On 17 Oct 2012, at 22:18 , Jean-Christophe Helary <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> On Oct 18, 2012, at 10:18 AM, Charles Dyer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Zoom and US Robotics make USB modems which might work. I don't know, I >>>> haven't tried them. >>>> Other than that, you need to get hold of a MFD which has fax capability. >>>> Brother, Epson, and HP all make units with that ability. >>> >>> I want to get rid of the machines. Not add an extra one :-) >> >> Sorry. It looks as though you won't have a choice. > > Can I know why technically ? Do you have pointers ? The old drivers are 32 bit. Apple has excised all 32 bit stuff from the OS. They would have to write completely new drivers. This is unlikely; Apple appears to think that they no longer need to support anyone who still needs dial-up or faxing. > >>> Is there any technical reason why I'd need an MFD ? >> >> Because Apple doesn't have drivers for their USB modem which work with OS X >> 10.7 or later. And at this late date I suspect that they will not be >> producing any. > > Ok, Apple modem aside, there are a number of USB modems on the market that > seem to work with Mountain Lion. Yes. I mentioned Zoom and US Robotics. They have produced 64 bit drivers. > (A discussion on Apple support lists also mentions an Apple support guy who > suggests that Apple may update the driver to 64 bits). Don't hold your breath. > >> The old drivers will not work. It's dead. > > Charles, software doesn't "die". It will not work in OS X 10.7 or later. It will not even install. It's dead. > > After reading a bit about it, it looks like the driver does not work because > Mountain Lion only accepts 64 bits code and the driver is a 32 bits program. That's why it's dead. > > > Jean-Christophe Helary > ---------------------------------------- > fun: http://mac4translators.blogspot.com > work: http://www.doublet.jp (ja/en > fr) > tweets: http://twitter.com/brandelune > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
