Hey Russ
Okay, I guess that's one of things I need. Thank you. I'll contact you
and set up arrangements for getting it from you. So, with the hub, now
(I think!), I can connect the USB adaptor. So I'm on my way to having a
faster/wireless G-3.
Thanks.
Chris
On 17 Oct 2007, at 17:53, R. D. Preston wrote:
> 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>
>>
>>
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