David Klaus wrote: > >> The problem is that Apple only supports USB 2 in OS X. They never >> released a USB driver set supporting USB 2 in classic OS (8.6 or >> 9.x). > > Please point me to any Apple document that says they support USB 2 *at > all*...this is the third or fourth time I've seen someone mention OSX > 10.2 supporting USB 2.0. I would think that they would have included > this as rather important news upon the release of 10.2... > > Every USB 2 adapter I've seen has drivers from the manufacturer, not Apple. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group
USB 1.1 vs. 2.0 was explained this way to me: 2.0 just means you have bigger gate to let more cattle through, ie; faster. IF the card is 2.0 complient, great it can handle the higher transfer rate. ANY card 2.0 complient card will utilize 1.1 if that's all the computer supports / has, it has to. As far a I know, I ditto Bruce,I don't believe apple ever made any PCI Mac to support usb 2.0 since they threw their support behind firewire - I'm sure to be corrected if I'm wrong- but certainly not any of the pci based macs discussed on this list. I'm sure apples new machines probably do support USB 2.0 and since OSX is their baby now, it's probably where the "OSX supports usb 2.0" statement comes from - although it's the machine and not the os, but why even market it if it's not apples bag anymore? Hey folks, we got FIREWIRE!, come get yours! USB 2.0 you ask? hmmm...there might be a reference to it in the manual - you can read that at home sir. You should also not have to load any special drivers for a USB card under OS 9.1 or above - they're built into the OS - however, I have had an issue where if the card was not installed at the time the OS was installed the USB driver was not installed and the OS had to be re/over installed to get the card to function properly.I've found the biggest problem with 3rd party cards is the lack of quality production - most of the time the connector pins don't line up just right and require some figeting. As far as the profile goes, I've had some register as hubs and others as seperate usb buses and others as slots - I think that profiler gets confused alot. I believe the intent of the original post was inorder to find out what USB card said list poster should go purchase. To this end, I went to comp usa and bought some generic 5 port card (4 external/1 internal) for 17 $ and it works flawless with everything I own- scanners, printers, joysticks, mice,cameras, video cameras, etc, etc. and with OS's 9.1, 9.2.2. and 10.x. I'm running one of these cards in a G3/DT, a 8600/G3, and a stock 6400/200, I even used one in a 5260/100 for awhile. The problem with marketing is that it's alot like those story problems in grade school- there's so much erroneous garbage included, that sometimes it gets hard trying to figure out just what the pertinent information actually is, if there even is any. blah, blah, blah...... -- 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
