1. You are correct in wanting a 2 port USB card.
They are more reliable than the 4 port cards.
I advise buying a USB 1 card.
The 2.0 cards require system OS X to run.
The USB 1 cards are about $10.00.
2. You can buy OS 9.1 from
www.OtherWorldComputing.com for $50.
If you buy it elsewhere,
make sure it is a version
that will install on *ANY* Mac
3. I am pretty sure that the USB drivers
are part of sys 9.1. However,
if you use sys 8.6, you will
download USB drivers 1.4.1 from
www.apple.com
4. Sys 8.6 is perfectly OK. 9.1 is better.
USB cards work fine and dandy under OS 8.6.
>>
>>I got the PPC 8550/200 home and ...
> it
>>has memory (don't know how much), daughter card, but no
> hard
>>drive. I picked up a 4 gig to try, but ...
> what
>>OS to use? I will add a USB 2 port pci card, and that'll
>>much do it until I can afford a G3 upgrade. The reason I bring up the USB
>>card is that on the Apple knowledge site it says to download one of their
>>drivers to make the whole USB thing work, but it states I must have at
>>least os 9.2. ... will 9.2 support my older 8550/200? Anyone
>>have any ideas?
>>Thanks!
>>John
>>
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