I want a scanner for my amiga

[motrucker]

Good luck getting any newish USB scanner working. Your best bet is very likely an older SCSI scanner. Software is a bit old too, but it's around.
You just missed two on ebay, that went pretty cheap IIRC.

[motrucker]

I thought one needs a "special" cable for parallel scanners?

You need special everything for parallel scanners! (specially drivers)

[motrucker]

shows here that there are some supported usb scanners (Epson/HP) through 3rd party packages. ScanQuix BetaScan fxScan.

http://www.platon42.de/poseidon.html

I see the links have nothing to say however...

Here's an odd one on eBay now:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiga-2000-3000-4000-Flatbed-300-DPI-Color-Scanner-Sharp-model-JX-300-NICE-/230704881740?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b715204c
It may be possible to use a USB converter cable on this. The info is not that definitive either...

[motrucker]

HUH!!

Another darn Southern Redneck, wanting a scanner for his Amiga, yeah right, and people ih hell want ice water too!!!

Where can you get one?

Only place to try would be Ebay, unless you can find another Amiga user vacating who has a scanner.

You can try using the software with the scanner from hell if you can find one.

smerf

ex southerner living in Yankee land, where no one has any scrupples. Even the judges up here in Pennsylvania are crooked, the only thing straight up here is a dead person.

If you think PA is crooked, drive down to Maryland. It's the crookedest state I have seen! Agnew was just one in a long, long list.

On the scanner front - Mac users were big into SCSI scanners too. Check with your local local apple group(s).