Using legacy hardware with my Intel iMac -- HP Scanjet 6100c

I've found myself the owner of a gently used HP Scanjet 6100c. This is a 7-8 year old scanner, but it was a top-flight model back then. I suspect it's still as good or better than many consumer-grade scanners I might buy new. I'm looking forward to setting it up.
You can probably guess what comes next: it's got a SCSI interface. There's a 25-pin connector and a big, fat SCSI-2 connector. There's also a round, nickel-sized port labeled "ADF/ACC." No clue what that does.
So, the question...is there a way for me to hook this beastie up to my iMac? Or will I be left with no option but connecting it to my lonely Ubuntu box in the basement?

Without a SCSI card there's really no way to connect the scanner to the Mac. It would be easier and cheaper to get a new USB-based scanner. You would also need software to use the scanner that's compatible with Intel Macs. This could also prove a problem given the scanner's age.
BTW, you'll need driver software for the Linux machine as well in order to use the scanner.

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Posted this in the wrong forum so re-posting here.
I play World of Warcraft and I recently upgraded to a new 17" iMac. Here are the specs -
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While I don't have an answer for your specific problem, I can say I have the same video card and WoW runs very well here without any problems (less RAM, too). I'm finding it hard to believe it's the video card when you say your XP install runs without glitches.
I'm curious if you've tried playing other 3D games on OS X without experiencing similar problems. Warcraft 3, Unreal Tournament 2004, anything.

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**Kenichi Watanabe**
*When you run PowerPC apps on an Intel Mac, a translator called Rosetta is used by the system. This will use more RAM and those apps will not run as fast as their equivalent Universal apps. However, unless your G5 was a Power Mac dual or quad core, an Intel iMac running a PowerPC app (using Rosetta) may be as fast or faster than the G5 running the same app natively.*
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*Would they harm the system?*
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Again...
*Thanks both Kenichi and Miriam!*

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