Also a G4 or a G3 B&W hardly takes any space and RAM is inexpensive as are internal Hard drives.
--- On Sun, 10/19/08, 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" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 19, 2008, 3:03 PM Thanks Mel, Does anyone have any further input on my suggestion beyond what Mel had to say? Richard On Oct 16, 9:28 pm, Mel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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" <[email protected]> > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
