[Brit Ben]

Haviing read all the discussion about what is or isn't supported, I searched on Apple's website for an official list of supported hardware, but couldn't find one.

Is it possible to dump (e.g. from the kernel using something like procfs /devfs) a list of supported hardware ?

I can't use a lot of stuff, and like many people, I'd like to know EXACTLY what is supported, so I can go buy the right thing....

e.g. Yamaha CDRW SCSI device. needs SCSI. I used to use Adaptec's 1480 slim scsi Cardbus device, but no OSX drivers, okay, so I need a firewire-to-scsi convertor, but which is actually supported, and will the CD-RW work throught that support ?

Not to mention my jaz drive (scsi) external UW AV scsi disk stack....
Waaaaaaaah !!!

I just want to make it all work....

Ben.

I just wish my Olympus D460 digital camera worked in OS X. I hate having to take my camera to work and get the pictures via my Solaris box, instead of using my Mac OS X Laptop. :-(

Originally posted by Brit Ben:
<STRONG>Haviing read all the discussion about what is or isn't supported, I searched on Apple's website for an official list of supported hardware, but couldn't find one.

Is it possible to dump (e.g. from the kernel using something like procfs /devfs) a list of supported hardware ?

I can't use a lot of stuff, and like many people, I'd like to know EXACTLY what is supported, so I can go buy the right thing....

e.g. Yamaha CDRW SCSI device. needs SCSI. I used to use Adaptec's 1480 slim scsi Cardbus device, but no OSX drivers, okay, so I need a firewire-to-scsi convertor, but which is actually supported, and will the CD-RW work throught that support ?

Not to mention my jaz drive (scsi) external UW AV scsi disk stack....
Waaaaaaaah !!!

I just want to make it all work....

Ben.</STRONG>

[TheBum]

Originally posted by &lt;unregistered&gt;:
<STRONG>I just wish my Olympus D460 digital camera worked in OS X. I hate having to take my camera to work and get the pictures via my Solaris box, instead of using my Mac OS X Laptop. :-(

</STRONG>

I have a D-460Z and an iBook running OS X and I can get pictures off my camera just fine. Of course, it requires the intervention of a Microtech ZiO! SmartMedia card reader (cost me $22 + shipping at Buy.com), the Classic environment, and Fetch 3.0.3 (must be a Classic version). Any USB SmartMedia reader should work (I know the SanDisk reader does). You have to have FTP access enabled in the OS X Internet preferences for this to work.

1. Start up Fetch (Classic will start if it isn't already running).

2. Plug in the SmartMedia reader and plug the SmartMedia card into the reader. The card will mount but you won't see it in the Finder or in any OS X apps.

3. Connect to localhost (your computer's IP address) within Fetch.

4. Navigate to the folder where you want to store the pictures.

5. Press "Send File.." in Fetch with the option key held down, which brings up a dialog for batch transfers.

6. Open the card's volume ("Untitled") and drill down through the directories to your pictures.

7. Add all of the picture files to the transfer list and send them. The files will be copied into the desired folder.

8. To unmount the card, press "Send File..." within Fetch again, select the card's volume, and press "Eject".

It's a pain in the butt, but it works for me.

[Scott_H]

The tray loading iMac is unsupported.

[Richyfp]

OK, here goes....

Searching around locally gives the following intersting files:
For information on currently compatible printers:
/Library/Printers

Compatible modems:
/Library/Modem Scripts

Compatibility with CD-RW manufacturer's drives:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiscRecording.framework/Versions/A/Resources/DevicePlugIns

For web-based resources check out the following sites:
CD-RW compatibility in iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/compatibility/
MP3 compatibility in iTunes: http://www.apple.com/itunes/
Compatibility with Digital cameras: http://kbase.info.apple.com/cgi-bin/...mous&100014751 (article ID 58827)
Epson's compatibility page: http://support.epson.com/webadvice/wa0301.html
HPs compatibility page: http://www.hp.com/cposupport/printer.../bpm35001.html
and Agfa's compatibility press release: http://www.agfa.com/CDI_announcement...ouncement.html

[eevyl]

Originally posted by Scott_H:
<STRONG>The tray loading iMac is unsupported.</STRONG>

Oh my God! Scott we already know that your iMac runs Mac OS X like a crap, but, like it or not, it can already boot it up (although it seems that you really want to kick Steve's butt up)

[Brit Ben]

Originally posted by Richyfp:
<STRONG>OK, here goes....

Searching around locally gives the following intersting files:
</STRONG>

Thanks for a sane answer to some of my questions.
What I was ideally looking for was somethink akin to the hwinfo or sysinfo commands found in some UNIX implementations.

Cheers,
ben.

[Richyfp]

Oh well, I'm not heavily into UNIX, so I wouldn't know. The only command similar to sysinfo is hostinfo, which gives information about the kernel (the uname -a info) and about threads, processors and memory.

So, sorry about that, but hopefully, the above information will be useful to someone.

[Oneota]

Originally posted by Scott_H:
<STRONG>The tray loading iMac is unsupported.</STRONG>

Naw, it's supported. It's just that the support for that hardware model is (like the rest of Mac OS X 10.0.4) buggy and incomplete.