My two cents worth: If you have a PCI slot that's 66 MHz and not 33 Mhz, then an ATI Radeon 7000 (has S-video out) should play DVDs if you have a DVD player and a monitor with S-video in. (ATI has an interesting trade-in offer - apparently any old video card (?).) I believe the min. CPU speed for DVD on a G3 is 400 Mhz (but you can easily oc the 333 MHz CPU, if nec). Burning DVDs - I believe Pioneer has the 'most' compatible Apple unit (or maybe Toshiba). The DVD blanks must be compatible with the burner (I say that because not all CDR/CDRW discs are cross compatible). You don't say how much Ram you have - there could be a min. for that, too. To convert analog VHS to digital format - is there an app that does that? Sorry if I've asked more questions than answered. George
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, here's the "dumb question of the day" ... I have > a Beige G3/333 MT, > recently upgraded to 533 MHz, with all UW-SCSI > drives (as many 18.3 GB drives > as I want, as I have about a dozen or so in hand). > > What is necessary be added to my machine, in order > to: > > 1) play DVDs on my Beige, > > 2) duplicate, for backup purposes of course, DVDs > which I've already > purchased, and > > 3) create DVDs (or, possibly, Video CDs) from VHS > tapes which I've already > purchased, also for backup purposes? > > I have Toast Platinum already, and I run MacOS > 9.2.1; and I am not planning > on migrating to X, although I also have X (but not > Jag) in hand. > > TIA. > ===== "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself." Quoted from St Luke, 10:27. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
