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Sonnet Allegro USB2 Serial Network Adapter
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Does the job, and looks good too.
(5 out of 5) by Harmless Gryphon on Feb 3, 2005 (Nowhere worth mentioning)Sonnet's USB solution is a generic 32-bit PCI card that utilizes the NEC chipset, which seems to be a little more stable than some of the other manufacturers out there. Windows recognizes the card right away and has it installed and running in a matter of seconds. 4 USB ports external and one internal. The only thing that would have made this card perfect would be to have a header instead of a "A" jack for the internal connection.
If you're looking for a USB card with a the NEC chipset, and a mask color that's going to look like the picture (the royal purple of these cards looks good in a windowed case) then this is the card for you.
If you're looking for a USB card with a the NEC chipset, and a mask color that's going to look like the picture (the royal purple of these cards looks good in a windowed case) then this is the card for you.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Deep Sleep compatibility
(5 out of 5) by Scott Schuckert on Feb 26, 2008 (Quakertown, PA USA)One issue that has plagued add-in USB cards for the Macintosh for years is problems with power saving. Either the computer will not sleep, will crash on waking or sleeping, or it will lose contact with the card and attached devices. This card, when used with Mac OS 10.5.2 specifically, seems to eliminate these problems. According to email from Sonnet support, this was fixed in the 10.5 beta, broken in 10.5 and 10.5.1, and now works properly. My G5 will enter deep sleep, and wake correctly, even with a USB floppy drive connected and a disk in the drive. Will other cards now work properly? Maybe, but so far only Sonnet has actually said so in writing. I'm very happy!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Works great in my G4
(5 out of 5) by R. B. Rehm on Sep 28, 2007 (Seattle)Installed in a G4 1 gig. Basically bought it to increase tranfer speeds to my iPod -- no issues whatsoever, including sleep mode.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Sonnet Allegro USB2 Adaptor
(5 out of 5) by Bill G on Nov 10, 2008 (USA)Online ordered this PCI-card adaptor to add four USB2 ports to an old Dell Dimension c700 desktop running XP. Desktop only had original USB1x. Card dropped right in to a spare PCI slot, was found by XP, and worked right away. Remember, be sure the card is seated all the way into the slot, which can require the application of a grunting level of pressure until the pins seat. You'll feel it and see it when they go in all the way.
Later, used a port on this card for a Linksys USB2 wireless adaptor that also worked fine first time. Worked fine too with a Sony USB digital still camera, and the wireless and the camera seemed to play nice together. Next up, a USB2 hard drive to supplement the overwhelmed 20GB original equipment.
Later, used a port on this card for a Linksys USB2 wireless adaptor that also worked fine first time. Worked fine too with a Sony USB digital still camera, and the wireless and the camera seemed to play nice together. Next up, a USB2 hard drive to supplement the overwhelmed 20GB original equipment.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
USB 2 card works well
(5 out of 5) by Prairie Dog on Jun 23, 2008Works as advertised. Card shape is different than in the photo, but functions are the same.
Helpful update to my old (2001) Mac computer.
Helpful update to my old (2001) Mac computer.