In a message dated 3/24/05 2:24:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>In the past I have purchased on eBay new, cheap, no-name USB 1, USB 
>2.0, and Firewire cards that worked flawlessly right out of the box.
>
>Well, I guess the one flaw or exception is the USB 2.0 card w/ NEC 
>chipset won't let an OS 9 system start from any drive on a controller 
>card (Ultratek ATA or Adaptec 29160) without locking it. The same 
>card in my 8500 or Beige DT  where no controllers are used, ie. OS 9 
>boots fine from onboard ATA or SCSI , the USB 2.0 card just doesn't 
>work, as it shouldn't.
>
>Anybody find a fairly inexpensive combo card that gets along with 
>controller cards, especially those mentioned here,  when you want to 
>boot into OS 9?

Shouldn't a usb 2 card work at usb 1 or 1.1 speeds under OS9.2.x
in the case where you are able to boot or am I missing something?

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