My stable of old Macs running BOINC network computing projects keeps the
upstairs of my shop heated in the Winter. Fans running to cut out
wildfire air pollution are often noisier than the computers.
I've been using VueScan for 19 years. A great program. You can even do
RAW scans with it and control most photometric parameters within the
capabilities of the scanner detector.
Dave
On 2/1/25 12:40 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
On Jan 31, 2025, at 10:23 PM, David C. Jenner via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
You mean you don't have an old Mac that can do all this? I just went through
collecting old data on 3 old Mac OS X versions and Mac OS 9 on a G4 tower
that's 25 years old. It also runs an older, very expensive Nikon film scanner
that works great. Networking on this still works great, and I can send to
newer Macs/Windows as needed.
Dave
I have all my old Macs, though I don’t think the original dual 2Ghz G5 PowerMac
works. It’s a question of space and noise. It’s a lot easier to use VM’s and
emulation where possible. I don’t have room in my office for more computers,
and I’ve grown to appreciate the quietness of modern systems. Even most of my
OpenVMS systems have been migrated over to an ESXI cluster and are running
under emulation on Linux VM’s. Though I still have one VAX running 24x7. I
also find it amusing to Raspberry Pi boards for mainframe emulation.
As for your Nikon film scanner (mine finally died), take a look at VueScan, it
will run on any modern OS. My “problem” scanner is a Pakon F-135 Plus, which
only works with WinXP.
Zane
