Thanks for the tip but virus scans turn up negative. Macs are seldom
infected with viruses, I am told. All applications on my PowerMac work fine
as do *all* other Web sites. Likewise, I can reach the "sub-pages" of the
Minolta site through the Excite! search engine. Just the Minolta USA home
page does not work.
Hart Corbett
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>From: soho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: filmscanners: new problem from scanner newbie
>Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2001, 5:27 PM
>
> on 20/1/01 8:04 pm, Hart or Mary Jo Corbett at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> I don't have any comments except to say that the Minolta site has been
>> acting as though it has a virus. I've tried it a couple of times over the
>> last few weeks and only get the home page. It ties up my computer for 10 to
>> 15 minutes before one can even sign off. It's not downloading anything on
>> my Mac but I can't get to any of the other pages of the site, either. No
>> other site of any kind has ever acted like this. I recommend staying away
>> from it.
>>
>> It's been like this for a long time; if Minolta can't even repair its own
>> Web site, how trustworthy can any of its electronic products really be?
>>
>> Hart Corbett
>>
>
> Er...I think it may be you who has a virus. The site functions perfectly on
> both Mac and PC.
>
> Richard
>
>
