Using SCSI peripheral with PowerBook G4

I have been using an Epson Expression 636 scanner with a G3Blue and White, connecting with a SCSI cable. Now I want to use the scanner with my PowerBook G4 and I don't know how to connect the SCSI output from the scanner to my G4 which has usb and firewire input ports. Is there a special cable connection? Does it need software to format the signal properly? I don't seem to know where to get the information. Epson? Apple? a cable manufacturer? It doesn't seem right to discard an excellent working scanner just because I don't know how to connect it properly. Please let me know if you've had this problem and solved it.

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You can find a similarly priced scanner to the adapter necessary to add SCSI to your machine, and it will run faster than with such an adapter.
I'd sell the old scanner and get a USB or Firewire scanner.

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