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Subject: [Leica] Is my Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 just a giant paperweight now? No buy a cheap old Mac
From: mak at teleport.com (Mark Kronquist)
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 23:15:51 -0800
References: <e06e9a28-609f-482c-8ffe-8c268b47c4b1@me.com> <CEF50763.3C2CF%chris@chriscrawfordphoto.com>

FreeGeek.org and others offer a plethora of dirt cheap old Macs...I have a 
G4 dedicated to my Stylus Pro 4000 and Epson scanner...flash drives are 
cheap...moving files is easy
On Jan 9, 2014, at 11:12 PM, Chris Crawford wrote:

> Sue,
> 
> I use Vuescan Pro on my Mac to run my LS-8000ED. Works great! I use snow
> leopard still, but Nikon Scan is worthless on that system too. Vuescan
> should work fine on Mavericks.
> 
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> Chris Crawford
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> On 1/10/14 1:49 AM, "Susan Ryan" <skalte at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> I am running Mac OS X 10.8.5 and will be updating to Mavericks. I have
>> not been able to use my Nikon film scanner since my last upgrade or so
>> because Nikon hasn't put out updates in eons. Are there any workarounds
>> that anyone knows about so I can use my scanner again? If not, any
>> suggestions for donating, etc.? The thought of trashing it makes me
>> really sad.
>> 
>> Sue
>> 
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In reply to: Message from skalte at icloud.com (Susan Ryan) ([Leica] Is my Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 just a giant paperweight now?)
Message from chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford) ([Leica] Is my Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 just a giant paperweight now?)