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I have VueScan x64.
Long time since I used it. I remember new updates regularly. I wonder how the license work for a new PC. Was it a license key og whatever. Forgot all about that.
I may keep the old PC as a backup. I am quite sure it started as a Win7 PC and then updated to Win10.
It is my plan to scan old family negatives and also maybe start scanning my slides and view them on the TV-monitor but it is a hard job.
Then the slides could be taken out of the magazines and stored more "compressed" so they don't take up so much space. Then the cassettes/magazines could be trashed as recycle plastic.
The view-screen and stand for the projector could get out of the way also.
But it is a long process......
The projector is a "modern" Rollei that also do 6x6 which includes a very nice Rolleivision 66 AV-Apogon 2.8/120.
Such a projector is probably not worth much today.
I have wondered if the projector lens can have some photographic value on digital cameras via an adapter.
If the value is low then why not have some fun out of it?
I selected a 120mm lens so it could be used for both 35mm and 6x6 slides to keep the distance to the screen for 35mm slides at a reasonable distance.
But this is history now. At least 10 years ago I used it last time. But it is far the best projector I ever had. The alignment is very good so both center and corners are in perfect focus at the same time.
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It's easier to run a scanner under Win7/10. However, if you are using software like VueScan instead of Nikon Scan or Silverfast, Win11 might work as well.  If memory serves, I have a Win11 box which can scan through my 4000ED. (not used for some time,though)
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Ok, seems the only real solution is to get a PC where a FireWire PCI card can be installed.
In my current HP stationary PC FireWire seems to be a Motherboard feature. The PC is a i7 CPU 860 @ 2.8 GHz based configuration and is quite old and slow but still running.
But I think it is time to upgrade when it still runs. Many i5's today are much faster and relative cheap. The old PC can't run Win11.
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Apparently not trivial. Firewire>thunderbolt>USB rigs are suggested on several net sites.

I connect my Coolscans 4000/8000 through a Firewire PCI card in a Thinkpad laptop.
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FireWire interface seems not to be standard on new PC's.
My Coolscan 9000 ED can only be connected via FireWire 400.
Are there any adapters that can convert FireWire to e.g. USB-C?
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: January 2026!
« Last post by ARTUROARTISTA on Today at 09:59:11 »
In Murcia, the cold isn't very severe, and we still have outdoor crops. This field is planted with broccoli. (D70 lens and old Nikon 15mm f/3.5)
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Themes, Portfolio Series, PaW, or PaM / Re: [Theme] b&w's
« Last post by Fons Baerken on Today at 09:52:31 »
Jan 3 2026

B&W version of 'today is more appropiate'

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Your Weekly Blog / Re: January 2026!
« Last post by Fons Baerken on Today at 09:42:52 »
Thank you Keith and Arturo!
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: January 2026!
« Last post by Fons Baerken on Today at 09:41:38 »
January 3

more snow

Zf  Z85mm f/1.8S
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: January 2026!
« Last post by ARTUROARTISTA on Today at 09:12:18 »
January 2

First snow

D3s  24-70/2.8
I like Fons' photo too. It's scary, It looks like something out of a Murnau film.
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