MistahG Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 I am considering purchasing a macbook (2GHz Core 2 Duo). I am coming from a windows machine which has a US Robotics Sportster serial port modem and a Umax Astra 600p scanner. How do I get these peripherals to work with the macbook? Will they work if I get usb to serial and usb to parallel port adapters? Which ones specifically work reliably? I need to be able to send and receive faxes and scan flawlessly. Will they work thru a usb hub? I am trying to avoid purchasing new peripherals at this point. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asap18 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 http://www.keyspan.com/ for serial to usb http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/up6c/homepage.spml for parallel to usb all say they will work on a mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 It's probably easier to purchase a USB modem (which from Apple is $49) than it is to try and adapt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Other USB modems will do it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
U.C. Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Seriously th speed on a old crappy serial modem is far far better than the one provided by the newer PCI/USB card solutions. I had a unlimited Dial up connection two years back, and with a serial modem, my pings on q3 were like 100 and with a normal PCI modem were like 150-200. Also I used to get actual 8KBps dl's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Good to know, I keep my USR Robotics yet. But I use it only for dialing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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