Griffin 2001-ADB iMate/Universal ADB to USB adapter

by Griffin Technology

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.9 x 0.6 x 1.2 inches ; 2.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067V8L
• Item model number: 2001-ADB
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

The iMate USB to ADB adapter is the perfect companion for your new PowerMac G4, PowerBook G4, iBook or iMac computer. It allows you to continue to use your favorite ADB mice, keyboards, trackballs, track pads, hardware dongles and other ADB peripherals.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Works great with Intel Macs and OS 10.4!, February 13, 2008

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M. Seeley (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Griffin 2001-ADB iMate/Universal ADB to USB adapter (Personal Computers)

Hey - IGNORE the dummy who left a bad review on this item, when he never bought or tried it (DUH!). I'm an Apple Mac tech, and after researching this item, I could see no reason why it wouldn't work with Mac OS 10.4 and my Intel Mac Mini. After all, OS X still supports generic ADB stuff. Asking it to support 3rd party ADB devices like Wacom tablets that require specific drivers is pressing your luck, but I figured my old ADB Datadesk Trackboard (combo keyboard & trackball) would work. Sure enough, I plugged it in and restarted, and without any drivers being installed it worked great. Even the power key works (a missing feature I really miss on the newer Apple keyboards). I'm running OS 10.4.11, and my old Trackboard is still doing the job. Thanks Griffin, and of course Apple!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Apple Extended Keyboard!, January 29, 2008

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Stephen Lang "madmaxmedia" (Woodland Hills, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Griffin 2001-ADB iMate/Universal ADB to USB adapter (Personal Computers)

I purchased one of these for use with an old ADB Apple Extended Keyboard, which along with the old IBM Model M is one of the more reknowned keyboards in history. If you want to use one of these classic keyboards with mechanical key switches on a Mac, you are pretty much restricted to the Apple Extended Keyboard due to the special Mac keys.

These classic keyboards can be had for a song on EBay, so even when combined with the cost of a Griffin iMate you are getting a great keyboard (which originally retailed at $199) for a great price. The keyboard works great with Leopard (and Windows too), and is plug and play with no software driver needed- the Panther and older compatibility is for other ADB devices that require the software driver.

Note- I do not have an Apple ADB mouse, so have not tested compatibility with those (would be useful if those work as well, since the Apple keyboard has an extra ADB port for a mouse.)

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It Just Works, February 9, 2004

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This review is from: Griffin 2001-ADB iMate/Universal ADB to USB adapter (Personal Computers)

When we got my wife a new Mac a few years ago, we had to get an adapter to use her old ADB keyboard. (It's a $200 ergonomic keyboard, so an adapter was cheaper than a new one--and the anti-ergonomic keyboard Apple shipped with the Mac was not an option.) The one we got worked, most of the time, but it was a lot of hassle. We had to reinstall the drivers at least once; and it had a persistent problem that it kept hanging, or something, so that we had to unplug it and plug it back in again to reset it.

Then she moved to OS X, and the old adapter didn't work any more; no drivers for it. So, again, it was cheaper to get a new adapter than to get a new keyboard. This one turned out to be great: no flakiness, and it didn't need drivers; OS X just recognized it and it worked. It Just Works.