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Serial port for G4
Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-02-21 23:47:10
In one of the cases I picked up, was a Stealth Serial port. It goes were the

modem jack is and where the modem sits on the motherboard.

Posted by: Torbar on 2008-02-21 23:57:56
Yea, those are pretty cool. Problem is I have no use for a serial port so if I bought one for my G4 it would pretty much go unused. An ADB port however would be very useful.

Posted by: MacMan on 2008-02-22 12:24:35
They're good those, I've been kind of wanting to get one for my G4 for a wee while now but I don't really have any use for it since I have other Macs with built-in serial.

Posted by: Bunsen on 2008-02-23 00:19:27
Which model is it for? I have one that doesn't suit my Digital Audio, and I'd like to swap for one that does.

Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-03-09 00:17:25
It is for a G4 . Came in a Sawtooth

Posted by: Bunsen on 2008-03-09 01:28:26
Interested in one for a G3?

Posted by: Maconthemove on 2008-03-09 01:57:42
Not really. After tasting the speed of the G4, I do not want to go back.

Posted by: Patrickool93 on 2008-03-09 10:05:56
I have one that came with my B&W, never really used it for anything...

Posted by: Bunsen on 2008-03-09 10:55:29
I'm looking for one to connect to older MIDI interfaces, Palms, old Macs, and other oddments. USB to serial interfaces won't cut it for Localtalk or MIDI

It will not support variants of the serial port such as:
* AppleTalk

* Geoport

* MIDI devices

* External clocking (All Laser printers and most color inkjet printers)
A quick Google indicate's that's pretty universal.

Posted by: paws on 2008-03-09 11:06:41
Real computers have serial ports!

Posted by: Bunsen on 2008-03-09 11:10:42
Real computers have toggle switches!

Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2008-03-09 21:36:09
I have one of those on my B&W G3. It's great for syncing my Newton. Much less fiddly than a USB serial adaptor.

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