From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 3 22:49:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA22452 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 22:49:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from radford.i-plus.net (root@Radford.i-Plus.net [206.99.237.6]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA22444 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 1997 22:49:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from abyss (pitlord@abyss.i-Plus.net [206.99.237.42]) by radford.i-plus.net (8.8.3/8.8.3) with SMTP id BAA24638; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 01:48:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199702040648.BAA24638@radford.i-plus.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Troy Settle" To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Customer_Support@LOGITECH.COM Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 02:01:45 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: "Twain compliant" scanner driver??? Reply-to: rewt@i-Plus.net Priority: normal References: <32F50656.446B9B3D@best.com> In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.52) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I've been meaning to order a new mouse, and was going to get a logitech... anyone have any alternatives? Seems Logitech doesn't care to support either of the operating systems I use (FreeBSD and NT). > On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Burton Sampley wrote: > > > Attached is a message I sent to Logitech customer support and their > > reply. Since Logitech is refusing to support their products for any OS > > other than Micro$oft, > > When did M$ come out with an OS? :) > > > Any suggestions? > > Yeah. See the cc: line. > > > Customer_Support@LOGITECH.COM wrote: > > > > > > Customer Support > > > 02/01/97 11:25 AM > > > > > > I'm running FreeBSD 2.2 -Beta Unix (based on BSD 4.4 lite from U.C. > > > Berkeley). Is a Unix driver available for the scanner board scanman 256 > > > hand held scanner? If so, which Unix is it for? Is the source code > > > avaiable for modification for my Operating System? Is a release of > > > FotoTouch available as well (and the sorce)? > > > > > > Hello Burton, > > > > > > Logitech does not support the use of its scanners in environments other > > > than DOS, Windows v3.1x or Windows 95 (depending on the model scanner > > > and the version of software being used). There are currently no plans > > > to support other platforms such as Unix, OS/2 or Windows NT. > > Since Logitech doesn't support the operating systems I use I won't > purchase any of their products even if third party support is available. > > (Not much help to you, Burton, but at least the rest of us can keep from > getting our appendages caught in the wringer.) > > > > The information necessary to create a driver for ScanMan 256 is > > > proprietary, and therefore unavailable, as is source code. > > So even if I did run M$ stuff I'd still have limited software available. > > Logitech will still do OK though, plenty of Bill's lemmings out there. > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jack O'Neill Finger jacko@diamond.xtalwind.net or > jack@xtalwind.net http://www.xtalwind.net/~jacko/pubpgp.html > #include for my PGP key. > PGP Key fingerprint = F6 C4 E6 D4 2F 15 A7 67 FD 09 E9 3C 5F CC EB CD > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- Troy Settle Network Administrator, iPlus Internet Services http://www.i-Plus.net ( Stuff I said does not reflect the company I work ) ( for unless I'm speaking on behalf of said company )