PowerBooks w/ADB & USB . . .

was the only Mac with both.

Right, so portables - USB PCcard into yer 2400/3400, Kanga or WS, or an iMate (USB -> ADB) into _any_ post-WS 'Book's USB port.

I've got an ADB peripheral whose pedigree precludes its adaptation to anything as pedestrian as a mere PRODUCTION PB mobo!

I was under the impression that my borken 3400's PCMCIA slot wasn't up to implementing USB.

IIRC, the 2400 (not hackable IMHO, unless I get a busted one, of course!) was the first equipped with the required CardBus subsystem for USB adaptation.

Was I mistaken?

jt :?

p.s. Dr. Bunsen over at the barracks noted that even some of the later PCI 'Books retained internal ADB subsystems for operation of their TrackPads. Is this true?

p.p.s. said peripheral has the necessary keyboard/palmrest, a spherically correct pointing device and a nifty right angle adapted ADB connector cable, BTW!

p.p.p.s. "dad k?" . . . got kid?

p.p.s. said peripheral has the necessary keyboard/palmrest, a spherically correct pointing device and a nifty right angle adapted ADB connector cable, BTW!

If the goal here is to use an ADB keyboard/mouse/whatever with a "modern" Mac you might try looking for One Of These. They're discontinued but you can probably find one if you look hard enough.

Thanks, I've got a couple of them, but somehow it seems quite inappropriate for a Paladin Prototype Keyboard to be adapted to a PB Mobo, the reverse would me far more appropriate, IMHO.

Otherwise, Here's a link about using Cardbus on a 3400. Basically, the 3400 has a cardbus-compatible controller chip, but the physical sockets are only PCMCIA compliant.

Now THAT'S more like it! Shoehorning more modern technology into the old is much more along the lines of my hacking "sensibilities" (as if there were ever anything sensible about my pursuits in that area ::))

Once again, thanks for the info, eudi!

jt

Thanks, I've got a couple of them, but somehow it seems quite inappropriate for a Paladin Prototype Keyboard to be adapted to a PB Mobo, the reverse would me far more appropriate, IMHO.

Somehow I'm not sure I grok the distinction, but whatever works for you. You could just as easily say that by using an iMate you're *adapting* USB to work with the keyboard.

Now THAT'S more like it! Shoehorning more modern technology into the old is much more along the lines of my hacking "sensibilities" (as if there were ever anything sensible about my pursuits in that area ::))

I'll admit I'm curious as to what you're intending to do here, but I suppose it'll wait until you post pictures of the finished product.

I see you're not following the inevitable parallel thread over at the barracks, so:

This "ADB peripheral" wouldn't happen to be that Paladin keyboard would it? ;)

HEH! You betcha! Adapting some young whippersnapper of a PB to royalty of peripheraldom seems FAAARRRRR more appropriate than the other way around, in this case, don't you agree?

Got TELCO Rack . . .
Got galvanized steel KBD drawer half finished on aluminum contraption . . .
Got platinum/beige prototype KBD/Mouse, finally liberated from storage box tower after well over 5 years . . .
Got HP USB AIO Printer, Fax, Scanner . . .
Got Ethernet & wireless on said beast, but only got USB on HP Photo Printer . . .
Got 40" Roland CammJet 60 Plotter . . .
Got software for said MONSTER requiring serial input & dedicated CPU server . . .
= HackTime! =8-O

OOPS! I forgot to mention the required ADB Dongle for running the 5K$ worth of software to drive the CAMMJet over an LPT Printer Port adapted Mac Serial feed.

All of which was given to me by a friend back in a previous lifetime!

jt

Thanks, I've got a couple of them, but somehow it seems quite inappropriate for a Paladin Prototype Keyboard to be adapted to a PB Mobo, the reverse would me far more appropriate, IMHO.

Somehow I'm not sure I grok the distinction, but whatever works for you. You could just as easily say that by using an iMate you're *adapting* USB to work with the keyboard.

Now THAT'S more like it! Shoehorning more modern technology into the old is much more along the lines of my hacking "sensibilities" (as if there were ever anything sensible about my pursuits in that area ::))

I'll admit I'm curious as to what you're intending to do here, but I suppose it'll wait until you post pictures of the finished product.

I see you're not following the inevitable parallel thread over at the barracks, so:

This "ADB peripheral" wouldn't happen to be that Paladin keyboard would it? ;)

HEH! You betcha! Adapting some young whippersnapper of a PB to royalty of peripheraldom seems FAAARRRRR more appropriate than the other way around, in this case, don't you agree?

Got TELCO Rack . . .
Got galvanized steel KBD drawer half finished on aluminum contraption . . .
Got platinum/beige prototype KBD/Mouse, finally liberated from storage box tower after well over 5 years . . .
Got HP USB AIO Printer, Fax, Scanner . . .
Got Ethernet & wireless on said beast, but only got USB on HP Photo Printer . . .
Got 40" Roland CammJet 60 Plotter . . .
Got software for said MONSTER requiring serial input & dedicated CPU server . . .
= HackTime! =8-O

OOPS! I forgot to mention the required ADB Dongle for running the 5K$ worth of software to drive the CAMMJet over an LPT Printer Port adapted Mac Serial feed.

All of which was given to me by a friend back in a previous lifetime!

Too many dongles in a chain = problems & iMate = dongle!

jt

Trash,

What's this "Barracks" you keep mentioning? Another site?

Thanks :)

Nopro, sorry about that, I no longer have a link in my sig!

http://68kmla.net/forums/

68k Macintosh Liberation Army = 68kMLA = forums = barracks

parallel thread=
http://68kmla.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=10211

jt =;-D