[muglo] Re: Jaguar on an early G4
- From: Tee Cashmore <tee.cashmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:23:37 -0500
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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