Adding Bluetooth To My G4 MDD

2112st

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So, while at the VCF swap meet Saturday, I picked up a wireless keyboard for $1-and it works beautifully. I want to use it with my various Macs. I would like to use it with my G4 MDD, but it doesn't have Bluetooth. Is there any way I can add Bluetooth to the MDD?
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I believe only the later FireWire 800 model of the PowerMac G4s came with an optional Bluetooth card. Thankfully, USB to Bluetooth dongles (that have the right driver) would likely work fine for you. This Apple support thread mentions the D-link DBT-120 (Revision B2 or later) model will work on a Mac. I'm sure others do too, but make sure they have a driver that supports the older Mac OS. Good luck!
 
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I believe only the later FireWire 800 model of the PowerMac G4s came with an optional Bluetooth card. Thankfully, USB to Bluetooth dongles (that have the right driver) would likely work fine for you. This Apple support thread mentions the D-link DBT-120 (Revision B2 or later) model will work on a Mac. I'm sure others do too, but make sure they have a driver that supports the older Mac OS. Good luck!
Thanks, Steve!
 
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I use a specific USB bluetooth dongle in my QS G4 Tower. It's attached to an internal USB 2.0 port from a USB card (though it is a USB 1.1 device), so I can still use the rest of the card's ports. I picked it up on eBay for $15 and it works perfectly!

Here's the eBay listing:

Looks like the seller has more! Highly recommend.
 

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I use DBT-120 dongle. ( Rev. B4, It's important)

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It had to be flashed on Bluetooth Firmware Updater, and then it works perfectly, even in OS9.

Using this Bluetooth dongle, I connected the Apple Wireless Keyboard to the Power Macintosh 9600.
 

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I use These.

$9 bucks a pop w/free 2day prime shipping. I like them because they’re tiny and I run them on the internal usb port of the usb pci cards in my QS , FW400 MDD & graphite PMG4s. They’re seen as native BT.