Tim: For mice and keyboards, forget it... use the old adb unless you wanna use USB Overdrive for some cool USB only devices.
As for hard drives, USB hard drives are useless. The ONLY reason would be to hook up a USB printer as far as I can tell. There might be some games issues, but, alas, I never have any time to play any of them. HTH... Ray --- Timothy Virkkala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got a 7500/G3 (xlr8) Mac up and running at the > local computer center; the > only Mac there, amidst many, many PCs. I have a > question about it, however. > > The previous owner had put in a USB upgrade card. > And the only thing he > plugged into it was a keyboard and mouse. > > Now, in the process of improving the performance of > the Mac, I had to do > numerous restarts and desktop rebuilds and the like. > I found the USB > keyboard to be a huge nuisance at this stage: it > wouldn't work with > extensions off. > > IS THERE ANY GOOD REASON to switch from ADB to USB > on an older Mac? > > I can't think of one. Any partisans of USB out there > who like it on these > older Macs? > > What do you do when you have to fix the o.s.? Just > never use Extensions Off? > Is there a work-around to this problem? > > Since I had to do force restarts a number of times > before I improved system > performance, Extensions Off seemed inevitable.... > and the USB keyboard and > mouse bothersome. > > > timo > > > -- > 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 ===== -- 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
