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[Bob Nielsen]

On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 02:05:00PM +0100, Norman Silverstone wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 13:41 +0200, Bo Rosen wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I have an old scanner that is gathering dust as it doesn't work under
> > linux, so I've been thinking about getting a new one.
> > 
> > Can anyone recommend one? The only things required are that it should be
> > on the cheap side and be able to scan old (mostly b&w photos decently).
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 	Bo
> 
> I have the Cannon  Canoscan Lide 20. It is cheap, good enough for me and
> worked out of the box with Warty.
> 

I'll second that recommendation (I have a Lide 30, which is similar).  
It works great with quiteinsane.