For what it's worth

[Jon, The Elder]

Had occasion to hookup my slide/neg scanner for upcoming 85th birthday celebration for Sis. Haven't used the scanner for 3 or 4 years.

I had to replace my computer a couple months back and only loaded my currently needed software. Couldn't locate the original CD for scanner software (it's in a landfill somewhere).

The unit is a Minolta Scan Plus III. If you have followed the Minolta/Konica/Sony epic over the last couple years, you can understand my aprehension about getting new driver info from internet sources. Turned out there is a very well laid out trail to a download site. Started with a basic 'google' search and went from there.
I guess my lessons learned are to never ever throw away old application info. And if possible, backup what you have to another source.
Sounds like a great opportunity for an "old Software" resource company.

[gjl711]

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Sounds like a great opportunity for an "old Software" resource company.
There are several archive driver sites such as the driver museum (http://www.drivermuseum.com/) or the driver guide. (http://www.driverguide.com/)But the problem is that many of these were for the OS of the day Win-98 or maybe even Win-95 and may or may not work on XP. I have found that most sites keep some archives of their older drivers but of course, the older you get, the more chancy what you download will work.

[Pete]

Try here. This says something about ScanPlus III

http://www.gtcocalcomp.de/supportscannersoftwareSP3color.htm

[Jon, The Elder]

Thanks guys, I was really trying to point out the dangers of not updating drivers and backing up those you have.

[kevin_c]

The drivers for the Minolta 'DiMAGE Scan Dual III' are certainly available from the Konica/Minolta web site, I had to download them last week because I 'mislaid' the disc (I've found it now)
I take it you got the drivers OK in the end?

[Jon, The Elder]

KevinC - yup thats where I ended up also.