[DuoList][NDC] USB board for Power Mac 7200??

Richard Bennet richbennetlaf at sbcglobal.net
Sat Jan 1 08:28:16 PST 2005


Hi - USB support began with OS 8.6. In a PCI mac,
that's no problem.
rich
--- Ken Gillett <ken at ukgb.net> wrote:

> Any PCI Mac ought to be upgradable in this manner,
> but is it not the 
> case that OS8 doesn't support USB and that you need
> OS9?
> 
> Also, IIRC you cannot boot from an HD connected to
> an add-on card.
> 
> 
> On 1 Jan 2005, at 03:44, Richard Bennet wrote:
> 
> > Hi - Many basic USB pci cards will work in a mac.
> Just
> > one example is Siig. I have used them. mac
> autodetects
> > the usb port at boot - if it doesn't you can
> download
> > a mac driver from the Siig website.
> > Rich
> > --- Edwin Morrow <morrow.edwin at sympatico.ca>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Sorry for the no Duo content.  Just have a quick
> >> question that I'm sure someone will have
> >> an answer for, and don't want to join another
> list
> >> for just one question.
> >>
> >> I want to get an external HD to save a lot of
> pics
> >> and MP3s to.  I want to know if I can
> >> get a board with a USB port for my old Power
> >> Macintosh 7200/75, running OS 8.6 ??  Anyone
> >> know of such a board and what I should pay??
> >>
> >> Thanks much in advance and sorry again for the
> lack
> >> of Duo content.  Oh, I did manage to
> >> get my 230 back together, so that's a little duo
> >> content. :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Ken  G i l l e t t
> 
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