[MACEP] Help connecting USB Printer under 10.2 plus classic

[Bruce Scherer]

>>> Darrin_King at gbsd.gresham.k12.or.us 4/21/2005 1:24 PM >>>
That would be the joy of supporting classic.  This is a great
illustration why I think schools should replace classic applications
with OS X native applications.  Classic apps are more difficult to
support AND they are slower.  Not really a cost effective combination
IMHO.


Generally true, although one still comes across applications that
supposedly run faster in their OS 9 versions (Virtual PC and, I think,
Quark Xpress) but that's like getting sentimental over how the dodo bird
was so much cooler than a chicken in a world where only chickens are
available. The effect of supporting OS 9-only applications on machines
that no longer boot up in OS 9 resembles trying to make cake batter
while reaching through a curtain you can't quite see through or around.

Bruce Scherer
Portland Public Schools