IMPORTANT NOTICE - This product is covered by NDA. Please do not discuss or share this product outside of the context of the NDA.
Mac OS USB v1.2.1d2 is a modification to USB v1.2 to provide USB Cardbus support to the PowerBook G3 series system. This software requires Mac OS System Software v8.6b4 or newer. At the present time, SSW v8.6 is still under development. Access to this release is available to qualified developers at the Apple Developer Connection (ADC) Software Seeding web page.
<http://developer.apple.com/seeding/index.html>
You must be an ADC member in order to obtain access to the Software Seed web site.
The enclosed software is for developmental purposes and will support USB Cardbus cards from some vendors, but it is not directly supported by Apple, nor is it intended for end-users. When this software is fnalized, End-user customers will be encouraged to purchase a PCI Cardbus card that includes licensed software and support.
Currently, this software is under test with cards from
ADS Technologies
Website: http://www.adstech.com
Other vendors will be listed once we have their approval to include their names in this readme.
1. remove all files with the following names from your Extensions Folder,
USB Support,
USB Device Extension,
USBCompositeDriver,
USBFamilyExpert,
USBHIDKeyboardModule,
USBHIDMouseModule,
USBHIDUniversalModule,
USBHubDriver0,
USBHubDriver1, and
USBOpenHCIDriver
2. drag copy the following files included with this package
USB Support,
USB Device Extension,
USB CardBus Enabler
to the Extensions folder.
3. Reboot your system
Developing Software for Mac OS USB v1.2.1d2
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To develop software to work with USB v1.2.1d2, obtain the USB 1.2f7 DDK. Go to the Mac OS USB Developer web page where you will find a link to download this DDK. The site address is:
<http://developer.apple.com/hardware/usb/>
Known Issues
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The following is a list of known issues with this release of the Mac OS USB v1.2.1d2.
- If you have a USB Mass Storage device connected which has a file open
by an application and you put the PowerBook to sleep, file corruption may occur.
- the CardBus cards will not work at all with any OS prior to 8.6b4
- the CardBus cards will work with USB v1.2 and OS 8.6, but only if
they are plugged into the CardBus slot at boot time. However, there are
problems with this config. Hot plugging will not work. The card will not
have the right name or Icon. Also, the card would be allowed to be
ejected with painful results.
- the USB CardBus Enabler included in this package will work with USB 1.2.
The card will have the correct name and icon. However, hot plugging
will not work reliably. If the card is in the machine at boot time with
this config, it will not be ejectable.
- hot-plugging and ejecting multiple times may cause USB to crash.
- The PowerBook G3 will lockup if CPU Power Cycling is enabled. Use the
"Advanced Settings" in the Energy Saver Control panel to turn off "Allow
Processor cycling".
Contact Information
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Mac OS USB DDK Upgrades and latest information:
Check the Developer Development Kits web page for
upgrades to the Mac OS USB DDK. The web page is
<http://developer.apple.com/sdk/>
For the latest information on Mac OS USB, check the Mac OS USB web page.
The web page is
<http://usb.apple.com>
For Bug Reports:
To ensure the appropriate data is collected, please use the Bug Reporter
to send us your bug reports. The Bug Reporter can be found at:
<http://developer.apple.com/bugreporter>
When reporting problems, please include the machine configuration,
including the vendor of the USB Cardbus card which you have tested with.
For Technical Questions:
As this product has been obtained under NDA, please do not post questions
on this product to the USB Mailing list. A future release of this readme will
indicate when this restriction is no longer required.
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technical support incidents at
dts@apple.com
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