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Calling all owners of rare ADB devices!
Posted by: Tashtari on 2025-04-09 04:34:13 I can send you a MacHASP-M rather than submit to electronics recycling. If you want it, send a postal address. Thx, peter at easthope d ca Thanks for the offer! Email sent.
Posted by: Tashtari on 2025-04-09 04:34:47 If @Tashtari doesn't want or need it, I would gladly take it. I'm reversing some old mac copy protections and a MacHASP would be nice for testing and playing around. I can send it to you once I'm done with it.
Posted by: Windoze on 2025-04-09 07:37:04 I can send it to you once I'm done with it. Thanks! Just send me a PM here, when you are ready.
Posted by: paws on 2026-04-21 11:00:56 Have you ever seen a JL Cooper CS-1? It's an ADB controller specifically for early audio editing software such as ProTools and SoundEdit. Manual here: https://www.jlcooper.com/_manuals/legacy/CS-Series/CS-1_Mac_User_Manual.pdf But no software.
Posted by: Phipli on 2026-04-21 12:05:19 Have you ever seen a JL Cooper CS-1? It's an ADB controller specifically for early audio editing software such as ProTools and SoundEdit. Manual here: https://www.jlcooper.com/_manuals/legacy/CS-Series/CS-1_Mac_User_Manual.pdf But no software. View attachment 97932 View attachment 97933 I put the software on Mac Garden a while back. I'll find a link when I'm back in the house. It works without software with things like Premiere 4 if I remember. Works well with SoundDesigner II.
Posted by: paws on 2026-04-21 12:22:17 https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/jlcooper-cs-1-controller-driver Ah! Cool. I couldn't find it because I was expecting a space in JL Cooper. Have you got one? I wonder if it would be easy-ish to clone it.
Posted by: Phipli on 2026-04-21 12:29:36 https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/jlcooper-cs-1-controller-driver Ah! Cool. I couldn't find it because I was expecting a space in JL Cooper. Have you got one? I wonder if it would be easy-ish to clone it. Yeah, the search is really picky. I've owned one since around 2000. Got it with a cast of IIci based SoundDesigner II / ProTools system. I think I've talked about them with Tashtari before... It is a few years since I've looked inside one. Thinking about it, the one I have here isn't actually my original one. My dad has that. This is a boxed one I got off eBay about 6 years ago. A fun thing to do is try to find a game that works well with it 🙂
Posted by: paws on 2026-04-21 12:48:07 I don't know a whole lot about ADB, but the manual mentions "secret" codes - so to a first approximation, is it just sending a fixed code for each button, which then gets translated by the software? Because that seems... simple to redo.
Posted by: Phipli on 2026-04-21 13:02:49 @paws Looking at your manual, keep in mind that my version of the software is much older, so the manual doesn't seem to exactly match in some ways. There is 7 years difference between them. They made these things for a long time!
Posted by: bibilit on 2026-04-22 10:28:40 I have a wireless mouse, never seen any other before, working great, using two batteries in the receiver side.
Posted by: Tashtari on 2026-04-23 07:11:46 Have you ever seen a JL Cooper CS-1? It's an ADB controller specifically for early audio editing software such as ProTools and SoundEdit. I haven't! I did get my hands on a JL Cooper Media Control Station at one point and RE its protocol, but it sounds like the two are quite different animals... the Media Control Station has a mode that sends proprietary ADB commands, but mostly it seems you program it to send keystrokes or mouse movements. It sounds like the CS-1 is entirely dependent on the extension. Would definitely be interested in reverse engineering it.
Posted by: Tashtari on 2026-04-23 07:13:14 I have a wireless mouse, never seen any other before, working great, using two batteries in the receiver side. Interesting! I'd love to add that to the device list - there are some special questions that can be asked of mice, like which of the three possible protocol handlers they support. I'll message you about it shortly (been crazy busy lately...)
Posted by: paws on 2026-04-23 07:41:25 @paws Looking at your manual, keep in mind that my version of the software is much older, so the manual doesn't seem to exactly match in some ways. There is 7 years difference between them. They made these things for a long time! I'm just happy some version has been preserved. I couldn't find anything at all beyond that manual. I haven't! I did get my hands on a JL Cooper Media Control Station at one point and RE its protocol, but it sounds like the two are quite different animals... the Media Control Station has a mode that sends proprietary ADB commands, but mostly it seems you program it to send keystrokes or mouse movements. It sounds like the CS-1 is entirely dependent on the extension. Would definitely be interested in reverse engineering it. It's a bit niche, but everything deserves to be documented, doesn't it? I'll grab it if I ever find one, that's certain.
Posted by: Windoze on 2026-04-23 09:03:16 I haven't! I did get my hands on a JL Cooper Media Control Station at one point and RE its protocol, but it sounds like the two are quite different animals... the Media Control Station has a mode that sends proprietary ADB commands, but mostly it seems you program it to send keystrokes or mouse movements. It sounds like the CS-1 is entirely dependent on the extension. Would definitely be interested in reverse engineering it. I also have a CS-1 (in Black) here and I had a short look on the ADB communication before. Depending on the mode it sends keystrokes or proprietary ADB commands. So very similar to the Media Control Station.
Posted by: Tashtari on 2026-04-23 18:57:26 I also have a CS-1 (in Black) here and I had a short look on the ADB communication before. Depending on the mode it sends keystrokes or proprietary ADB commands. So very similar to the Media Control Station. Hmmm. Will have to keep an eye out for one to come up for sale...
Posted by: bibilit on 2026-04-24 03:04:49 With a Macintosh SE View attachment IMG_9625.mov
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