--- Darren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> S6 Must be slightly older than my S6E. The Vista name was added to the S series when they came out with the VistaScan software. > Had a look, tranfer rate is slow and after > downloading a second time, unreliable. I was able to download that huge 3.55s file at between 13-15K/second over a 56k dialup. That's incredible for a modem and especially from an FTP in Taiwan. Too bad the file is bad on the server. :( > 3.76 is a complete file unlike the 3.55s file from > the same site, I might be wrong there but it sure > looks like it only http. > Sorry basilisk wont procede with the > install, unsupported machine. not for 68k's ;) I installed the version that UMAX USA says is the one for the S6E, unfortunately Basilisk II's SCSI communication isn't up to the task of running the scanner. It got out of sync or something then tried to shove the scanner head out the end of the scanner. Didn't hurt it, I hit the power switch on the scanner real fast. ;) > I'll install each tomorrow if you'd like, my guess > is 3.55 installs some app > or something as a bonus where as 3.54 and 3.75, for > example, are updates > for the drivers. Now I'm curious. Which site did you get 3.55 from that's not a corrupt file? The 3.75 I got in two parts from umax.de is no good because some numbskull BinHexed the two parts _after_ doing something that lost their resource forks. :P No resource forks and Stuffit is too dumb to piece the archive back together. I would actually pay for a bit of shareware specifically designed to crack open SEA and multipart SIT archives that have lost their resource forks. The data is still all there and compressed but Stuffit's programmers are apparently too (words fail me) to figure out a way to "bulletproof" the extraction functions. I'd love to see RAR overtake SIT and ZIP as the archive format of choice on Mac and Win. RAR does not rely on resource forks staying intact, it has slightly better compression in most cases and it also can include recovery data in the archive to reconstrut small corrupted parts. Just one bit flipped wrong is enough to trash a SIT or ZIP beyond repair. Wouldn't bother a RAR file with the lowest level of recovery record in the archive. (But in most RAR compression apps the user must select to use the recovery record option.) > Cant help you there but transfering the file is easy > enough? > Have you looked at gimp for the pc? Yup, I tried GIMP Win32 once when my PhotoShop CD got lost for a while. The user interface is absolutely horrible! Everything is on a cascading menu off a rightclick and there's options that should be grouped together that are scattered off down different paths of the menu. I'm sure GIMP has been steadily improved since then but I just asked someone on IRC about it the other day and it still has the same @#%# user interface. I'd be happy to contribute to The GIMP by charting out the current list of menu options and functions and re-arranging them into logically associated groupings, but only if the ones working on it would change to a frigging NORMAL menu system like most other apps have. I wonder how much code in GIMP is devoted to _not_ using the built in GUI functions of every OS with a GUI for menus? :P I gave up on programming years ago because to me it was just too much like work. :P I'd love to be in a position doing software _design_ so I could do some part to try and weed out as much interface idiocy and functional funkiness as possible. Of course then I'd have to get the programmers to actually go along with that. :P I've read a ton of gripes about the Netscape 6/Mozilla interface on Bugzilla, but the #$#^$^&$ programmers steadfastly refuse to listen to how people hate their stupid changes. Currently I'm beta testing a new bit of software from a big computer peripheral company and it's a prime candidate for "The Interface Hall of Shame". http://www.iarchitect.com/mshame.htm I didn't hesitate to file scathing comments about it including that URL. ;) ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -- Mac-N-DOS is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac-N-DOS list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-n-dos.shtml> 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/mac-n-dos%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
