Sorry for the late reply!

Sorry for being so slow to reply guys and thanks for the advice and especially the offer of help Robbo. A couple of weeks ago I was passing ‘The Computer Shop’ and saw the Epson 3200F on special for £58.00. Seems pretty much the same spec as DH fan pointed out, anyway I picked one up and it works well enough.
The slides are not that brilliant, and I can’t remember where most of them are, it was nearly 20 years ago that I last saw them. needless to say, I will ‘share’ them with you in the near future when i get them ‘cleaned’ up!