SCSI card

#1 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 - 20:47 PPCMLA

Hello, everybody.
Would anyone tell me if an Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI card is supported by a beige desktop PowerPC G3 in order to use 68 pin drives that could be faster? If not, which adaptor could serve for that purpose?
Thank you in advance. Question

#1 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 - 03:34 68kMLA

I know it involves SSL somehow but is it that the libraries that classilla links against don't understand the encryption being used? If it is is it possible to either backport the changes or build a more recent version of the SSL library and link against it or is there something in classilla that prevents from doing so easily? I have some basic C/C++ knowledge so I am going to try and dive into it, but in pointers would be helpful thanks

#2 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 - 21:39 PPCMLA

I have an Adaptec 2940 in a 9600 which was an earlier machine than the beige G3, and it works just fine. So I would guess you would be fine using one in the G3, though you might have to find and install a driver.

#2 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 - 04:25 68kMLA

I think there have been discussions about this, and it comes down to Classilla's implementation of SSL being too old.

With enough persistence, I'm sure Classilla could be improved to include a more recent SSL implementation, but I don't know how trivial it is (ClassicHasClass would know, but he no longer seems to partake in these forums).

I hope Clasilla gets modernized with this, as it would probably make it not only more useful, but more secure (not that anybody cares about those of us using OS 9, but whatever....)

c

#3 Tue, 14 Oct 2014 - 11:34 68kMLA

Lack of support for SNI and probably algorithms. Here's a nickel, get yourself a better computer.

#3 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 - 20:54 PPCMLA

Hello, mac2geezer.
Thank you very much for your answer. I effectively suppose that getting the 2940 UW drivers for Mac could be a bit difficult, but anyway, we're warriors, aren't we?
All the best.

#4 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 - 14:15 PPCMLA

You might try this site for drivers; as I recall there are drivers for both the 2940 and 3940 there.

http://195.113.144.229/MIRRORS/ftp.adaptec.com /mac/scsi/

#4 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 - 19:11 68kMLA

personally I don't think you could buy a computer for a nickel. Unless its for free.

#5 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 - 22:08 68kMLA

How's your progress?

c

#6 Wed, 3 Dec 2014 - 03:12 68kMLA

Everything is fine again with the latest Classilla 9.3.3. After a long periode without 68kmla I can use this forum again.

#7 Thu, 4 Dec 2014 - 01:05 68kMLA

yea, it renders the mobile version really well.

#8 Fri, 5 Dec 2014 - 19:56 68kMLA

Especially if you unblock javascript (otherwise, some things don't render quite right).

It's actually kind of ironic that an older Mac with OS 9 is more secure (in some ways) than a somewhat newer Mac running an unsupported version of OS X.

c

#9 Wed, 24 Dec 2014 - 18:46 68kMLA

My mother still doesn't believe me when I say that my Windows 3.1 computer is highly unlikely to get a virus when I browse the internet with it lol.