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logiclips@yahoo.com - 07 Nov 2005 23:18 GMT

Hi,

Does anyone has experiences in using javax.usb with MacOS? Is it
possible to use javax.usb with MacOS?
If so, are there any documentations or examples for that?

Thanks in advance,

Peter Vermeer

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Roedy Green - 08 Nov 2005 02:54 GMT

>Does anyone has experiences in using javax.usb

http://javax-usb.org/

Shows this is still in its infancy, trying to nail down an API. They
mention only Windows and Linux at this point.

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zero - 08 Nov 2005 12:22 GMT

>>Does anyone has experiences in using javax.usb
>
> http://javax-usb.org/
>
> Shows this is still in its infancy, trying to nail down an API. They
> mention only Windows and Linux at this point.

MacOS X is based on Linux under the hood, so it shouldn't be all that hard
to port if Linux is supported.

Note I don't have any experience with either javax.usb nor MacOS, I'm just
repeating what I heard.

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Daniel Dyer - 08 Nov 2005 12:36 GMT

> MacOS X is based on Linux under the hood, so it shouldn't be all that
> hard
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> just
> repeating what I heard.

Mac OS X is based on BSD, not Linux.

Dan.

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zero - 08 Nov 2005 13:10 GMT

>> MacOS X is based on Linux under the hood, so it shouldn't be all that
>> hard
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>
> Dan.

Right, I should've said unix. My bad, sorry.

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David N. Welton - 08 Nov 2005 13:12 GMT

>> Note I don't have any experience with either javax.usb nor MacOS, I'm
>> just
>> repeating what I heard.

> Mac OS X is based on BSD, not Linux.

Very close, but with an omission:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macos#Mac_OS_X

Mac OS X brought Unix-style memory management and pre-emptive
multitasking to the Mac platform. It is based on the Mach kernel and the
BSD implementation of UNIX, which were incorporated into NeXTSTEP, the
object-oriented operating system developed by Steve Jobs's NeXT company.

Cheers,

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Steve W. Jackson - 08 Nov 2005 17:28 GMT

> >> Note I don't have any experience with either javax.usb nor MacOS, I'm
> >> just
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>
> Cheers,

That's an interesting read, but it should not be taken as any form of
"gospel" since it contains some inaccuracies of its own.

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David N. Welton - 08 Nov 2005 21:12 GMT

>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macos#Mac_OS_X
>>
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> That's an interesting read, but it should not be taken as any form of
> "gospel" since it contains some inaccuracies of its own.

It's easily fixable, should you be so inclined. What's wrong with it
though - it's what I've read in the past, that MacOS X is the Mach
microkernel (tightly) wed to bits and pieces of a BSD (I'm not sure
which, I think FreeBSD or NetBSD).

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Steve W. Jackson - 08 Nov 2005 22:04 GMT

> >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macos#Mac_OS_X
> >>
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> microkernel (tightly) wed to bits and pieces of a BSD (I'm not sure
> which, I think FreeBSD or NetBSD).

I wasn't suggesting that particular part wasn't correct. I recall
hearing that its roots are in FreeBSD rather than any other, but I'm not
qualified to say for certain. It could be that the specific details are
embedded in some of the links there.

Its glaring error is in stating that Classic runs Mac OS 9.1 or later.
Much earlier versions did support 9.1, but that has not been true for
quite some time. There are some portions of the text that I personally
consider to be giving too much weight to the complaints of a small few
and not really accurate representations. Still, on the whole it's good.

= Steve =

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Steve W. Jackson - 08 Nov 2005 17:25 GMT

> >>Does anyone has experiences in using javax.usb
> >
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> Note I don't have any experience with either javax.usb nor MacOS, I'm just
> repeating what I heard.

Mac OS X is *not* based on Linux. That's absolutely false. It has its
own kernel, called Darwin, which is open source. And its heritage is
from BSD, not Linux.

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