[PLUG] Laptop issues

Bill Barry bill at billbarry.org
Sat Dec 18 01:46:51 UTC 2010


On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Denis Heidtmann
<denis.heidtmann at gmail.com>wrote:

> So, the need remains:  1) Get the scanner to operate from some operating
> system (it used to operate on win 98/me.) to prove it can still be done. 2)
> If successful, acquire an old laptop which can do 1).  Russell has an old
> desktop which may be able to establish the proof of concept.  And I suppose
> I could use a desktop, although I'd rather avoid the power and space use
> that entails.
>


You said virtualbox did not work for some reason. Was it virtualbox-ose or
virtualbox from Oracle? What was the problem? Did you give vmware a try?

Bill



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