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Posted by: haemogoblin on 2015-08-15 01:18:54
I'd like to get USB working on this machine. I have a USB card that works in OSX, but not 9.1. Also I tried installing the USB driver off the OS 9 disc but it says it's not compatible with my system. I extracted the extensions but it didn't work.
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2015-08-15 17:38:10
Make and model of the USB card might help. You can only use USB 1.x speeds in OS 9 even if you get a compatible card. I have a USB card in my 8500 for over a decade now, they are quite handy to have.
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Posted by: Pandamac on 2015-08-16 17:03:59
On an 8600 you could install a USB card under OS8.6
The install CD came with a USB extension installer as Apple realised that not everyone had an iMac and USB cards were coming out.
Some of the cards came with installers of their own, others didn't.
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Posted by: haemogoblin on 2015-08-17 00:14:46
Can you still get cards that will work in the older macs and give USB support?
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Posted by: Byrd on 2015-08-17 03:25:26
Look for a generic PCI USB 1.1 card on eBay that is "OHCI compliant", they all work out of the box with generic Apple USB drivers.
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Posted by: haemogoblin on 2015-08-17 16:10:45
Thanks for that! I might just swap what i have out with one that works out the box 🙂 It would make using my PCI mac a lot easier
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Posted by: Byrd on 2015-08-17 16:27:24
From my experience, any PCI USB 1.1 card will work, but it's a 50:50 success rate for PCI USB 2.0 cards (which run at USB 1.1 speeds under OS 8/9). If they don't work out of the box with Apple's generic USB drivers, they probably never will.
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