The odds are low.  You might try installing the drivers for the last win98/ME scanner 
in the same series by the same manufacturer, and hope that they really did not change 
the electronics much.

Alternatively, consider downloading an image of a "live LINUX CD", burn to CD, then 
boot the PC into LINUX. "live" means that the PC runs from the CD, and by default 
nothing is installed on the hard drive.  The odds are fair to good that a modern 
live CD will support most scanners.  Be sure to plug in the scanner, before booting 
into LINUX.  Many live CDs are free.  I would start with KNOPPIX, although that is 
a very large download (700 Meg for the CD version, more for the DVD version).  Both 
versions also come with many applications, such as Open Office, a picture viewer/editor, 
Mozzila/Firefox, etc.

http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html

Info on how to use KNOPPIX:

http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Main_Page

Other live CDs are listed at:

http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php

And, think about UBUNTU, which seems to be getting quite a following:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

By the way, if you get to like working in LINUX, most live CDs also offer an option 
to install on the hard drive, or at least copy 99% of the files to the hard drive 
for faster access.







On Saturday, December 8, 2007 at 6:55 pm, Jim Stewart wrote:

>Lexmark X1240 Color All in One only shipped with xp/vista drivers. Is there a way 

>to either convert these drivers to work in 98, or, are there any 'open source' drivers 

>available that will get it running?  I would be very grateful for any leads or suggestions 

>in relation to this. thankyou.  

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