Re: Has anyone used the Canon FS2710 film scanner with a Solarisbox?

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From: Anthony Mandic
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 00:00

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Ed Hamrick wrote:

> I could probably port VueScan to Solaris pretty easily, but VueScan
> isn't (and will never be) open source, so I'd need a loaner of a
> Solaris box to do this.  I can't justify buying one for the small
> number of people who will use film scanners on it.
> 
> I already had an old PC sitting around, so Linux/86 wasn't hard
> to do.  Buying a Mac will be expensive, but I've gotten feedback that
> 50% of all film scanner sold are used on Macs, so it's probably
> worthwhile.

	Since you have a PC, you could try for the free Solaris x86
	offer from Sun. Just check that your hardware is on the
	Hardware Compatibility List. Once ported, its a fairly
	simple matter of just recompiling for Solaris Sparc. The
	Port from Linux to Solaris shoudln't be difficult.

-am

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From: Anthony Mandic <am@_agd.nsw.gov.au>
Subject: Re: Has anyone used the Canon FS2710 film scanner with a Solarisbox?
Date: 1999/09/11
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