Richard Kenward wrote

> I believe you run a DTP92 on PC's and Macs so you are well placed to
> tell me if this is all that's needed.  From what Bob is saying it seems
> possible that an extra adapter may be needed to provide power, could you
> help to clear this up for me please?

Actually my PC vid card is not compatable w/Optical (the PC is not used much
for photographic work) but the DTP92 physically plugs in via an adaptor
which came in the box.
On the Mac,the Keyspan plugs into the usb port and gives you 2 seriel ports
as outlets, one which we use for the DTP92, other for a Wacom tablet.

In either case, power is via the normal mains adaptor socket into the DTP92
cable.

Now here is the prob.

Optical 3.7 works OK with OS 9.22 BUT Precal does not work at all! It hangs
the box.
This on a 867 DP. Earlier G4's that we have are OK with Optical 3.1 &
precal.
In OSX (yes despite what I've said I am playing with it - and still think
its crap!) the seriel DTP92 using Optical 3.7 is not recognised despite
having the latest Keyspan drivers being installed.

Colorvision tech support just quote the readme notes that came with the 3.7
software. ie so far they are crap, not even bothering to read my question
properly. 

Whing number 3 is that whilst our seriel connector A3 Wacoms work
faultlessly in OS9.2 with a keyspan usb/seriel adaptor there is no prospect
of Wacom releasing drivers to use them under OSX. Since we have 3 of them at
�400 each I'm a bit pissed off at Wacom. Seems like profiteering to me

Looks like we'll be using OS9.2 for a while - together with most of the
prepress guys who are not gonna ditch quark for the pretty interface of OSX.


Regards

Steve

Steve Climpson

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