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mbpark · 05-15-2011, 09:20 PM

Apple would like to make that go away.

However, the PowerMac G3 is the last ADB-equipped Mac you can buy (although I do have a customer who has a G5 with an ADB -> USB adapter, I think he may also use the ADB keyboard with his 24" iMac!). It also has PCI slots, and Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x flies on it. You can use a Firewire hard drive to transfer data to more modern hardware (you may have to get a Firewire and USB drive) since Mac OS 8.6 and up have FAT32 support. If you want more power without upgrading, you can drop in a 1Ghz G4 card, although they may be getting scarce as they are no longer made, and you'll have to hit eBay to find one.

I wouldn't use it for anything networked (we have 2 at work that we will not network), but if you have a good enough audio app on it, you don't need to upgrade. Why bother when it works and you don't need to network it?

BTW the only way I'd ever network one of them would involve putting Linux or OpenBSD on it.

05-15-2011, 09:20 PM	#17
mbpark Lecturer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Carmel, Indiana Posts: 761	Apple would like to make that go away. However, the PowerMac G3 is the last ADB-equipped Mac you can buy (although I do have a customer who has a G5 with an ADB -> USB adapter, I think he may also use the ADB keyboard with his 24" iMac!). It also has PCI slots, and Mac OS 8.6 or 9.x flies on it. You can use a Firewire hard drive to transfer data to more modern hardware (you may have to get a Firewire and USB drive) since Mac OS 8.6 and up have FAT32 support. If you want more power without upgrading, you can drop in a 1Ghz G4 card, although they may be getting scarce as they are no longer made, and you'll have to hit eBay to find one. I wouldn't use it for anything networked (we have 2 at work that we will not network), but if you have a good enough audio app on it, you don't need to upgrade. Why bother when it works and you don't need to network it? BTW the only way I'd ever network one of them would involve putting Linux or OpenBSD on it.