John Schweitzer wrote: > I want to first thank all of you for advising me to grab the PPc 8550/200. > I got it home and have checked it out a little and this is what I found. It > has memory (don't know how much), daughter card is installed, but no hard > drive. I managed to pick up a 4 gig to try out but now I'm faced with what > OS to use. My end goal is to add a USB 2 port pci card and that'll pretty > 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. My question is: will 9.2 support my older 8550/200? Anyone > have any ideas? > Thanks! > John > >
You'll need at least 8.6 to use Apple's 1.4.1 USB adapter software. Suppposedly you can use USB with 8.1-8.5 as well with an earlier version, but 8.6 is already being left behind so it doesn't make sense to go with an earlier OS. 9.1 is the highest OS that installs unassisted on PCI Macs. Anything higher and you'll need to use one of the third party install utilities. -+-+-+- RPM -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
