Forgive me if this is all long known already, but this list is low-traffic enough that I thought I'd share.
Well, I bought a USB card (MacAlly) for my 2400 years ago and it's only now that I actually really tried it out, since I upgraded to an iBook before I Cardbus-enabled my 2400. All this talk of USB Audio piqued my interest. I used Mac OS 9.1. I got the Apple 1.4.1 drivers to install by using Wish I Were... to fake out being a PB G3 series, but I probably could have just used TomeViewer to pull out the extensions. With the fakeout, it installed fine. My Apple Pro Mouse immediately worked. Cool. What about my FireWire/USB Sarotech drive enclosure (which I'd always used for FireWire only)? No go, until I found a couple of extensions on Sarotech's site that made it mount. Even cooler. Finally, the Griffin iMic. Would it work? I plugged it in, and opened the Sound control panel. No "USB Audio" device for either input or output. I took a look at Apple System Profiler, and it clearly saw the iMic, and *reported that the USB Audio Driver was handling it*. So the driver very clearly chose to reject displaying the device in the Sound control panel. I guess Apple means it when they say that USB Audio is only supported with built-in USB ports. Bummer! Now, for the surprise: USB audio worked flawlessly in OS X 10.2. The device came up in the Sound system preference pane as "iMic input device" or something like that. Awesome! The mouse worked too. The drive didn't, but I didn't try to find drivers (though I don't think there were any). So if you actually use OS X on your 2400 regularly, you could actually use the iMic or other USB device for better-quality sound i/o than the line-in and headphone jacks. But not under OS 9. As for me, it's really still an OS 9 machine, though I'm always awed when I see Aqua on it. Maybe one day Ryan will get sleep working and then I might spend more time in X... Ivan. ---------- Duo/2400 List, The friendliest place on the Net! A listserv for users and fans of Mac subportables. FAQ at <http://www.themacintoshguy.com/lists/DuoListFAQ.shtml> Be sure to visit Mac2400! <http://www.sineware.com/mac2400> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Need help from a real person? Try. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------- Dr. Bott | 10/100 Ethernet for your 2400 is finally here! MPC-100 | <http://www.drbott.com/prod/mpc100.html> RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com> Midwest Mac Parts ][ <http://www.midwestmac.com> After-market parts for Macs. ][ 888-356-1104 ][ MacResQ Specials: LaCie SCSI CDR From $99! PowerBook 3400/200 Only $879! Norton AntiVirus 6 Only $19! We Stock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
