The National Enquirer reports at 6:47 AM -0700 5/7/04, Jeff Hubatka wrote: <snip>
>What didn't work with the card you tried? It doesn't seem like the PB recognizes the card. I get a generic PC card icon on the desktop. The System Profiler doesn't show anything about the card. Also supporting this conclusion is the fact that although the System Profiler recognizes the printer driver, it does not see the printer at all, and has "not available" for its location. Finally in 8.6 the Chooser shows the printer on the left side (i.e. it sees the driver), but will not show anything on the right side after the driver is selected (it doesn't know anything about the printer itself). All of this indicates to me that the card is the problem. It could be the cable, but it's a good quality cable and it's brand new. >I used a Buslink USB2 card in >my old Wallstreet. I had to turn off processor cycling in the energy >control panel in OS9, but other than that it worked fine with the >standard Apple extensions. I thought I could plug in the card and run with it too. I had heard that just about any old USB PC card would work. So I bought a cheap Zonet 2.0 2-port card. Their specifications say that it's supposed to work with 8.6, but nada. My PB is not set to use processor cycling or any energy saver options. But wouldn't they simply cause freezes and crashes rather than the inability to "see" the card or printer? >No issues at all in OSX, and that was with 10.1.5 and later 10.2. I'm working my way up the OS ladder. The most important step is for everything to work in OS 8.6. I don't really need OS 9.2.2 compatibility, but I have it installed if I need it. Then I'd like to be able to print in 10.2.4 when I'm using it. I'm not sure that the PC card is OS X compatible. The Zonet Tech Support (which knew next to nothing) muttered something about the difference between the 01 and 02 versions of the card being that the 02 was supposed to work with OS X. I have the 01, but I'm not convinced he had any idea of what he was talking about. The OS X System Profiler doesn't show the card either. Is there any other way I can tell if OS X at least sees the card? Thanks for your reply, Bob -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
