>Question: >Can, in any way, a beige G3 (desktop) play a DVD? >If so, how? With what?
You need the following (my setup follows): A dvd decoder- either the rare one that Apple shipped with some Beiges or a Radeon 7000 A DVD drive Either an Apple rommed one that will allow you to use apple's DVD player or another brand where you can either Hack Apple's player (just about the only option in OS 9) or get one of the other players out there (VideoLan.org has one for X) My setup (relevant specs below) is a beast of a beige, but plays DVDs fine: Beige MT G4 533, 768meg ram, OS X.2.6, Toshiba 8x8x8x24 combo drive (not Apple rommed and had better reviews at xlr8yourmac as far as compatability than the faster Toshiba ones), Radeon 7000. I use either a hacked version of Apples DVD player or VideoLan's player to watch DVDs. I have used the PCI Extreme hack to enable Quartz Extreme on my machine. It definetly helps OS X on a day to day basis, but there are reports of it causing some stuttering or dropped frames when playing DVDs. I have not noticed any, but I am not critical in my viewing and possibly with the rest of my system maxxed out it compensates for the system slowdown when using the PCI Extreme hack. HTH Len -- 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
