Mon, Jan 05, 2009
Chapter 8

The Expanding Digital World

Connectivity
Peripherals, personal digital assistants, other computers, and accessibility hardware and software
Multimedia
Telephony, digital audio, digital video, and amateur (ham) radio
Macs at Work
Bar-code readers, point-of-sale software, data acquisition and measurement, GPS, home automation, and home security
Table 8-1. USB and FireWire Adapters
Description
Entrega Mac products, USB to Mac serial ports and 4-port USB PCI card
Griffin Technology iMate USB to ADB adapter
Inside Out Networks USB to Mac serial ports
KeySpan USB to serial adapter, USB PCI card
Macally USB input devices, USB PCI card
Belkin USB PCI card
XLR8 USB PCI card
ADS Technologies USB PCI card
Ariston USB PCI card, USB to SCSI adapter
Second Wave USB to SCSI adapter
Newer Technology uSCSI USB to SCSI adapter
Adaptec USB to SCSI adapter, and PCI to SCSI/FireWire
Apple's FireWire Kit, PCI to FireWire
Orange Micro's HotLink, PCI to FireWire card
Table 8-2. Mac Accessibility Resources
Description
Apple's Disability Resources page
Center for Applied Special Technology. Web site has links to many accessibility resources.
Macintosh Disability Shareware and Freeware page by Scott Norris
Pure-Mac disability software page
TRACE Center at the University of Wisconsin
Virtual Assistive Technology Center's Mac page
Table 8-3 Mac-PDA Connectivity Resources
Description
3Com Palm Computing
Macintosh page
Consultant, commercial personal information manager software from Chronos
Entrega USB to serial DB9 adapter
KeySpan USB to PDA adapter cable
Mac/Pilot info from strout.net
"Mac's Best Friend," August 1998 MacWorld article by David Pogue
Palmac
PalmCentral
PalmGear HQ
PalmPilot: The Ultimate Guide, by David Pogue
PilotMac site
Visor handheld devices, from
Handspring, Inc.
Table 8-4. Windows CE Options for the Mac
Description
USB to PDA cable from Entrega
USB to PDA cable from Keyspan
WinCE to Mac cable from PDA Concepts
Windows CE Web ring
XIN/XOUT III cable and software from Reudo
Table 8-5. Newton Resources
Description
Apple's support info for Newton products
Arizona Mac User Group's Newton page
LandWare software for Newtons, including X-Port connectivity software
Lightyear Media, software for Web-based Newton Personal Data Sharing
MacDownload for Newton applications
NewtInTouch
Newton Connection Utilities guide
Newton OS 1
The Newton Source
Planet Newton
Table 8-6. Mac Peer-to-Peer Networking
Description
Apple TIL article on peer-to-peer Ethernet connection
Peer-to-peer networking tips from MacWindows
Star Gate by Kevin Raner