> I was told by Larry of OWC, err... I think it was him... anyway it
was someone like that, that there are no USB-to-Firewire adapters,
and any such device would be exceedingly non-trivial, perhaps
impossible. So short of upgrading to a new Mac, if you have a
PowerMac G4, and are willing to give up sleep, you can use a PCI USB2
card. I wouldn't get a nano or vPod unless you have USB2 in some
form. I'm using a USB2 PCI card in my dual-533 Digital Audio and it
works well as long as I don't put the computer to sleep with the iPod
(or any other "mass storage device") attached - doing so will cause a
hard crash! As long as I don't sleep (the computer, that is :), it
works reliably. It works, but I definitely want to upgrade eventually
to a Mac with built-in USB2. FYI, I love the new vPod, incidentally,
and wouldn't go back to an older model.
Steve
Thanks for the reply. It's a dual G5, so no trouble with the USB 2,
I just have very unreliable device recognition issues on the USB
chains, so firewire is much more reliable. Will just have to deal.
-Lavode
Just so you know, I support Windows at work (XP SP 2, name brand
machines) and have USB mass storage problems all the time, so it is
not just a Mac issue.
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