You thinking is spot on especially when there are a plethora of inexpensive used G4s that will do the job perfectly. Plus a spare computer is always nice to have around.
Mel --- On Thu, 10/16/08, aussieshepsrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: aussieshepsrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Scanner software works in 10.3 but not 10.4--how come? To: "G3-5 List" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 4:21 PM HiYa Tom, This may be a "stupid" question, but upon scanning through this thread a very straight forward solution is jumping out at me. That solution is to operate in 10.3 to use this scanner. The 'stupid' question is whether that overlooks anything seriously important to the functionality or 'safety' of Tom's hardware. I know for a fact that to choose the SCSI Scanner Tom has decided upon to undertake his Slide Scanning with means he took the Much LESS Expensive route for accomplishing it. He was able to do so because he has a SCSI capable computer. If the march of time in the OS world left the Minolta Software behind, I am of the opinion that he should go "Oh Well" and continue to use 10.3 until his scanning is done. If it's necessary to keep both 10.3 and 10.4 OS's around, it's a small inconvenience to live with -Unless- there are technical obstacles to that. Personally, I'm of the mind that if 10.4 is a requirement for Tom to be in or primarily use, get another quicksilver or a more upscale machine and dedicate one to his Film Scanning. It might also speed up his scanning a lot because he can fiddle away on one Mac while the other fiddles away on his scanning. Please Enlighten Me on any 'holes' in my thoughts on Tom's obstacles here. Knowlege is a wonderful thing. Richard On Oct 14, 10:52 pm, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a Quicksilver 1GHz DP running 10.4.11, with a SCSI card > (Adaptec 2930) in it to run a big old SCSI Minolta film scanner > (Dimage Scan Multi II). The scanner came with its proprietary Minolta > software ("Dimage Scan Utility"), which works very well, but it only > works in in 10.3.9. > > So, to use the scanner, I have to reboot back into 10.3.9 (which is on > an external hard drive), do the scans in 10.3, and then reboot into > 10.4 again to use them. This is OK, but slow and kind of a nuisance. I > sure wish I could scan film in 10.4.11. > > There are no updates on the Minolta website beyond what I have, which > is 2004 software. > > Anybody got any idea why this software will work in 10.3, but not in > 10.4, and how I might get it to work in 10.4? > > Thanks for any help! > > Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---