Catweasel on Mac OS X? (was Re: Catweasel Floppy Read/Write Tools, version 3.0)

From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
Date: Wed Dec 11 20:19:01 2002

> > > I've been contemplating getting one of the PCI catweasel cards, and the
> > > website says they will work in a Mac, but will it work under Mac OS X?

> > I talked to Jens about this, and he says driver software for OS X is in
> > the works. He has no plans to support OS 9 at this time. I don't know the
> > details about the implementation beyond that.

> Once again, the Catweasel people seemingly do not differentiate between
> the theoretical and/or hardware capabilities of the board, and what is
> CURRENTLY supported and/or has software.

This happens a lot to us in the Mac world :-/

> It COULD (theoretically) work in a Mac, but the software needed to do so
> does not exist?

That's what it seems like. Obviously I won't be buying one until the
software is available, since the most current PC I own is ISA-only (and
I like it that way).

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