Does Jaguar support Serial or SCSI?

dxp4acu · July 25, 2002 2:59PM

I have been waiting for the day that I can get rid of OS 9 for good, so having serial and scsi support would definitely do that. I was wondering if any of you know whether it is in the new builds of Jaguar or if they are ever going to support it. My confidence in having these work on X is dwindling...

Lemon Bon Bon what?

defiant · July 25, 2002 4:42PM

have you changed your name ?

tomahawk · July 25, 2002 4:51PM

OS X supports SCSI now doesn't it? Our G4 was ordered with a SCSI card. OS X works just fine on our old G3 with a Serial keyboard, etc.

Also, doesn't the X Serve have both? I would think this means it supports them quite well.

code master · July 25, 2002 4:53PM

Is it a serial keyboard or ADB?

xaqtly · July 25, 2002 8:27PM

SCSI works fine in OS X, and in Jaguar also. I haven't tried any serial devices so I don't know if it's supported, but... OS X is supported on B&W G3 towers, and Powerbooks with serial ports so I have to assume it is supported.

jdbon · July 25, 2002 8:35PM

Well OSX supports machines with serial however serial ports do not work. ADB keyboards and mice work, however serial and ADB ports are different. The B&W G3 has an ADB port but no serial ports. Long story short OSX supports SCSI however it may not support your device, and does not support serial ports or peripherals and I strongly doubt Jaguar or any future release with add this functionality.

eugene · July 25, 2002 8:53PM

The Xserve has a DB9 serial port on the back, though I doubt that really means anything for ADB and Apple serial...

mac write · July 26, 2002 3:53AM

My Printer and Modem port work for networking in 10.1.5. I had to use my GV 33.6 modem Tuesday evening through Thursday afternoon when my ADSL was cut off without warning on Tuesday evening. the serial ports in my Beige G3 saved my life (the Beige G3 cotinues to amaze me at how it never has problems comp-ared to newer Mac's and how it preforms in Mac OS X).

dxp4acu · July 26, 2002 8:39AM

Alright! I'll go home tonight and try it. I'm excited. I'll let yall know if my modem/digital camera for serial and cd writer for scsi work. Thanks!

Zach

Not Lemon Bon Bon

keda · July 26, 2002 9:34AM

Yeah, Beige kicks ass! I have a G4/500 and Radeon in mine and do LW, psd, etc. I dont have plans to upgrade until next year. The machine is ROCK solid.

I have a SCSI CDRW, ADB Keyboard, screaming fast 56k GV modem in the modem port (no DSL or Cable in my hood

). They all work great.

I had a wonderful 9x12 Wacom tablet, but gave it to my bro (still in 9). I think I will be pushed off this machine by SW manufacturers who drop support; not by performance. My WACOM worked fine until they didn't make OSX ADB drivers. F'thrm, I want a new tablet but dont want to buy WACOM because of their Apple like upgrade policies (or is Apple Wacom like).

At work, I have a G4/500agp w/ a scsi card and drive...no problems.

gmon · July 26, 2002 5:07PM

[quote]Originally posted by Keda:

... screaming fast 56k GV modem in the modem port (no DSL or Cable in my hood

). ...

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Screaming fast 56k modem? You obviously don't have cable or DSL! ;-)

Seriously though, serial ports work fine in OSX, whoever says otherwise doesn't know what they are talking about. I used an external 56k modem on my 7600 in OSX for about half a year until I got a cable modem.

mac write · July 27, 2002 3:56AM

I am very nervious about doing the ZIFF upgrade becuase of going into unsupported mode.

That means hacking the CD to get it to install

Here are the specs on my Beige G3

MiniTower Rev A

266mhz

AV Personality Card

416MB RAM

Internal SCSI Zip

Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical

Radeon Mac:Edition 32MB DDR

Maxtor 60B 7200ROM

OrangeMicro Firewire/USB PCI

Yamaha Firewire 16x10x40 CDRW

Sony 17 200sf

Epson Stylus Color 740

All I need to do is Max out the RAM and do that CPU upgrade. I am just worried about OS X not installing becase of a third party CPU upgrade and having to hack the CD to get it to install. I will not hack the CD to install Mac OS X.[*]

[ 07-27-2002: Message edited by: Mac Write ]

obi-dun · July 31, 2002 3:41AM

The adaptec 2906 and 29160 work fine with my G4 with 10.1.5

gmon · July 31, 2002 10:37AM

[quote]Originally posted by Mac Write:

I am very nervious about doing the ZIFF upgrade becuase of going into unsupported mode.

That means hacking the CD to get it to install

Here are the specs on my Beige G3

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Why? Your Beige G3 is supported now, adding a Zif upgrade is not going to make it a different machine. It will still be a beige G3, and will still be supported.

mac write · July 31, 2002 3:12PM

Apple states CPU upgrade's NOT SUPPORTED, which means installing OS X,

I don't have the time or patients to hack the CD to get the OS to install if the installer CPU upgrades not supported.

I won't do the upgrade if I can't install the OS from the CD Apple gives me without any modification.

whisper · August 1, 2002 9:23AM

[quote]Originally posted by Mac Write:

Apple states CPU upgrade's NOT SUPPORTED, which means installing OS X,

I don't have the time or patients to hack the CD to get the OS to install if the installer CPU upgrades not supported.

I won't do the upgrade if I can't install the OS from the CD Apple gives me without any modification.<hr></blockquote>

You could just install the OS and then install the CPU upgrade. Also, I think there's at least one CPU upgrade mfc who claims that their stuff's is completely compatible with OS X, i.e. no drivers needed.

Does Jaguar support Serial or SCSI?

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