On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:16:00 -0400 (EDT) Daniel Barowy <m...@barowy.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, J.C. Roberts wrote: > > > > Any chance you know the brand name of the upgraded processor? > > > > It's a FastMac. 1.2 GHz G4. I _think_ the model # is APP-5582. > FastMac seems to have removed most of the information for this > upgrade from their website. > > > As for the missing serial (thanks Nick), I tracked down one vendor > > who made the add-on connector used to enable the on-board serial. > > It was generally called a "gPort" (also "g3Port" and "g4Port") and > > was made by a company called Griffin Technologies. From my reading, > > it seems there were a few different versions of the add-on > > connector for the various Apple systems. I *think* some of them > > replace the internal modem (RJ11). > > Interesting, thanks for the info. Did you also happen to find out > where to actually get one of these? > Dan, The message below from Brynet was not threaded, so I'm not sure if you missed it but it has a cool link! > Hey, > > There is an interesting guide related to some guys effort at turning > his old Mac into an OpenBSD router/firewall, he mentions the G4Port, > so it may be useful. > > http://nuxx.net/wiki/Trashwall#G4Port > > That entire page is an interesting read, but that's just me.. I like > stuff like that. > > -Brynet As for buying one of these "gPort" devices, finding them for sale is not easy, and as Nick mentioned, they're not cheap (usually priced around $50 USD or so). Many of the places that sold them are currently out of stock, but it seems I found one company that has them: http://www.galaxyhp.com/Input/input_serial.html You should read the text on the page to determine if your G4 Sawtooth is an "early G4" or not. -- J.C. Roberts
