> I have a rather difficult problem - or at least it is difficult for me!
> 
> I need to send a trigger to an external device. This is relatively easy with
> the older macs (just close a line on the printer port), but how does one do it
> with a G4 since it only has firewire and USB?
> 
> I know talking to these ports is a lot more complicated. Does anyone have any
> suggestions? If need be I could go to a cheap digital IO card I guess.

You can put a Keyspan adaptor on one of your USB ports and then it acts just
like a serial port: FB^3's normal serial commands will work on it.

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