[filmscanners] Re: Scan Dual IV vs. Scan Dual II

["Carlisle Landel" <clandel@adelphia.net>]

Brad,

My pleasure!

I only know enough Unix to be dangerous...but I *do* know macs!

8*)

Carlisle


>Carlisle,
>
>Thanks for amplifying my answer, yours is so much clearer and sensible.  I
>recognize that I was assuming that everyone knows Unix to some degree, even
>though I also know that isn't true.
>
>Brad
>>  Berry,
>>
>>  To amplify Brad's answer:
>>
>>  When you first set up your Mac under OSX, you create accounts that
>>  will have various levels of administrative privileges. That way you
>>  can set up your machine for multiple users, and everybody gets their
>>  own directory space for storing files, etc., and you can limit what
>>  some of the users (for example, your child, friend, co-worker, etc.)
>>  can get to and do.  At least one of the users has administrative
>>  privileges, that is, can add and delete files and applications at
>>  will.  So, if you set up your machine with an account for you and
>>  your kid, and you fixed it so that your kid had limited privileges,
>>  then only you could load the software, not your kid.
>>
>>  With regards to native vs non-native, what this means is that if you
>>  have some OS9 software that use with plugins for the scanner, then
>>  although that software will run in OSX, the plugins won't.  You will
>>  have to upgrade to the OSX version of the software to run the plugins.
>>
>>  Have a great evening!
>>
>>  Carlisle
>>
>>  At 10:46 AM -0700 9/14/04, Brad Davis wrote:
>>>  Berry,,
>>>  OS X is basically a Unix system, I'm sure you've heard that.  #3 just means
>>>  that you have to have full privileges on the system - the administrator
>>>  privileges.  When you go to OS X you will find that there are differing
>>>  levels of privileges which define what you can do and administrator is the
>>>  only one who can install software.
>>>
>>>  #4 just means that the program controlling plug-in must have been written
>>>  for OS X.  There were programs that were cobbled together and would run
>>>  under OS X, but weren't native to the operating system.  These
>>>existed early
>>>  on for OS X, when there hadn't been time to rewrite everything to run under
>>>  OS X.  Generally, these required an added layer between the program and the
>>>  OS so that a translation could be done.  By now, most everything is native.
>>>
>>>  By the way, when you go to OS X, you will find that it will run
>>>OS 9.2 under
>>>  OS X.  This is so you can run legacy programs. I found that it worked, but
>>>  was not satisfactory (and you can't use the Minolta plug-in with say
>>>  Photoshop running under 9.1, for instance).
>>>
>>>  With OS X, you get a chance to learn UNIX, if you so choose, or not, there
>>>  is not real need.
>>>
>>>  Good luck,
>>>
>>>  Brad
>>>
>>>>   I notice on the Minolta compatibility chart, the following footnotes
>>>>   regarding use of the Scan Dual IV with Mac OS-X:
>>>>
>>>>   *3:You must be logged on as an administrator to complete the driver
>  >>>  installation.
>  >>>  *4:The Mac OS X plug-in cannot be used with applications that
>are not OS X
>  >>>  native.
>  >>>
>  >>>  Since it is stated that various versions of OS-X are compatible, *4 is a
>>>>   little puzzling.  *3 is a mystery to me.
>>>>
>>>>   My main question is whether SD-IV works fine with OS-X 3.x, or are there
>>>>   some issues.
>>>>
>>>>   (I am still using OS 9.1 on a G4, but am considering upgrading
>>>>the OS or to
>>>>   G5.)
>>>>
>>>>   Berry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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