More importantly, it supports 1,500 flatbed and film scanners, even if drivers are no longer available for the computer you’re running. VueScan works with just about every computer out there, supporting Linux, Mac and all versions of Windows up to Windows 10. The gradual shift from 32- to 64-bit computing threatens to leave even more perfectly serviceable scanners in the box marked “obsolete”, but there may be a future for your old machine yet – at a cost. This is nowhere more evident than when it comes to scanners.
It’s amazing how quickly manufacturers abandon support for older hardware devices.