On Tuesday, September 10, 2002 8:15 AM, Alan Kim responded: "Aughenbaugh, W" wrote:
> My XLR8 (aka > Interex) Carrier Card and USB card are still humming along and probably will > be when the power supply gives out on my S900 and the universe is a cold > lump of cosmic slag the size of an electron. ------ Or until the "software" part of the device cannot be supported anymore. Whichever comes first. Most folks would run into driver incompatibilities before the hardware itself conks out. I sure hope my MachFire firewire card is useable for at least another 3-4 years. Not sure how it will behave in an OS-X environment. Alan And I respond: Well, that is a possibility. (However, I'm not sure that the OEM SW for the G3 cards is relevant for Jaguar or X. It was all written before X came on the scene.) But as our list mom wrote, "This device will likely do what it did when you bought it until it breaks." Actually, that's a paraphrase, sorry for butchering your saying Dan. The G3 cards are all pretty much in the same boat as far as that goes (Mac OS X compatibility.) I don't have X installed on that S900, but I have a friend that does have X happily running on his S900 with the XLR8 carrier card and a 360 mHz OWC G3. As far as Mac OS X compatibility is concerned, if it weren't for Ryan, Will, and others, that would not be a concern of this group. I am just now beginning to test Jaguar on an S900 with a Sonnet G4 450. So far I have managed to trash the (successful) install twice trying to get various SCSI removable drives working, and expect to trash it a few more times. I have an internal MO (Fujitsu), a SyQuest SyJet (another company that is out of business), and an external 1GB JAZ drive that I intend to use with Jaguar. So far, the MO is working. (Oh, and of course Umax is out of the Clone Business, as are Motorola and what's their name.) I am also attempting to get various USB printers working, also pre X. Lets face it, the bulk of this group is addicted to pain and suffering. And determined to squeeze the last drop of performance and utility out of what was for many of us a significant chunk of change, to procure these beasties. (Not every one on the list bought their Umax on eBay for $20. I both my first one at full price and even my second one was bought when Umax still had their clone license. -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
