I need a firewire or USB adaptor to control my SCSI Lacie Silverscanner III

Hi
Need some help bringing my old scanner back to life with my G5. Can anyone steer me to USB or Firewire adaptors that my be avalalble to perform that function? I know scanners are cheap, but I would like to use my old Lacie scanner if at all possible.
My system
Machine Name:Power Mac G5
Machine Model:PowerMac11,2
CPU Type:PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed:2.3 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):1 MB
Memory:2.5 GB
Bus Speed:1.15 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1
Thanks
Dan Page
Hawaii.

Hi-
Welcome to Discussions!
The only adapters I know of are the Ratoc SCSI to Firewire adapter and the Ratoc SCSI to USB adapter
I would contact the maker regarding compatibility with the Lacie scanner, as it is not on the compatibility list.

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