[gepepa]

I have a chance to exchange my Epson 600 for an 800 but am told it has a USB connection....what do I have to buy to connect it to my rather ancient Performa?

[seanyepez]

It should still come with a parallel port, but Macs can't use parallel.

If it had a (LocalTalk-type) serial port, you would be able to connect to it, but there is no way for your machine to support USB. It's too slow to support it.

[Cipher13]

No it isn't... there may be a PCI USB card there for it. But USB sucks.

Get an older model, say, a 740, which has USB, Parallel, AND Localtalk

[Camelot]

Originally posted by Cipher13:
<STRONG>No it isn't... there may be a PCI USB card there for it. But USB sucks.
</STRONG>

OK, Cipher doesn't know what he's talking about. USB doesn't suck. And, despite what sean says, your machine is certainly capable of supporting USB

You can get PCI-based USB cards for around $30 if your machine has a spare PCI slot. Without knowing the specs of your machine there's no way of knowing if you can fit it or not.

[Cipher13]

Originally posted by Camelot:
<STRONG>

OK, Cipher doesn't know what he's talking about. USB doesn't suck. And, despite what sean says, your machine is certainly capable of supporting USB

You can get PCI-based USB cards for around $30 if your machine has a spare PCI slot. Without knowing the specs of your machine there's no way of knowing if you can fit it or not.</STRONG>

Uh... yes, it does suck... architecturally...

That, and the OS9 USB drivers suck.

Yes? Yes.

The fact that you say I don't know what I'm talking about, then disagree with Sean (hence agreeing with me...)... well... heh. I'll leave that for you...

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ANYWAY.......

If your Performa does have a PCI clot for a USB card then you also have to make sure you are running AT LEAST 8.6
All USB cards need to have that min OS to run the drivers.