[muglo] Re: Jaguar on an early G4

Alex wrote:

 >Ok so maybe I'm one of the few ppl hating X for this.... but I  happen 
to like my Imagewriter II and my 56k USR modem....<
So do I Alex.

>>And in my thoughts on blue&whites and the possibility of aquiring 
>>one... I was thinking the G3 port serial adapter was a good choice to 
>>keep my serial devices running... certainly cheaper than a serial pci 
>>card... but then the internal modem is lost (bc the G3 serial port 
>>thingee goes in the modem slot)... I figured I could still use an 
>>external modem... but now I'm thinking, not in OSX... bummer
>>
>>guess there's no such thing as a USB modem....
>>
Sure there is, but Terry Steeper says "avoid at all costs", can't 
remember why now.

>>
>>why did Apple drop support for serial devices? I hate hate _hate_ it....
>>
>>    
>>
>Cos, like the car companies, Apple is building in obsolescence & Americans 
>cannot believe that other people in the world can't afford the new stuff; or 
>the old for that matter.
>

>does this also hold true for G4 upgraded G3's? As in, a G3 with a G4 
>Apple ZIF? Is it the zif or the motherboard design that makes the 
>diff?
>
Don't understand the reference, was it HDs or video ???
BTW I have a B/W 400 for sale.
TTFN,
TeeC



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