Serial port for G4

#1 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 - 07:47 68kMLA

In one of the cases I picked up, was a Stealth Serial port. It goes were the

modem jack is and where the modem sits on the motherboard.

#2 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 - 07:57 68kMLA

Yea, those are pretty cool. Problem is I have no use for a serial port so if I bought one for my G4 it would pretty much go unused. An ADB port however would be very useful.

#3 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 - 20:24 68kMLA

They're good those, I've been kind of wanting to get one for my G4 for a wee while now but I don't really have any use for it since I have other Macs with built-in serial.

#4 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 - 08:19 68kMLA

Which model is it for? I have one that doesn't suit my Digital Audio, and I'd like to swap for one that does.

#5 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 - 08:17 68kMLA

It is for a G4 . Came in a Sawtooth

#6 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 - 09:28 68kMLA

Interested in one for a G3?

#7 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 - 09:57 68kMLA

Not really. After tasting the speed of the G4, I do not want to go back.

#8 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 - 17:05 68kMLA

I have one that came with my B&W, never really used it for anything...

#9 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 - 17:55 68kMLA

I'm looking for one to connect to older MIDI interfaces, Palms, old Macs, and other oddments. USB to serial interfaces won't cut it for Localtalk or MIDI

It will not support variants of the serial port such as:
* AppleTalk

* Geoport

* MIDI devices

* External clocking (All Laser printers and most color inkjet printers)

A quick Google indicate's that's pretty universal.

#10 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 - 18:06 68kMLA

Real computers have serial ports!

#11 Sun, 9 Mar 2008 - 18:10 68kMLA

Real computers have toggle switches!

#12 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 - 04:36 68kMLA

I have one of those on my B&W G3. It's great for syncing my Newton. Much less fiddly than a USB serial adaptor.