wanted the flexibility of being able to use the scanner with anywhere up to five computers with connectors introduced some 20 years apart (ranging from 1996’s USB A to 2015’s Thunderbolt 3).I should say that none of these natively provide the FireWire 400 connection I need: All this adds up to headaches for users who are not locked into yearly/bi-yearly upgrade cycles and when connectors go from simply being superseded to eventually being labelled “legacy”, well…God help you.For some context, I recently decided to take the leap and get a dedicated scanner for 35mm film: a Nikon SUPER COOLSCAN 4000 ED to be exact. 4.5 Nikon LS-4000 (FireWire 400 to USB-C)Still and motion picture film formats are positively glacial in their rate of change when compared to the innumerable options that have come and gone for connecting scanners, printers and other devices to computers over the past four decades.There’s a new “gold standard” connector to contend with every few years or so, from SCSI to FireWire to USB, DisplayPort and Thunderbolt…and there are no signs of it stopping. 4.4 Nikon LS-4000 (FireWire 400 to Thunderbolt 3) I do.I’ll admit to some frustration once I jumped down the rabbit hole of standards, terminology and connector brand names. If you want to blame anyone, blame Mike. 2018 15″ MacBook Pro (Thunderbolt 3 ports)In a haze of half-baked-knowledge with the prize of successful multi-device connectivity ahead of me, I reached out to a friend in the know for final-final-final clarification.Everything you see here is a direct result of this my question and Mike’s simple answer. 2017 Asus ROC laptop (USB-A, USB-C and Mini DisplayPort ports) 2016 27″ iMac (USB-A and Thunderbolt 2 ports) Thunderbolt 1 and 2, Mini DisplayPort Thunderbolt 2 cable (Credit: Apple)Developed by Intel in collaboration with Apple, Thunderbolt 1 and 2 share an identical physical connector with Mini DisplayPort.Do not be fooled into thinking that you can connect a Thunderbolt device into a Mini DisplayPort port and have your scanner work, it probably won’t. If you happen to have a PC with Thunderbolt 2 support ( not just a Mini DisplayPort), the odds begin to stack in your favor but it’s still a crap shoot.I won’t be covering the full-size DisplayPort here unless a suitably large portion of commenters make me.Further reading about Thunderbolt / Mini DisplayPort on Wikipedia. The connector is was pretty much killed by USB upon its arrival although some devices are still made for legacy devices if you REALLY need them.Further reading about Parallel ports on Wikipedia. FireWire 800 FireWire 800 to FireWire 800 cable (Credit: Ali Express)Released as an update to FireWire 400 in around 2003, FireWire 800 bumped the theoretical maximum data transmission speed to 800 Mbps and changed the connector type.Further reading about FireWire 800 on Wikipedia.Parallel port Parallel port cable (Credit: Ali Express)This is generic 25-pin (DB-25) connector used primarily to connect printers, old video capture devices, ZIP drives (remember those?) and other weird and wonderful archaic devices to pre-USB computers. Shout if I’m wrong.FireWire 400 provides a maximum of 400 Mbps of throughput (speed) and if you have an expandable PC on hand, you can pretty much skip this entire article and just go out and buy a FireWire PCI card and hook up your device.If you’re daisy-chaining connections to something newer, it makes sense to either get a FireWire 400 to 800 adapter or a FireWire 400 to 800 cable to act as an intermediary.Further reading about FireWire 400 on Wikipedia. Android 511 lollipop mac emulatorUSB Type A USB A to USB B cable (Credit: Belkin)Ah, ubiquitous “ try three times and it’s in” connector. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t stick and computer engineers were saved a life of awkwardly telling customers they had “a problem with a defective sexy port…”This interface was around from around the 1990s to the turn of the 21st century and supported both internal and externally connected devices – mostly data storage and high-throughput (for the time).Further reading about SCSI on Wikipedia. SCSI (aka “scuzzy” not “sexy”) SCSI cable (Credit: Ali Express)So, so old…but a few very high-quality scanners used this interface, abbreviated from “Small Computer System Interface”.Generically called “scuzzy” by those who have to know what it is, Larry Boucher, the inventor of the interface really wanted people to pronounce it “sexy”. At $50, it’s not cheap but is cheaper than other options right now.Further reading about Thunderbolt 3 on Wikipedia.
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