Re: [NTLK] eMate 300 thread

From: Till (till_k_at_gmx.net)
Date: Tue Apr 13 2004 - 12:52:52 PDT


Am 13. Apr 2004 um 21:40 Uhr schrieb josh musket:

>> Got another question here... I bought another emate and it came with
>> an
>> apple desktop bus mouse. Will these mice work with an emate?
>>
> Indeed they will not. Unless there's an unknown ADB dongle that was
> made, you can't even plug the thing in. Same thing goes for ADB
> keyboards (though you can connect the eMate to an older Mac that has an
> ADB port - basically most desktop Mac before the blue and white tower
> G3's, and a few powerbooks - of course you could get an ADB to USB
> connector and use it with a newer Mac. Any way this works throuch the
> dock and NCU).

I think this won't work either. The Newton has a serial port, but no
ADB, so connections are limited to serial (with NOS 2.1 models, you can
also use IrDA and Ethernet). Maybe what you're thinking about are
USB-to-serial-adapters like the ones from Keyspan?

Regards
Till

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