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Umax MagicScan 4.x Updater For PowerMac G3
Downloads Available in this download is the latest update for the MagicScan scanner software from Umax. This latest update allows you to run your MagicScan software on any new blue and white G3 PowerMac.
[June 4, 1999, 0:47]
Umax Magicscan Update
Downloads This is the latest version of the Magicscan software for use with Umax scanners. This software supports only the following models: PowerLook, PowerLook II, PowerLook III, PowerLook 2000, PowerLook 3000, Mirage II, Mirage IIse, Mirage D-16L, and...
[February 27, 2001, 2:44]
Umax Boss To Meet Jobs, Discuss Clone Plans
News David Robson, managing director of Umax's UK distribution arm IMC, said that Huang will seek clarification on Apple plans, specifically whether Apple will license Mac OS 8 under the same terms it has Mac OS 7.
[September 3, 1997, 10:48]
Umax Scanner Utility
Downloads This scanning software is for use with Umax model scanners. The utility is designed for use only with the following models: UC630, UC840, UC1200s, and UC1200SE. No other model will work with this utility.
[March 14, 1997, 3:44]
Five Years Ago: Umax Ships Fastest Ever Mac Clone
News The 200MHz PowerPC 604e-based Pulsar Pro 200 ships with 512Kb L2 cache, 16Mb RAM (expandable to 1Gb), 2.1Gb SCSI hard drive, eight-speed CD-ROM drive, 16-bit audio, integral Ethernet and Local Talk, and 128-bit graphics with 2Mb VRAM for about £3...
[August 27, 2001, 8:00]
Umax Ships Sub-£600 Mac OS Desktop
News The Taiwanese firm's Apus 2000/160 is a 160MHz PowerPC-based system with 16Mb RAM, 1.2Gb hard drive, SCSI-2, SRS sound and 1Mb video RAM. A more advanced model, the Apus 2000AV, has 32Mb RAM, 33.6kbps voice modem and ATI Xclaim VR graphics card and...
[June 26, 1997, 14:02]
Umax Stands Firm On Mac Platform
News The Apus 2000 desktop and Apus 3000 mini-tower systems are based on PowerPC 603e RISC chips ranging between 120MHz and 240MHz. An Apus 2000 with 120MHz processor, 16Mb RAM, 256Kb L2 cache, 850Mb hard drive, eight-speed CD-ROM drive, SCSI-2 bus and...
[October 10, 1996, 9:12]
Apple Accused Of Hosting Non-event
News UK distributor and Umax agent IMC has dismissed Apple's Monday announcement as a "non-event" and "peculiar" for its lack of major news. We get no input from Apple even though we are virtually Umax UK and Umax is a major Apple partner.
[November 13, 1997, 9:07]
Mac Clone Alive And Well, Says UK's IMC
News While Apple's travails and the absence of big-name PC vendors in the Mac OS market have caused some observers to question the viability of the business, Ascot, Berks.based IMC says it can't get enough of the Umax Data Systems-made units it...
[August 7, 1996, 16:18]
Quotes Of The Week, November 10-14
News Umax distributor IMC's Neil Wright on the Apple announcement. We get no input from Apple even though we are virtually Umax UK and Umax is a major Apple partner. "With our new products and our new [online] store, we're coming to get you, buddy.
[November 14, 1997, 11:13]
US Report: Mac Users Hit By Hard Drive Problems
News Mac clone maker UMAX Data Systems reported problems while testing Mac OS 8.5. While predominantly been problem-free, it has also resulted in the inexplicable loss of several hard drives," according to the UMAX posting.
[October 27, 1998, 12:33]
Nuggets: A Trio Of UK Notebooks
News UK company Umax has launched its ActionBook range of notebooks. Actiontastic The first three in the range all weigh under 3kg and come with an internal 56K modem. The ActionBook 340T is powered by a 400MHz AMD Mobile K6-2 processor with 3D Now!
[November 1, 1999, 10:35]
Nuggets: Luvly Jubbly Cheap USB Scanners
News Umax's offering is the Astra 2000U, a 36-bit single pass scanner, with a resolution of 600x1200dpi. A couple of cheapish USB flatbed scanners for you today The VistaScan 3.5 scanner interface includes VistaAccess to add an easy access button to the...
[July 23, 1999, 11:30]
Sub-£200 Colour Flatbed Scans At 600 X 300dpi
News Umax's UK distributor is IMC. The Vista S6E can capture images at up to a "true" 600 x 300dpi resolution. Bundled software includes image editing, OCR and Web page design utilities. IMC can be contacted by telephone on 01344-872800.
[January 28, 1997, 14:58]
Comment: Will Apple Sell Direct?
News Although Umax is the only company to retain its licensing deal - this may not mean much after the company shifted towards a Wintel platform this month - Apple has shown in the past few months a strong urge to ditch many of the policies of former...
[November 7, 1997, 17:02]
Cyrix, Motorola Cook Fresh Chips
News IBM's chip is already in use in systems by Macintosh clone makers Power Computing Corp.and Umax Technology Inc. Motorola will introduce a 250MHz PowerPC 604e, sources said, and will follow that up in August with a 350MHz 604e and the first...
[June 30, 1997, 11:07]
New York - PC Expo: Show Will Reflect PC Evolution
News Umax Technologies will launch a 600-dot-per-inch, 36-bit color scanner priced below $500 (£306) sources said. Umax plans to introduce an ActionBook 300 notebook, priced below $2,000 (£1,226), sources said.
[June 15, 1998, 11:09]
Dell Founder Thinks Different About Apple
News And though Apple is keeping its Mac OS in house, that doesn't prevent the company from opening up the licensing of its operating system to other PC manufacturers, as it did in the '80s and '90s with companies like Power Computing and Umax.
[June 17, 2005, 9:45]
Palm Eyes Tiny Printer To Complement PDA
News We understand it will take a little time," said Tenny Sin, a former executive at scanner maker Umax who joined SiPix last month as vice president of sales and marketing. Handheld maker Palm has taken a stake in a company that hopes to make millions...
[January 30, 2001, 9:23]
Marc Ambasna-Jones's Diary
News I spoke to the marketing manager of Umax distributor IMC and he slammed Apple's event as "peculiar", saying that it seemed to be missing something major. The over-hyped court battle over Louise Woodward, who we shouldn't forget is a young woman...
[November 15, 1997, 7:00]
