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UMAX scanner and OSX?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Edmonton, Canada
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Hey,
Does anybody know if UMAX will be supporting it's legacy scanners for OSX? I have a UMAX Astra 610s which is attached to my beige G3 though SCSI. If I can't get the scanner working, I don't think I'm going to be moving to OSX.
The Macho Man
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2000
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Did you ask UMAX? The more emails they get the more they'll move on it.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: dark side of the moon
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they probably will.... though their products suck. after my astra 1220u, it is safe to say i will never support them again. epson, hp, anyone but them
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Vancouver B.C.
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my mom got the iMac DV SE last April, I cama week later set it up, installed the Umax Astro 2000 scanner driver 3.5.1, and the computer was complety un bootable. I thought it was 9.0.4 byt suspeced the scanner. oh it got me 2 times in 2 days. this reqired a complete reformat and renstall. AND I AM AN EXPEREINCED USER!!!!!
What Apple needs to requre and hardware venders should do, is have the latest drives on APple software update. just plug in, and the drivers will be downloaded.
I can't even think how many iMac's are in the city dump cuase of these kind of problem when a vender puts drivers on the cd that kill the computer.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Canada
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Originally posted by Mac Write:
my mom got the iMac DV SE last April, I cama week later set it up, installed the Umax Astro 2000 scanner driver 3.5.1, and the computer was complety un bootable. I thought it was 9.0.4 byt suspeced the scanner. oh it got me 2 times in 2 days. this reqired a complete reformat and renstall. AND I AM AN EXPEREINCED USER!!!!!
What Apple needs to requre and hardware venders should do, is have the latest drives on APple software update. just plug in, and the drivers will be downloaded.
I can't even think how many iMac's are in the city dump cuase of these kind of problem when a vender puts drivers on the cd that kill the computer.
The iMac was not completely unbootable. I had the same problem on an iMac. I turned off the UMAX extensions, downloaded and installed a newer version and the problem was solved.
I wish I knew who these people were that threw their iMacs into the city dumps so I could persuade one person to buy a Cube and then give it to me when he couldn't find the power switch.
However, your point of providing drivers via Software Update is valid and would be quite useful. I'd like to see that implemented.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Perth, WA, Australia
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I use a 1220S on my G4 and I've never had a problem with it or the software... Vistascan is damn ugly but it works perfectly. I personally hope we get some OSX drivers.
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Edmonton, Canada
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So, I e-mailed UMAX, and this is what they said:
<quote>
Thank you for your email,
UMAX Imaging Products and Macintosh OS X
We are sorry, but UMAX Technical Support has been given no information as to
the support of UMAX Imaging Products on Macintosh OS X. Also, UMAX
Technical Support has not been given any timeframe for when information will
be available about support for Macintosh OS X. Any future information about
support of new operating systems will be posted on the UMAX website, www.umax.com.
</quote>
-The Macho Man
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