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<title>sane-devel: Re: SANE on MacOS, MacOS X ?</title>
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<h1>Re: SANE on MacOS, MacOS X ?</h1>
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<b>Rick Frank</b> (<a href="mailto:rfrank@dominionsw.com"><i>rfrank@dominionsw.com</i></a>)<br>
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<i>Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:22:06 -0400</i>
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I wasn't thinking so much a "port", but rather, support for the API, middle<br>
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ware, so to speak, so that the applications don't need to know details. The<br>
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lowest level backend code would not be the same, of course.<br>
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On 4/26/99 at 4:33 PM, <a href="mailto:a.deuring@satzbau-gmbh.de">a.deuring@satzbau-gmbh.de</a> (abel deuring) wrote:<br>
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<i>> Rick Frank wrote:</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> > I was wondering how you folks would react to some of us bringing SANE over</i><br>
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to<br>
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<i>> > the MacOS? The APIs would be as close as possible, the low level code</i><br>
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would <br>
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<i>> of</i><br>
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<i>> > course be different in the current MacOS .</i><br>
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<i>> > </i><br>
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<i>> > I confess to not knowing that much about MacOS X, and MacOS X Server. But as</i><br>
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<i>> > they are going to be somewhat unix based, perhaps the efforts in this area</i><br>
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<i>> > would have good forward migration possibilities for the future.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> To get Sane software for Macs would be great. But porting all the</i><br>
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<i>> backends</i><br>
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<i>> to MacOS versions 8.x (or older) might be quite a big task. Especially,</i><br>
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<i>> some</i><br>
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<i>> backends fork an additional process which reads the data from the</i><br>
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<i>> scanner and</i><br>
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<i>> delivers this data to the parent process. I don't know much about the</i><br>
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<i>> internals</i><br>
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<i>> of MacOS, but I guess that this kind of multitasking would be quite</i><br>
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<i>> difficult</i><br>
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<i>> to implement. Since MaxOS X is now available at least as the server</i><br>
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<i>> version, </i><br>
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<i>> and the workstation version will probably also be released in near</i><br>
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<i>> future, I</i><br>
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<i>> think that it would be not worth to put too much effort into porting the </i><br>
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<i>> backends to MaxOS 8.x.</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> On the other hand, having a frontend for the older MacOS versions, would</i><br>
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<i>> be </i><br>
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<i>> really useful (well, yes, only if the Mac is connected to a LAN where a</i><br>
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<i>> Sane</i><br>
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<i>> server is running, but that would probably be useful in many situations)</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> Abel</i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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<i>> --</i><br>
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<i>> Source code, list archive, and docs: <a href="http://www.mostang.com/sane/">http://www.mostang.com/sane/</a></i><br>
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<i>> </i><br>
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