Re: Will VPC run win peripherals / hardware?

From: Michael Paine (mpaine_at_tpgi.com.au)
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:11:26 +1000

My Ricoh digital camera and "old" JVC digital video camera work well
with OS X Panther. I just plugged them in and they worked with iPhoto
and iMovie respectively.

However, a Canon scanner would not work (either with OS X or VPC6). Take
care buying a scanner as some (eg Canon) only come with Mac Classic
drivers. I eventually bought a HP scanner that came with OS X drivers
(and great CD album software). See links at
http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/aoaug/mac_osx.html#scanner

Michael Paine

Helpful Harry wrote:
> In article <3db1536.0407161958.296e4cc6@posting.google.com>,
> love4rex@yahoo.com (newcomer) wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>This is probably simple, but I didn't know who else to ask. When I
>>switched to Mac (recently) I now can't use my scanner, digital
>>camera, etc. Will getting Virtual PC allow me to run these things
>>again? Also, since I'm financially challenged (a euphamism for
>>"poor") I would be buying an older version on eBay - something in the
>>neighborhood of $20.00 or so. Does anyone have a recommendation on
>>which older version I should get? I really don't care if I have all
>>the windows offerings (such as word programs), just want to run my
>>hardware & peripherals. My mac is a G3 Powerbook Pismo laptop, 2nd
>>version, running OSx Panther. My old PC (that runs the scanner &
>>camera) was using Windows 98 SE.
>
>
> I'd check with the manufacturer's websites first. You may find there
> are Mac drivers for the scanner, camera, etc. Or even just try plugging
> them in and seeing if they work (eg. the camera may well come up on the
> Desktop as a hard drive without extra software).
>
> BUT, if any of the items requires a specific piece of PC hardware (eg.
> parallel port), then even Virtual PC won't help since it's only a
> software emulation. You might be able to find an adapter of some sort
> that will allow you to plug it into a Mac.
>
>
>
>
>
>> Also, unrelated, I was hoping to use my big LCD monitor with my
>>little mac laptop, too. It's made by Envision Peripherals, Inc.
>>Their website said I could use it on my Mac if I got the Mac plug and
>>play thing from the Mac site. (to load the driver, I assume). I
>>don't know what this means. The driver disk for the monitor just
>>works with windows, but the site said I CAN use the monitor on my Mac,
>>if I can just figure out what the plug and play thing is and how/where
>>to get it. I'm sure you can tell I'm a real rookie on such matters.
>>Please excuse my lack of knowlege. I'm one of those "older" folks who
>>was not raised on computers.
>>Thanks a million, zillion!!! :)
>
>
> Most Mac laptops these days can plug directly into a PC / VGA monitor
> and the iBooks come with the necessary adapter cable. For an older
> laptop you may need to buy the cable from Apple or second-hand. It will
> of course depend on what connections that particular monitor can
> accept.
>
>
>
> Helpful Harry
> Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

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