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Hi, my PC died somedays ago and i'm thinking in buying a Mac Mini (or Mini Mac :unsure: ), just because i always hated PC and windows vista is comming...

 

Someone have tried to upload something to the jaguar with a mac? or with a PC but ussing some USB -> Parallel converter.

 

I remember the catnip project (usb to jaguar), it's working, finished, canceled...?

 

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swap d0

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Someone have tried to upload something to the jaguar with a mac? or with a PC but ussing some USB -> Parallel converter.
If I remember well, Macs never had a parallel ports, so you can't use the normal BJL cable with them. USB-to-parallel adapters definitely don't work for BJL. PCI parallel-port cards work (at last with Windows), but I don't know if the Mac mini has PCI slots and if there are drivers.

 

I remember the catnip project (usb to jaguar), it's working, finished, canceled...?
It's basically working, not 100% finished, but usable. I even ported the code to run on Macs (a friend lent me his Macbook for a few days) and it seemed to work fine.

 

I'm now working on the JagCF, so the project has been "paused", especially since it's not useful if you already have a JagCF. But if you really don't have another solution and if we can find time (not easy ;)), maybe SCPCD and I can build one for you.

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You are right, the Macs never had a parallel port, and i'm almost sure that the mini mac don't have a internal pci slot (not enought space)

 

JagCF looks great, but i think that the catnip project is a must for modern computers if you can't buy a JagCF.

 

Anyway first I must but the computer...

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  • 3 weeks later...

If Tursi does a run of any more skunkboards you should get one of those.

 

They are USB based and work with Windows/Mac/Linux great. Gives you a better alternative to BJL for RAM based downloads, and also has 4MB of Flash ROM on it for testing ROM code.

 

 

 

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