Chris, I have a Belkin USB/Firewire hub, if you are interested (Mac Mini footprint). It's in excellent condition, and only $15. Here's the product listing from Belkin:
<http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=199941> Regards, Russ Preston On Oct 17, 2007, at 5:18 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > On Oct 17, 2007, at 2:28 PM, Chris Hoffman wrote: > >> So, my first question: I have my printer and my keyboard plugged >> into the 2 available USB ports. Can I plug the printer into the >> one remaining USB port on the backside of my keyboard, freeing one >> of the USB ports on the side of my G-3? > > That will probably work. What you have to look out for is that the > ports on a keyboard generally do not supply power, so you can't > plug in anything like one of those small USB portable hard drives. > I've even had trouble plugging in some flash drives. A better > solution might be to buy a powered USB hub and plug that into one > of the ports. This would add several powered ports in the place of > one original port. The older machines only had USB 1 ports, so make > sure any hub will work with USB 1 and not just USB 2. > >> >> 2. The Apple tech said, if it were his older IMac G-3, he would >> >> install an Airport card. (He said that operation, for him, would >> be very easy.) > > It is pretty easy to install an Airport card on most machines. Some > machines also need a mounting bracket, and these are harder to find > than the cards. Before you buy a card, make sure you're getting all > the pieces you need. > >> He said I needed specifically a B Airport card, NOT a G. (An A >> card will work, but it will be slower than the B.) And the B >> Airport card must be non-Airport Extreme. He said my G-3 still >> wouldn't be as fast as the new IMac, but it would sure be a heck >> of a lot faster than with the 28.8K dial-up modem. > > There isn't much point in getting anything other than an 802.11b > card for that machine. The faster cards from Apple won't work on it > and the maximum speed on USB 1 port isn't enough to keep up with a > g or n card. > > Another possibility is to plug a wireless adaptor into your > Ethernet port . This would allow you to get g or n speed out of > that older machine. (Assuming it has a 100 Mb/s Ethernet port.) > I've used machines with Ethernet adaptors made by Belkin (I > think??), and they worked quite well. MacWireless [1] sells them > specifically for Macs, and might be easier to set up. > > [1] <http://www.macwireless.com/html/products/11g_11b_cards/ > 11gEthAdapter.php> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be October 23 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071017/e83c9943/attachment-0001.html
