Hardware Developer Documentation: (USB Devices)

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Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a high-speed serial bus used to communicate with human interface devices such as the Apple USB keyboard and mouse; low-bandwidth devices such as printers, scanners, modems, and mass-storage devices; and USB gaming devices, such as joysticks.


	Mac OS USB DDK InputSprocket SDK v 1.4 Technotes Q&As Sample Code Technology Index Additional Links


		There is no Inside Macintosh documentation for USB devices. Information about developing USB device drivers for the Mac OS is available in the Mac OS USB DDK and the Mac OS USB DDK API Reference. Apple Game Sprockets InputSprocket technology supports USB gaming devices, such as joysticks and gamepads. Documentation that describes how to write an InputSprocket library for game devices is available in the InputSprocket SDK v1.4.