On 16/10/2008, at 5:44 PM, Tom wrote:
> > OK, I can report now that I tried the fix that is detailed in the > Apple Discussion forum thread that Kris pointed me to (thanks again > Kris). This involved uninstalling the old Adapted 2930 SCSI card > driver and replacing it with the most recent driver downloaded from > the Adaptec site. > > Well, I did it, and it made a bit of difference: now the Minolta > scanning software recognizes the scanner in 10.4.11, which it never > did before, but every time I try to use it and make a scan, it > declares errors (claims the scanner is already busy) and aborts the > scan. So, it wasn't much of a gain. I'm essentially back where I was > before. > > But I can still boot back into 10.3.9 and use the Minolta software, or > I can stay in 10.4.11 and use VueScan (thanks Brian), although VueScan > is glacially slow compared to Minolta's software, and doesn't have > near the image correction options. But I can still get good scans with > it. > > So that's that, I guess. At least I can use the scanner, which is the > only way I can scan my big 6 X 6 cm. medium format slides and > negatives. This big old beast cost over $2000 new, and a newer > replacement, with a USB or FireWire interface instead of SCSI, would > cost at least that, and probably more. Cheaper film scanners can only > handle 35mm. > > Thanks for the offer to use your Minolta scanner if the lamp blows out > of mine, John. But if you've gotten thousands of scans from your > scanner, maybe I can do the same with mine, so I hope I'll never have > to take you up on your offer and buy or borrow yours or something. > Besides, you mentioned you have a few thousand more of your own slides > to scan, so your scanner will be busy for a long time. Hope the lamp > holds out! > > If you ever locate a source of replacement lamps for these Minolta > Dimage Scan Multi scanners, please let me know. My manual says it's a > "triphosphor white fluorescent lamp," but gives no brand or part > number. I have some old Polaroid Sprintscan 35mm slide scanners lying > around here, and each one of them has a spare fluorescent lamp stored > inside. I wonder, if I were to open the Minolta scanner up, would I > find an extra lamp stashed in there too? Probably not, or the manual > would have mentioned it. But if/when it the lamp burns out I'll look > there first. Would the Polaroid lamps fit the Minolta? That's another > thing I'll try when the emergency arises. > > Thanks to all who helped, I appreciate it! > > Tom G'day Tom I'm going back a few years, but high end scanners usually have light monitoring built in, so when the lamp deteriorates, they refuse to work. The lamps/tubes are usually standard daylight white emitting tubes available from any good electrical shop. It's simply too expensive to make none-standard tubes. I've had to replace a few over the years, some years ago with SCSI and usb scanners, and didn't have any problems doing so. I hope you find the situation hasn't changed. Regards Santa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
