Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-13 Thread jsmanson
Thanks Bruce - it is working just fine on OS9, I was just seeing if there was a 'fix' to pop this thing into a window in OS-X, and it doesn't look like it is possible. National Instruments does provide a developers toolkit, so one could I guess in theory write one, but it's probably not worth the

Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-12 Thread Kris Tilford
On May 11, 2011, at 11:49 PM, jsmanson wrote: The mac is a G4 Digital Audio, I have both 9.2.2 and OS-X 10.4.11. The scanner is an Optronics Colorgetter 3 plus, using a program called Colorright Pro 2.0. I have no experience with this, but a quick web search seems to indicate the Optronics

Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-12 Thread jsmanson
The color right 2.0 software runs just fine under os 9.2.2. It will not run under classic in os x10.4.? Because the application cannot communicate with the GPIB card. There are three configurations I can try here - turn off the os9 GPIB drivers, and leave the OSX drivers on, the opposite, or the

Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-12 Thread jsmanson
And just to add to this - A National Instrument Knowlegebase acticle confirms that the GPIB card cannot be accessed from within a Classic Window in OS-X, so I know this isn't going to be striaghtforward of it can be done. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group

Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On May 11, 2011, at 9:49 PM, jsmanson wrote: Never heard of a wedge extension, but it makes sense what you're saying - is it possoible to find one or write one for GPIB? You have to write an OS 9 driver that hands off communications to the OS X driver. At this point, just get another Mac,

Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-11 Thread Dan
At 10:17 AM -0700 5/7/2011, jsmanson wrote: I have a scanning application that I want to run in Os9/Classic Mode. 6 days with no reply. Why? Because you haven't bothered to provide any concrete information. You don't mention what Mac hardware. Or PCI card. Or which vers of OS 9. Or

Re: Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-11 Thread jsmanson
Thanks Dan - Let me help with more info. The GPIB card is a national Instrument PCI-GPIB/TNT card rev K I think. The mac is a G4 Digital Audio, I have both 9.2.2 and OS-X 10.4.11. The scanner is an Optronics Colorgetter 3 plus, using a program called Colorright Pro 2.0. I'll have to dig around

Help with Mac OS9 Drivers, running in OS-X/Classic

2011-05-09 Thread jsmanson
Thought I would at least give this a try. The standard blurb about running OS9 applications in classic mode in Tiger is they will ususally work, except for scannnig applications. Right. I have a scanning application that I want to run in Os9/Classic Mode. Why? 'Cause they say it can't be done