@UnexpectedBomb,
Before you commit changes, you may wish to test your USB 2.0 hack and data transfer integrity with Intech's Integrity utility.
It will immediately tell you what's what.

dont worry, i´ve put your stuff in our hotline last week.

Once I get some time to use a computer with GitHub access, I will try the injector on a mini ROM and test.

Good news! I have just completed v1 of the Mac Mini G4 ROM with built-in USB 2.0. You can grab it using the same GitHub link above. It is essentially the exact same modified ROM from the MacOS9Lives Mini G4 installer, but with USB 2.0 added. Once you install the ROM, here's how it works:
1) Make sure your mouse and keyboard are already plugged in.
2) Launch the EHCI Activator app, which will show a window for a second and then disappear. It "grabs" any unused USB port that it finds.
3) Insert a USB 2.0 drive. You will see the special "2.0" drive icon appear once it mounts on the desktop.

Two major features that have been added since the last release:
- Multi-device mounting (up to four USB drives simultaneously) with hot-plugging (can eject and re-mount without needing a reboot)
- Hub compatibility, tested using the USB leg of a 20" aluminum Apple Cinema Display. With the display's USB leg connected, you can plug drives into the USB 2.0 hub in the back of the display and they will mount correctly, just like with on-board ports.

This is the sort of thing that I think would eventually be worthy of being included in the Mini G4 installer, once I get it to a state that doesn't require the activator app anymore. As always, I greatly appreciate anyone willing to take the time to test this stuff out and report back!

Quote from: UnexpectedBomb on August 06, 2026, 01:26:06 PM

"pushed to the repo" just means "I updated the files" haha.

For ordinary Mac users that programmers talk is not haha. Bear that in mind.
Same with GitHub. Many here still use older systems on a daily basis, OS9 including. GitHub is not accesible with anything older than High Sierra and/or proper browser.

AH... that makes sense. Thank you for pointing this out. I've been in the software dev world for so long that it seems I've become a bit insulated    And I didn't realize anything older than High Sierra can't reach GitHub. If there was an OS 9 -compatible repository, that would be amazing.

"pushed to the repo" just means "I updated the files" haha.

For ordinary Mac users that programmers talk is not haha. Bear that in mind.
Same with GitHub. Many here still use older systems on a daily basis, OS9 including. GitHub is not accesible with anything older than High Sierra and/or proper browser.

?link doesn't seem to work....

It didn’t work for me either. I clicked on the “Go to file” box, it darkened, but NO FILE.

I’ve been using several MDDs ssuccessfully  since they first appeared WITHOUT a temperature monitor.


I always found USB hard drives to be problematic, so I alswys use FireWire external hard drives. When A colleague insists on getting a large file on a USB thumbe drive, I simply reboot to OS X 10.5 to copy it.

I thought I’d try the USB 2 fix, but couldn’t get that file either.



I first came here years ago, when I dded a FireWire800 MDD and found it wouldn’t boot OS 9.. I d/l 4 different CD  images, burned them and not one would boot. Then I tried Open Firmware commands, but they still didn’t boot.

Finally a kind soul sent me a private message with two lines:

     1) Be sure your hard drive is formatted with OS 9 drivers.

     2) Just drag the System folder from one of the CDs to your OS 9
         partition and reboot  with the Option key kown.

That worked.     

"Thumb Up".... non-existent like button pressed...

Yeah... many died a horrible hell-ishly hot death, lol

Yes that github link doesn't work for me, and I'm not sure what 'pushed to the repo' means.
Thanks.

"pushed to the repo" just means "I updated the files" haha. I haven't heard of anyone else having issues with the GitHub link. What exactly do you mean by "the link doesn't work"? Can you describe what happens when you click it?

Absolutely incredible job on a tool that was ALWAYS NEEDED and MUCH APPRECIATED.

Thank you @DieHard! Means a lot. I too was shocked to find that such a temp monitor like this did not already exist after all these years, given the serious known thermal issues you mentioned. How many MDD's could Apple have saved from being cooked to death? The world may never know.

SCOPE Fusion Platform — Hardware and Software Packages

Package / feature	Luna II	PowerSampler II	Pulsar II	PowerPulsar	SCOPE/SP
HARDWARE
3-DSP hardware with I/O	+	+	o	o	o
6-DSP hardware	o	o	+	o	o
15-DSP hardware	o	o	o	+	+
I/O daughterboard	o!	o!	+	+	+
Luna ADAT Expansion	o	o	—	—	—
SyncPlate	o!	o!	o	o	+
APPLICATIONS
Main Studiotools Package	+	+	+	+	+
SCOPE Live Bar	+	+	+	+	+
Live Routing Environment	+	+	+	+	+
Ultra-Low-Latency Driverset	+	+	+	+	+
VST Sequencer Integration	+	+	+	+	+
MIXERS
Mixer Package I	o	o	+	+	+
Mixer Package II	o	o	o	o	+
RECORDING
VDAT Recording Package	o	o	o	o	+
tripleDAT Plug-In	o	o	o	o	o
EFFECTS / STUDIO TOOLS
Effects Package I	o	o	+	+	+
Effects Package II	o	o	+	+	+
Graph EQ/s	o	o	o	o	+
Vocodizer	o	o	o	o	+
PSY Q	o	o	o	o	+
MasterVerb Pro	o	o	o	o	+
OptiMaster	o	o	o	o	+
SYNTHESIZERS
Synthesizer Package I	o	o	+	+	+
Synthesizer Package II	o	o	+	+	+
Modular V2	o	o	+	+	+
Arpeg 02	o	o	o	o	+
EDS 16i	o	o	o	o	+
Poison FM	o	o	o	o	+
SB 404	o	o	o	o	+
Vectron	o	o	o	o	+
SAMPLERS
Volkszämpler	+	+	+	+	+
STS-2000P	—	+	+	+	+
STS-3000	o	+	+	+	+
STS-4000	o	+	o	o	+
STS-5000	o	+	o	o	+
CLASSIC MAC OS FROM	Luna 2.5 13 March 2001	SFP 3.1a by 13 June 2002	Pulsar 2.0 16 May 2000	Pulsar 3.0 17 September 2001	Available at launch 1 September 2000

+ = included
o = optional
! = requires additional 6- or 15-DSP hardware
— = not possible

Original CreamWare software-package grid — 11 June 2002

SCOPE Fusion Platform 3.1a for Mac — CreamWare archive

Manuals etc.

Yes that github link doesn't work for me, and I'm not sure what 'pushed to the repo' means.
Thanks.