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Re: filmscanners: VueScan USB support on Mac OS
In a message dated 2/26/2001 4:28:50 PM EST, dean.shough@lmco.com writes:
> 1) Do the problem scanners (w/button polling) present the same
> problems under Windows? If not, why not?
Windows has a standard way of turning the button polling on
and off, but Mac OS doesn't.
> 2) Is FireWire next? Especially for the Mac? This would open up the
> new Nikon and various flatbed scanners.
Yes, FireWire is next. The code is structured in such a way that
adding FireWire support shouldn't take more than 100 lines of code.
> 3) Does VueScan function under MacOS X.
I don't know.
> As a native application or
> under compatibility mode?
It runs in compatibility mode.
> Are you waiting for a carbon version of cross
> platform windowing library
Yes.
> or is the problem with accessing
> SCSI/USB/FireWire under MacOS X?
Yes, this will be a problem as well. Most of
the USB routines I'm using aren't supported
on Mac OS X.
Regards,
Ed Hamrick
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