Most USB 2.0 devices are "backward compatible" with older USB ports.
Of course they run more slowly. (A lot sometimes.)
I don't know MACs at all but on PCs a USB 2.0 card is a
very simple $20.00 upgrade.

Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Smekal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 9:09 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: *ist DS interface
> 
> 
> According to the specifications on the Pentax website, the *ist 
> DS needs an
> USB 2.0 port. If that's correct I couldn't connect it to my almost 2 year
> old iMac, which has USB 1.5.8 ports. In that case I would have to 
> buy a new
> computer too, when buying the *ist DS. What a splendid digital world!
> Or have I got it wrong?
> 
> Peter, Sweden
> 
> 

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