At 8:04 AM +0100 3/23/00, jon glass wrote:
>Here's the opposite question. Is there such a thing that will take a
>SCSI-port on a Mac, and allow a USB device to be hooked up to it?
Nope, and don't hold your breath waiting for one either. All the USB
host interface chips are PCI devices (at least that I know of), which
makes them a bit hard to interface as a SCSI device (it could be
done, but it would be too expensive to be worthwhile, and
compatability would probably suffer). Sorry.
> My
>parents bought me a scanner for Christmas (without asking) and bought me a
>USB model. I know it's a good excuse to buy an iMac or iBook, but I'm
>currently in Poland, and that's not an option. It would be much easier to
>buy a little adapter. :-) Is there such a thing? Thanks in advance.
If it's a desktop Mac you want to use it with, and it has a free PCI
slot, you could get a PCI USB card. If it's a PowerBook, and is
capable of using CardBus cards, you can get a CardBus USB card.
Tim Seufert
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