Supported Hardware
Supported CPUs Bernie ][ The Rescue runs
on the following hardware: Limitations Communications support is not
available on more recent systems: This is due to the lack of serial
ports. Bernie is designed to support PCI
serial cards, we cannot
guarantee compatibility with a specific model, though.
USB-to-serial
converters do reportedly work fine on any of the above
mentioned systems. Direct floppy support is not
available on floppy-less systems even with the addition of
external floppy drives. You may still use floppies via
Bernie's volume sharing mechanism. Please note that external
USB floppy
drives do not support
800kB
disks no matter what your
dealer says. Supported Serial Devices Bernie supports all serial devices
that meets the requirements of the Macintosh serial ports.
This includes: Modems implementing
Rockwell
Protocol Interface (RPI)
are not supported. These modems require additional
processing in software which is platform-dependant. Please
do not confuse RPI with the Rockwell
chip set
- the Rockwell chip set
works fine. If you own a Macintosh without
built-in serial ports, a USB-to-serial converter (from
Keyspan for example) will add serial connectivity to your
system. Networking AppleTalk
is not supported at this time. Networking via
Marinetti
PPP/SLIP dial-up fully supported. Storage Devices Bernie supports all
SCSI
storage devices and built-in floppy drives. Media not
formatted on the Macintosh may require third-party driver
software (e.g. FWB's Hard Disk Toolkit) for proper
operation. FireWire/USB support is untested
at this time. We expect this to work flawlessly,
though. Printing Bernie supports the following
printers: Input Devices Bernie supports all joystick-style
devices that support keypad mapping (i.e. translate movement
into keypresses). Dedicated Gravis
MouseStick and
GamePad support.