on 10/28/03 10:50 PM, John Acuff at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> But Apple does have control where the "serial port issue" was
> concerned. And they chose not to write support for the serial port
> into the OS. And this was a major issue to a lot of people. Especially
> those who had big bucks wrapped up in peripherals (laser printers,
> scanners, cameras, modems) that suddenly wouldn't work anymore. Our
> only other choice was to trash our serial stuff, buy a USB card and USB
> peripherals, and hope they had drivers for X. Look how long it took to
> get scanners that would work under X! I personally have a perfectly
> good Personal Laserwriter that was only usable on my Beige G3 by going
> into Classic and printing what I had done in X. Not exactly user
> friendly. Many of us kept hoping against hope that eventually Apple
> would "do the right thing", and add serial port support into a revision
> at some point so that we would finally be able to use our investment in
> peripherals again, but by 10.2, I knew it wasn't going to happen and
> bought a B&W and a cheap USB printer. Still, every time I look at that
> Laserwriter sitting there collecting dust, I get a frustrated feeling.
> Yes, I love Apple too, and OS X, and I would never want to have to go
> back to the PC (Winblows) world I used to live in, but this is one
> time that I really wish that Apple had done things differently. And I'm
> looking at the same thing all over again with Panther. I just finally
> get a Powerbook (Wallstreet) capable of running X, and I won't be able
> to run the latest version on it. And my Beige G3 is of course left out.
> What will it be next version? Native G4 machines only?
> Just my .02
John,
My feeling is that what you are asking is like hoping that Ford will design
a 2004 Mustang with all new engine, amenities and traction but can also use
1966 Mustang wheels and tires because you already bought them and they are
just sitting in your garage doing nothing.
Solution to the car dilemma: Ride the classic boat and take pride in it.
Solution to the computer dilemma: Ride the classic boat and take pride in
it.
Run
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