Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Wow, that on a 1.8MHz processor?! Can't wait to see how well it would do on a 1.8GHz processor. :) Actually, I have the same experience here with my WinXP machine. The only problem Im having is the scanner software doesn't work because its in the base WinXP installation. The problem is the scanner has more features than the OS can handle. The Manufacturer (UMAX) doesn't seem to want to upgrade the scanners software through MS. - -Mark On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, Gary Todoroff wrote: > My "digital darkroom" PC with Win98 was getting to be way more complex than > a PC was ever meant to be. So last month, I got a bare-bones AMD 1.8MHz PC > with Win XP, and put a 1000 BaseT card in both PC's with a simple crossover > Ethernet cable (i.e., no hub). The old PC (667Mhz processor) is now the > "server" with its 180GB of disk, and I'm keeping the new one as a dual > monitor workstation that is staying really clean and mean. I only run > Photoshop and some Internet software on it. With the fast ethernet cards, a > 50MB file loads from the old PC into Photoshop on the new PC in 12 seconds > (vs about 50 sec over 100 BaseT network cards). > > Today, while I was scanning 35mm Leica slides on the old PC with a Nikon > LS-1000, I was using the new PC to scan Hasselblad medium format with an > Epson 1200U Photo. Cool - no wasted time waiting for scans! Over my simple > network, all scans were going into the same folder on the old PC. > > So far XP is behaving very solidly and I like it, especially with the snappy > 1.8MHz processor. The two PC network was also a very economical way of > adding new equipment and not wasting any of the old gear. > > PC's should be treated like sports cars, not Mack trucks. Don't load them > down too much and they really fly. Pile on the baggage though, and they > can't make it up the hills without "overheating" or whatever happens down > deep in those poor little over-torqued circuits! > > Regards, > Gary Todoroff > Tree LUGger > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html