on 10/13/03 6:25 AM, J�rg Duurkoop at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi there, > > This is OT, because it concerns a 68k question but I hope to score on > this list, anyway ... > > For scanning I'm still using my old Q840av. Since I bought a Scanmaker > III I'm having a bit of annoyance with the drivers of that thing: > > After every scan using the ScanWizard Photoshop Plug-Ins (I tried the > 68k-versions 3.0.7, 3.1.2 and 3.24) the scan module quits and starts > again. I'm selecting the ScanWizard driver in the File-menu under > Import and the option Retain scan module is on. > > When I'm using the TWAIN driver which uses the ScanWizard Plug-In the > option Retain scan module is greyed-out and again I have to restart > Scan Wizard after every scan. > > My old Umax worked much better with Photoshop but gave the ghost after > more than ten useful years ... > > What gives? This is annoying as the ScanWizard needs time to load. The > Q840av has 128 meg RAM, sys. 7.6.1, a SuperMac Thunder IIGX 1668 with > Photoshop DSP-accelleration. Photoshop has 40 meg RAM to work with and > a RAM-disk of 20 meg to scratch on ... > > Thanx for your help! > > J?rg.
Best guess would be the version prefers to work with PowerPC machines. The slowness to load's gonna be an issue with the 68040 processor. Dunno how your finances are, but there are a bunch of Power Macs out there, and Umaxes, going for little money. Maybe it's time to switch up to a faster machine. Jeff -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
