>>Mike 1st wrote: >>If I get the Apple drivers, will this "PC" USB card work on my >>8500/G3/ OS 8.6? >> >NEC USB 2.0 Hi-Speed 5-Port PCI Adapter >>
Bruce: At 7:07 PM -0500 1/8/03, PCI PowerMacs wrote: >It will work as a USB 1 controller, but not as USB 2. The key is any >OHCI compliant card will work. Mike: > Ahh, thanks for clearing up my confusion (or lack of education) on > the matter. So basically it is a speed issue. > Is the PCI bus the limiting factor, or what? I'd guess that I can > assume I could still use any USB peripheral but that it will only > work as efficiently as the slower 1.0 standard (1 or 2 Mbps?) will > allow because of backwards compatibility? Bruce: At 8:11 PM -0500 1/8/03, Mike wrote: >It's a driver issue, plain and simple. Apple hasn't released generic USB >2.0 drivers yet. Some vendors are selling USB 2.0 cards for the Mac >(Orange Micro, Sonnet) but they're including drivers. > >Only USB devices that explicitly support USB 1.1 will work, USB 2.0-only >devices simply won't function. Those Bastards! (That was my feigned overreaction.) Well, then you just answered the question I forgot to ask. There is good reason for me to purchase a 2.0 compliant USB card, even if it is one that does not currently include mac drivers because someday... maybe soon, generic drivers should become available. You seem to also be saying that backwards compatibility from USB 2.0 to 1.1 is not generally the case for USB devices. Mike -- 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
