well, you might be able to use a usb to serial converter on one of the serial ports, though you might need an apple serial to rs232 cable (it's just wiring) as well and i'd check with the maker first. i don't have any of those adapters or i'd try it but it should work at a low speed (usb can run much faster than mac serial, but generally, it shouldn't be a problem if things are properly designed, other than the time factor). this would be somewhat painful for a scanner or camera unless you have a lot of things to do during the download, for keyboards and mice the speed difference wouldn't be a problem, for ethernet, storage, it would be painfully slow though it probably would also be ok for a modem (up to 56k any way, i.e. not a cable modem).
i do plan to build a kvm with this capability since i have usb macs and pc's and older mac's and pc's but only for keyboards and mice. unfortunately, i won't be doing that till spring if i'm lucky (disabilities and too many projects including getting a bench setup in the first place after sorting all my junk). so it's certainly theoretically possible for low speed devices. unfortunately, the way the computer industry and mass marketing work no one is interested in designing a nubus usb card, which wouldn't be that hard but there's more money to be made spending that engineering time on more current and higher demand products. it really is sad that the computer and other industries work this way, it greatly contributes to the trashing of otherwise entirely useful machines, machines that would delight people in many parts of the world, and giant landfills that we will eventually be mining for base materials. technical progress is great, but it shouldn't be confused with political or social progress both of which are far, far more important. new york city is already shipping trash out of state, a very, very poor usage of the trucks and fuel involved that could actually be doing something productive rather than desperately trying to keep an overbuilt area alive., it would be far, far more efficient for people to leave new york city and spread out, then again fewer people would help as well but humans aren't as smart about that as most mammals are, we could do with some "predators" to thin the herd. evolution is a good thing, but it's never pretty to watch, and ours will be getting pretty ugly in my lifetime i suspect. "may you live in interesting times", rumored to be an ancient curse... i don't dislike new york, never been there, but overbuilding is always a bad thing, i've watched this "progress" (aka developers getting rich) destroy some wonderful areas all because we are taught to be greedy rather than generous and still have some difficulty using those high tech birth control techniques. ;) "Marcelus G. Zalotti" wrote: > > on 08/12/2003 00:21, George Parada at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ----------- > > and it is possible to > > add USB capability using a card (probably Nubus) ? > > Forget it. There's no USB in the NuBus Room...:-) ----------------- -- 1st-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> 1st PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/1st-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archive: <http://mail.maclaunch.com/lists/1st-powermacs/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
