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JEFF, I ordered the GT-8000 flat bed scanner late Friday and it arrived Saturday morning. It's big isn't it, very nice looking. Actually at the moment all I can do is look at it as the supplied ASDG scanning software did not arrive with it and won't arrive until late next week. Presently it sits covered and with a large model of a KLINGON battle cruiser on top … this is to deter the cats from lying on it which is just the thing they would do. When I opened the box up they were in there before I was. I have a 10meg A1200 machine and was not a little stunned, Jeff to read you say that this would not be enough for 24bit scanning. As I understand it GIGAMEM needs an entirely clear partition to cache data too? My partitions all contain material so I'll have to think of a way around that one. If it came to the crunch I could buy an additional IDE drive and stick it into the machine but the A1200 is so limited in it's expandability that I guess that idea is out. My present drive is a 250Mb as well. How much total memory would you recommend for full 800dpi 24bit scanning? I suppose I could get hold of 16meg for the M1230XA accelerator if needs be now. I really dislike the idea of having such a device as this on my desk which I cannot fully use. I already have a COLOURPIC.PLUS video digitiser which does not work on my 1200. Mind you are you saying this only applies to a full A4 page? I'd only be scanning in various photographs which would not be A4 in size. How large is a 24bit file? My intention was to compress them onto floppies OK for sending to printers. You refer to ImageFX, the SILICA shop in Glasgow has that program. The software supplied and for which I await delivery is the ASDG scanning software. Is the ImageFX better, or are they about the same? I'm intending to buy image processing sofware in the near future anyway and the toss is between the ASDG or ImageFX software; so I'm very much open to advice. The 17" may have to wait if I'm needing to get more computer memory or I'm unable to get the GIGAMEM option working. Still I would like to have 17", I'm sure I could have a lot of fun using it. IAIN. CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030/50/50 AMIGA1200! ON AUTOPILOT 1.72