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[B <beeline AT mindspring.com>]

OK. I'm not going to suggest that Mom put out $130 right now. I'll tell her 
that's the diagnosis, and let it go.

She says she thinks that the appropriate driver for the HP is still in the 
Mac, somewhere. Maybe it needs to go into Classic mode then maybe I can find 
the printer. I don't want to be the over-the-top cook who spoils the brew. 
(Mom has a Mac guru who's currently overwhelmed with her day job. Mom's three 
young-teen grandchildren -- not here right now -- also do things on that 
machine. All of them know more about the Macintosh than I. The upgrade to OS 
X, for example, happened recently via grandchildren. I think. It was there 
all along, Mom says, but she had to stay with v9 until recently since her 
version of MS Word wouldn't work on v10.)

Anyhow, thanks!    ~B

(BTW -- It was beautiful up here this morning, for those who like snow: 
http://bubba-skid.blogspot.com/ )


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From: Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>
Sent: Mar 12, 2005 2:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Help needed with Mac OS10.0.4 and HP 3-in-1

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My Revision B Bondi Blue iMac 233 G3 runs OS X 10.3.whatever just fine. 
It has been for quite some time now. It even worked as a server (not a 
desktop) with just 96 megs of ram.

Panther costs $129 retail for the upgrade.

~ian

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On Mar 12, 2005, at 2:25 PM, B wrote:

> About This Mac is where I got the info to begin with, so, yeah, it's 
> an old OS X. Something called "Classic" automatically runs when 
> clicking the update/installer, which (I gather) somehow puts the 
> system into OS 9x mode. But then it goes no further. (The site 
> explains that the HP updated driver also works on OS 9, so I *assumed* 
> that it was doing the infamous Mac "making it work for you" gig.)
>
> As I'm not the owner of the Mac, I hesitate to do a lot to/with this 
> system. Would an old G4 (256MB RAM) be able to run an updated OS X? 
> How much would that cost?    ~B
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Boucher <trekkie AT nomorestars.com>
> Sent: Mar 12, 2005 1:58 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Help needed with Mac OS10.0.4 and HP 
> 3-in-1
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2005, at 12:54 PM, B wrote:
>
>> Arrrugh!  I'm in WV trying to help my mother (who recently broke her
>> hip) install her hp psc 750xi printer/scanner/copier on her Mac Power
>> PC G4, recently updated to OS 10.0.4.
>
> First, let's clear this up.
>
> Do an apple menu (upper left corner) and then About This Mac.   Is the
> OS X Version really 10.0.4?
>
> If so, that's your problem.  The driver you're trying to install won't
> run on 10.0.x, probably needs at least 10.1.3 if not 10.2.x.  You're on
> .0 OS from 5 years ago maybe.   That'd be like downloading a Windows XP
> driver and being upset it won't install in Windows 98.
>
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