USB 2 and Firewire on a beige G3

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Harold Burton - 30 Jan 2007 17:26 GMT

I have an old beige G3 that I put a USB card into some years back. It
appears to be USB 1.0 and is slooooow. Will my G3 support USB 2.0 and,
if so, what card/manufacturer does anyone recommend? Same question with
firewire?

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Gregory Weston - 30 Jan 2007 19:24 GMT

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> I have an old beige G3 that I put a USB card into some years back. It
> appears to be USB 1.0 and is slooooow. Will my G3 support USB 2.0 and,
> if so, what card/manufacturer does anyone recommend?

Depends on whether you can find a driver to support the card you pick
for the particular OS version you have. Off the top of my head, I
believe Apple has never supported USB 2 on pre-X versions of the OS.

> Same question with firewire?

FireWire cards should absolutely be available and work. I like Sonnet as
a vendor in general. Unfortunately I have to experience with these cards
...

<http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro800.html>
<http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro400.html>

... but I've had good luck with the products I have tried and
(importantly) their support infrastructure.

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USB 2 and Firewire on a beige G3