I'm not sure which way is right but at least Micro____ updated their older versions of windows so that they were able to use alot of the newer hardware on them or made patches to make them work to some extent. I believe USB 2.0 should have support though on at least OS9 and above. Is that too much to ask just for typically just a driver?
----- Original Message ----- From: "David M. Ensteness" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PCI PowerMacs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 6:21 PM Subject: Re: USB 2.0? > Right ... Just like Quark said at one point that Apple was at fault > that they couldn't move forward, like Roxio said that Apple had cut off > CD burning info so they couldn't fix Toast 5 ... Developers have found > Apple an easy target to claim that not enough info is available ... Is > this always the case? No, Apple has done their fair of tech killing, > but come on, USB 1.x works ... USB 2.0 is built on that tech ... Apple > has stopped development for Mac OS 9, and that does mean that they will > not add functionality to it, so if a developer needs something added in > order to write their driver then Apple will not do it ... does that > mean Apple is screwing everyone? No, USB 2.0 PCI cards are software > compatible with OS X and OS X runs on all the hardware made in the last > five years, if Apple were trying to force us to buy new Macs this > wouldn't work well since while it would affect a number of Mac users it > would not be a very effective way to do it ... > > David > > On Monday, December 16, 2002, at 10:49 AM, Martin A. Totusek wrote: > > > All the vendors and developers state that APPLE has openly refused to > > provide certain pieces of information that are needed for USB 2.x > > support to function on a Power Macintosh under Mac OS 8.1 through Mac > > OS > > 9.2.2. > > > > Therefore, it certainly is quite possible for USB 2.x drivers or USB > > 2.x > > Extension and/or Control Panels to enable function under Mac OS, IF > > either APPLE's data is ever available and/or if users figure out other > > ways to do it apart from APPLE. > > > > However, APPLE again wants to force everyone to get all new machines > > and > > only run OS X, not Mac OS. > > > > -Martin Totusek > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
