Right -- the device protocols are fixed (voltages and signals) at the
__physical__ USB connector but how to get from the running application
to the physical connector are very much up for grabs and depends on the
whim of the programmer of the chipset. When you start layering multiple
streams of an antique serial protocol (MIDI) onto the USB protocols,
things can get interesting.
My MIDI interface is MidiMan MidiSport 8∗8 and I had to go through one
firmware and several driver versions before I got good stable
performance on Windows 2000. I can only imagine someone trying to run
this from the MAC platform.
As Jason mentioned, it's only 5% different from a WinTel box but I have
been bitten more than once by much less than 5%.
I used to work at MSFT and was on the ship team for Windows 2000 so I
have seen my share of "interesting" drivers.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike Marsh
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 4:21 PM
> To: motm@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [motm] Re: MOTM-650 mac users: mac bootcamp = MS XP
> on intelmac = 650 updating from Ma
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> Exactly. Plus even though USB is a 'standard' it may be open to
> interpretation at the hardware/firmware level. In the PC world,
> manufacturers have to make sure these devices work across any vendor's
> PC. In the Mac world, Apple does what it wants.
>
> So again, time will tell.
>
> Mike
>
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Dave Halliday" <dh@...> wrote:
> >
> > I think the issue here is that Apple provides the drivers
> for its own
> > video, audio, NIC and such but nothing else.
> >
> > If you have a stand-alone MIDI interface that connects through a PCI
> > card, you may well be out of luck.
> >
> > You may also be out of luck if your MIDI interface connects
> through a
> > USB interface but the interface driver authors "got cute" and wrote
> > something that is based on WinTel hardware. There is no
> guarantee that
> > you can take a MIDI interface and plug it into the MAC and have the
> > accompanying drivers work.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: motm@yahoogroups.com [mailto:motm@yahoogroups.com] On
> > > Behalf Of Jason Proctor
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 1:59 PM
> > > To: MOTM
> > > Subject: Re: [motm] Re: MOTM-650 mac users: mac bootcamp = MS
> > > XP on intelmac = 650 updating from Mac
> > >
> > >
> > > http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20060406/tc_pcworld/125325
> > >
> > > gents, it's just windows, regardless of who makes the box.
> > >
> > >
> > > >Of course, this means you'll need to shell out the $250 or
> > > whatever for
> > > >your Windows XP license... yuckies! FOSS, people!
> > > >
> > >
> > > i'm sure that if you check your spam folder you'll find people
> > > willing to sell you a copy for less
> > >
> > > ;-)
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