On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 20:11:20 -0500 Martin Bullen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OS-X will recognise any PCI 802.11g card with the Broadcom chipset as > > an Airport Extreme card. I bought a Linksys, and it was > plug-and-play. > > Maybe time to move to X? Maybe -- but then the owner in question tried once and got an extremly slow/sluggish system (original comment) where her non-X applications (QuarkExpress, photoshop, indesign, acrobat (full verison), freehand,...) were close to unusable. I'm not sure what she did there -- running them in OSX was seemingly a problem as they are OS9 versions, rather recently bought. Additionally Minolta seems unable to update their scanner drivers more early then for the current OS major version -1. Neither an admittedly older flatbed (Snapscan) and a recent film scanner (Dimage) seem to have an OSX driver available. How would I get an OSX usable within that framework? A complete exchange of the hardware is out of the question (budget). As much as *I* would prefer OSX (from my Unix/linux background) I don't see how I could reasonably suggest an upgrade. The B&W still runs on 300MHz and performs quite ok in the 9.2.2 -- it collected plenty of RAM over time (2x256 + 2x128). I'm also absolutely clueless how OSX runs OS9 applications. What exactly is the classic mode ? A dual boot option? An emulation on top of a running OSX? What kind of performance should it have compared to a true 9.2.2? Could a classic emulation application use the underlying hardware drivers of OSX (Toast, scanners,...?) or where would I put the OS) drivers for scanning? Thanks for any more insights :-) K.-H. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
