Re: filmscanners: New to Viewscan/Ed Hamrick

[Gilbert Plantinga <gilplant@earthlink.net>]

on 9/5/01 7:59 PM, Barbara & Martin Greene at martbarb@earthlink.net wrote:

> Ed
> 
> I just downloaded a trial version.  Am hoping it will help to get less
> softening of images when using ICE.  I am running a Nikon LS 4000, using a
> 400 Mhz Mac G4 through a Firewire connection.  My download consisted of
> 71.sit and 712.sit, which opened as Vuescan folders Vuescan and Vuescan 2.
> I installed the program but can not figure out how to open a help folder or
> how to get an image into Vuescan.  Both the Preview and Scan screens are
> blank.  Am I supposed to open "Vuescan.dat."  When I try to, I am told,
> "This document is too large to be opened in Simple Text."  If I try to open
> it though Appleworks, it changes  to 'html.'  Under Devices>  there is no
> choice other than "scan from disk," which I have no idea what that means.
> Under that is "File Name," which I have no idea of what to do with.  How do
> I proceed?
> 
> Martin

Ed informed me the other day that VS only supports Firewire scanners under
OS X 10.1 (which should be out soon). Our System 9.x won't work.

Gilbert