Umax Astra 1220U in Mavericks?

Is it possible to continue to use a Umax Astra 1220U scanner in OS 10.9?
The scanner is a hand-me-down.  If it came with software, the software would have been obsolete long ago.
For years now I have been using Mattias Ellert’s backends from http://www.ellert.se/twain-sane/. They used to work most of the time.
Apparently these backends do not work with 10.9.  The latest editions of VueScan and Image Capture report that they cannot find the scanner.
The VueScan website (http://www.hamrick.com/vuescan/vuescan.htm#umax) does not list the Astra 1220U as one of the scanner that VueScan supports.
I did find an old webpage (http://umax1220u-sane.sourceforge.net) containing many SANE drivers for the Astra 1220U.  I downloaded the folder.  One of the files therein is entitled, “UmaxAstra1220u.”   Information reports that it is a “Document.”   I don’t know if that document will do any good and, if so, where to put it.
I do not really need to replace the scanner otherwise; it works well enough for my purposes.
Does anyone have any ideas for how to get a Umax Astra 1220U going in 10.9?
TIA

Since my previous posting, Mr. Ellert has published new backends.  The current version is 3.2.  I downloaded and installed his files, but my computer still won't see the Astra 1220U scanner.  
I found somewhere online an instruction to add the scanner in the "Printer & Scanner" System Preference.  But my System Preferences does not see the scanner.
In contrast the SANE System Preference does seem to show the driver installed:
Does anyone have any ideas on how to get this scanner to talk to my computer?
TIA

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