1. old software - For 5-15K hardware keeping dedicated $100 2007 iMac is a non issue. No need to upgrade when it does what its supposed to do. 2. "3,000 Euro r

1. old software - For 5-15K hardware keeping dedicated $100 2007 iMac is a non issue. No need to upgrade when it does what its supposed to do. 2. "3,000 Euro repair bill" “The problem is when the FireWire port dies the only repair that is ever proven to be effective has been to replace the entire main board.” is BS from repair company. Where do they get the replacement boards from? answer is they dont, they fix it by replacing $1 component and charging for knowledge and rarity. You are paying for secret knowledge of where to hit the machine with hammer. Hasselblad neither manufactures chips nor ordered custom Firewire controller just for this very niche product. Someone like STS Telecom (https://www.ststele.com https://www.ststele.com https://www.youtube.com/@ststele/videos https://www.youtube.com/@ststele/videos) or iPad Rehab (https://www.ipadrehab.com/ https://www.ipadrehab.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@JessaJones/videos https://www.youtube.com/@JessaJones/videos) will be able to do the repair at reasonable (compared to $3K) cost without overcharging for working on rare professional photography hardware. As a bonus they will happily publish reverse engineering results so others can also repair their scanners in the future. The issue might be as trivial and simple as bad capacitors in need of a recap, this is 15 year old hardware after all.