Re: OT: Macintosh SCSI Card help

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On Mar 26, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Jonathan Rose <ipaq1945@...> wrote:

Yeah, I actually have dealt with this. I'm kind of an old Mac nut.

 The short version is that there is no way to fix this bar rebooting. All of your peripherals are managed by
OSX, which includes the SCSI port, and classic mode has no access to them at all. There is no way around it
that I know of. I even have a training manual that states just just that. It is frustrating.

 You could get a freeware program like The GIMP, which is almost as good as Photoshop, and scan/import your
files with OSX, and then edit the files using Classic and photoshop. Speaking from experience, I used to
love the Classic Mac OS, but OS X is better in so many ways I almost never use it any more. The BIG advantage is
that one locked up app will never crash your system, unlike OS 9.2. You might check out the Gimp or other
similar free Linux -> Mac port and see if that will work for you.

John Graf <john@...> wrote:
 Hi all,

This is way off topic, but there seems to be a collection of knowledge 
in this group which may be able to help me. As a Tandy 100 owner, you 
know I love older technology and am a little slow to move into all the 
new stuff. But, now and again, I get forced into it here at my 
newspaper.

I'm happy to talk to the Macintosh "brains" off list at 
jgraf@..., or by phone at 608-582-2330.

So, here's the scenario:

Macintosh G4 867 MHz with 1.25GB RAM running OS 9.2.2. The Mac has a 
SCSI card installed so my flatbed scanner can be connected. The scanner 
works faithfully through that SCSI card using the Photoshop software. 
(Oh, this is a dual boot Macintosh, which means it can boot into OS 9 
or into OS X . In OS X, the machine will run OS 9 inside of OS X, or in 
Classic Mode as Apple calls it.)

I have been forced into loading OS X in order to run some new software 
my clients require and have installed version 10.3.9. All my Classic 
(OS 9) software works correctly in OS 9 running under OS X, including 
the printer interface. However, OS X doesn't see the SCSI card. 
Therefore, Photoshop can't find the scanner, which means I don't get 
much work done.

When I reboot on OS 9, the SCSI card, scanner and all, works correctly.

Now, I could spend large amounts of time rebooting back into OS 9 to 
scan pictures, then back again to do the rest of my work, or I can 
remain efficient by getting some constructive help from the collection 
of techies at Club 100. Which will it be?

Thanks.

John Graf

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