68k Mac Peripherals Experts:
I have a pristine Mac IIci, purchased new in around 1990, used mostly for recording, editing and playback of MIDI music - via Master Tracks Pro, Encore, Edit Trax, and other programs, most of them provided by the original Passport Designs, of Half Moon Bay, CA. My very capable Opcode Systems Professional Plus MIDI interface is used, in this case, via the IIci's printer port (with network communications provided via an Asante Ethernet Nu-Bus card). Even though all capacitors on the IIci's main logic board, cache card and power supply have recently been replaced, which thus should render the computer reliable for the foreseeable future, for a number of reasons I would like to have a "hot spare" computer standing by, one capable of using the Opcode serial MIDI interface, and also - ideally - a late-model monitor that is considerably larger than the IIci's super-sharp Portrait monitor.
Considering that the handiest computer that I have readily available is a dual-processor Silver G4 (running OS 9.x), does anyone happen to know of a PCI card that incorporates two Mac Mini-DIN8 serial ports, and which would allow this G4 to reliably emulate the serial ports of the IIci? The Keyspan USB Twin Serial Adapter (Mfr# USA-28XG) would seem to fit the bill, *if* one could also obtain the software drivers for it; but so far I have been unable to find one.
(Before anyone jumps in to flame me for asking a "non-68k" question here, be advised that the "68kMLA Forum Rules" link continues to exhibit a "Fatal Error" - and so if it turns out that I am way out of bounds in trying here to get my 68k peripherals working with something other than a 68k Mac, then so be it).
Thanks!
MarkT
I have a pristine Mac IIci, purchased new in around 1990, used mostly for recording, editing and playback of MIDI music - via Master Tracks Pro, Encore, Edit Trax, and other programs, most of them provided by the original Passport Designs, of Half Moon Bay, CA. My very capable Opcode Systems Professional Plus MIDI interface is used, in this case, via the IIci's printer port (with network communications provided via an Asante Ethernet Nu-Bus card). Even though all capacitors on the IIci's main logic board, cache card and power supply have recently been replaced, which thus should render the computer reliable for the foreseeable future, for a number of reasons I would like to have a "hot spare" computer standing by, one capable of using the Opcode serial MIDI interface, and also - ideally - a late-model monitor that is considerably larger than the IIci's super-sharp Portrait monitor.
Considering that the handiest computer that I have readily available is a dual-processor Silver G4 (running OS 9.x), does anyone happen to know of a PCI card that incorporates two Mac Mini-DIN8 serial ports, and which would allow this G4 to reliably emulate the serial ports of the IIci? The Keyspan USB Twin Serial Adapter (Mfr# USA-28XG) would seem to fit the bill, *if* one could also obtain the software drivers for it; but so far I have been unable to find one.
(Before anyone jumps in to flame me for asking a "non-68k" question here, be advised that the "68kMLA Forum Rules" link continues to exhibit a "Fatal Error" - and so if it turns out that I am way out of bounds in trying here to get my 68k peripherals working with something other than a 68k Mac, then so be it).
Thanks!
MarkT