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paulius

M$2 June 23, 2009 07:41 PM

Does the Griffin iMate (ADB to USB adapter) work with OS X Leopard? (And Linux/Windows, if info is found on these)

I recently fell in love with decent keyboards (stuff like the IBM Series M, Omnikey, and the Apple Extended keyboard 2).

I'm about to pick up a Griffin iMate adapter but I'm seeing mixed reports on wether or not it works on Leopard. I'd also appreciate to know if it would work under other OSes for my other computers.

Any other good ADB to USB adapters out there?

Many thanks.

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papyrus

June 24, 2009 09:37 AM

Seeing the reviews from Amazon.com, it seems that it's compatible with OS X Leopard.
http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-2001-ADB-iMate-Universal-adapter/product-reviews/B000067V8L/

One person gave negative feedback after visiting the manufacturer's website, but it seems that the manufacturer's website has not been updated to included newer OSes (see the comments of this review).

Also on the manufacturer's website, it was stated that the iMate supports Windows 98, Me, 2000 or XP. I can't find any information on Vista or Linux, but from my experience hardward that works on XP usually works well on Vista.
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http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/imate

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• Thanks. Yeah, I later found the Amazon review as well as the information on Windows.

If it works on Windows, then it probably means that it just works as any keyboard (that is, it sends the same keystroke codes as a normal keyboard does).

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