Mac OS 9 Lives

Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: supernova777 on December 03, 2013, 11:17:51 AM

Title: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: supernova777 on December 03, 2013, 11:17:51 AM
can anyone suggest a compatible mac os 9 usb pci card?
for usb 1.1 compatible
im more worried about this for usb midi devices

im not so worried about usb 2.0
but maybe someone else is?
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: supernova777 on December 08, 2013, 05:24:50 AM
(http://www.sonnettech.com/product/images/Ttrio.jpg)
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tempo_trio.html

box:
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/TEMPO-TRIO-PCI-ADAPTER-COMBO-CARD-WITH-ATA-133-FIREWIRE-AND-USB-2-0-MAC-ONLY-/00/s/MTAzNlgxNjAw/z/kdwAAOxyaqlSTIo1/$T2eC16J,!y4FI,BEhCiFBSTIo06YvQ~~60_57.JPG
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: supernova777 on December 08, 2013, 05:28:46 AM
(http://www.sonnettech.com/product/images/T20_0710.jpg)
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tango_2.html
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: supernova777 on December 08, 2013, 05:32:57 AM
(http://www.sonnettech.com/product/images/Ausb2_0710.jpg)
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro_usb2.html
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: supernova777 on December 08, 2013, 07:02:37 AM
http://www.koutech.com/proddetail.asp?linenumber=175#
i think i remember reading that these worked but i could be way wrong
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: devils_advisor on December 29, 2013, 12:09:59 PM
Quote from: chrisNova777 on December 08, 2013, 05:28:46 AM
(http://www.sonnettech.com/product/images/T20_0710.jpg)
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/tango_2.html
i got this card in my xserve but it doesnt give me full usb 2.0 speed. i only get 12mbit out of it.
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: supernova777 on December 30, 2013, 10:46:17 AM
is it NEC chipset?
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: devils_advisor on December 30, 2013, 11:10:08 AM
i have no idea and i hope i dont need to open that xserve for a while.
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: supernova777 on December 30, 2013, 12:59:07 PM
fair enough;)
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: Syntho on February 11, 2014, 03:49:15 AM
I want to use a D-Link DUB-H7 USB hub (old grey one).It says it's plug and play but I'm unsure if OS9 would respond to it.
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: Syntho on February 11, 2014, 03:54:29 AM
http://www.dlink.com/-/media/Consumer_Products/DUB/DUB%20C5AB/datasheet/DUB_C5AB_Datasheet_EN_UK.pdf

I think we're in the clear!
Title: Re: adding usb ports to mac os 9 powermac g3/g4 system
Post by: MacTron on February 11, 2014, 07:56:00 AM
Quote from: Syntho on February 11, 2014, 03:49:15 AM
I want to use a D-Link DUB-H7 USB hub (old grey one).It says it's plug and play but I'm unsure if OS9 would respond to it.
In my experience all USB1/2 hubs works well on Mac Os 9.