USB 1.0 and 2.0

A USB v1.1 or 1.0 port is not compatible with a USB 2.0 device. You will have to purchase an add on card that is USB 2.0 compliant. This will happily run your new scanner and give you an extra 2 ports on your machine, that are backwards compatible, ie, you can use USB 1.0 and 1.1 devices on it.

Happy scanning.

Took a bit to find the information.

According to USB.ORG, USB 2.0 devices are supposed to be backwards compatible with USB 1

http://www.usb.org/developers/usb20/backgrounder/

I suggest that you verify with the scanner manufacture as to whether or not it will work on a USB 1 port.

Keep in mind, that when connected to a USB 1 port, any USB 2 device will operate at a much slower speed.

If you plan to scan a number of high resolution images, it would be well worth the $15 to $20 US for a USB 2.0 card.

Chas