You thinking is spot on especially when there are a plethora of inexpensive
used G4s that will do the job perfectly. Plus a spare computer is always nice
to have around.
Mel
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, aussieshepsrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: aussieshepsrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scanner software works in 10.3 but not 10.4--how come?
To: "G3-5 List" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com>
Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 4:21 PM
HiYa Tom,
This may be a "stupid" question, but upon scanning through this
thread a very straight forward solution is jumping out at me. That
solution is to operate in 10.3 to use this scanner. The 'stupid'
question is whether that overlooks anything seriously important to the
functionality or 'safety' of Tom's hardware. I know for a fact that
to
choose the SCSI Scanner Tom has decided upon to undertake his Slide
Scanning with means he took the Much LESS Expensive route for
accomplishing it. He was able to do so because he has a SCSI capable
computer. If the march of time in the OS world left the Minolta
Software behind, I am of the opinion that he should go "Oh Well" and
continue to use 10.3 until his scanning is done. If it's necessary to
keep both 10.3 and 10.4 OS's around, it's a small inconvenience to
live with -Unless- there are technical obstacles to that. Personally,
I'm of the mind that if 10.4 is a requirement for Tom to be in or
primarily use, get another quicksilver or a more upscale machine and
dedicate one to his Film Scanning. It might also speed up his scanning
a lot because he can fiddle away on one Mac while the other fiddles
away on his scanning.
Please Enlighten Me on any 'holes' in my thoughts on Tom's
obstacles
here. Knowlege is a wonderful thing.
Richard
On Oct 14, 10:52 pm, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Quicksilver 1GHz DP running 10.4.11, with a SCSI card
> (Adaptec 2930) in it to run a big old SCSI Minolta film scanner
> (Dimage Scan Multi II). The scanner came with its proprietary Minolta
> software ("Dimage Scan Utility"), which works very well, but it
only
> works in in 10.3.9.
>
> So, to use the scanner, I have to reboot back into 10.3.9 (which is on
> an external hard drive), do the scans in 10.3, and then reboot into
> 10.4 again to use them. This is OK, but slow and kind of a nuisance. I
> sure wish I could scan film in 10.4.11.
>
> There are no updates on the Minolta website beyond what I have, which
> is 2004 software.
>
> Anybody got any idea why this software will work in 10.3, but not in
> 10.4, and how I might get it to work in 10.4?
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
> Tom
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