Re: [WinMac] Re: No, because it's because MY ass is on theline[WAS:Don't you ever get enough of this? (was: Email Choices)]

John C. Welch(jwelch[at]aer.com)
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:14:32 -0500

Yah, I had forgotten about that one. However, at least they are still
thinking about it. Actually, I think all fans of USB should be very
grateful to the iMac, because it has driven USB development like nothing
else. Win98 never even came close, due to the refusal of hardware manf..
to actually come out with USB devices other than joysticks and the
occasional keyboard.

FUN FACT: If your BIOS doesn't have USB support, DON'T use a USB
kybd/mouse with win95/98, unless you have a ps/2 or serial copy as a
backup. It seems that Win9X doesn't load the USB drivers in safe mode...

Jon

"Daniel L. Schwartz" wrote:
>
> Dear John,
>
> One minor problem with the APC (not APS, the disk drive distributor) PowerChute software: It doesn't recognize (as of last Friday) the USB port... Remember, the serial ports were killed off with the blue & white G3 Macs.
>
> Below is the quoted correspondence from APC:
>
> -----------
> >>>>
>
> X-Lotus-FromDomain: APCC
> From: MBONENFA@apcc.com
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 10:08:48 -0500
> Subject: CASE: 1217514
>
> Dear Daniel,
>
> Thank you for your continued interest in APC products.
>
> APC recognizes the customer demand for a UPS which can be attached to an
> Apple computer via the USB port, as
> well as, software for gracefully shutting down the Apple computer in the
> event of a power failure. However, our
> solution, PowerChute for Macintosh, currently functions with APC UPSs which
> have a serial port. As always,
> any APC UPS can be used with any Apple Macintosh computer to provide
> back-up power in the event of a power
> disturbance
>
> If you have any further questions or comments, please visit us on the web
> at http://support.apcc.com.
> For prompt assistance, please contact our Web Support at
> http://support.apcc.com or contact our Technical
> Support at 1-800-800-4272, Case ID #: 1217514
>
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> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> Michael Bonenfant
> Network Enhancements Division
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> ** Created by webuser on 3/17/99 @ 3:58 PM **
> Are you planning to have Apple OS-X and/or MacOS 8.5.1 - compatible
> software for the USB (Universal Serial Bus) version of the BackUps Pro? The
> reason for this is that the blue & white G3 minitower Macs and AppleShare
> Servers released in January do NOT have any (RS-422) serial ports... Unlike
> any previous tower or desktop Macs, all they have is USB (like the iMac).
>
> Thank you!
>
> Daniel L. Schwartz
>
> <<<<
> -----------
>
> At 12:08 PM 3/23/99 -0500, John Welch wrote:
> >Um, you can get APS mac software for it's power supplies, so when the
> >batteries run out, it shuts down gracefully. Simple Secondly, I have a
> >G3/300 server, and all of it's SCSI is supplied by an Adaptec 3940 dual
> >channel card, because the onboard SCSI blows chunks. Besides, I've seen
> >firewire do things that scsi can't touch, and this is on hardware I can
> >buy NOW!
> >
> >john
> >
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