on 9/26/03 10:06 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Len and PeterH,
Thanks for the heads up on the dvd'ing. Seems like
I need a Radeon 7000 if I want to continue to piddle with this. About what
price range should I expect to pay for one? I think the DVD player I'm
trying to use was a pull from a Mac tower, but it's been a while since I
swapped for it and I'm no longer certain about it. It is Afreey branded and
has no visible Apple markings.
>
>> Just plinking around trying to get a dvd player to run on a
>> beige desktop: have it running well enough to use it to play cds and install
>> OS and so forth, have OS 9.1 running and when I try to open the Apple DVD
>> Player, it says it cannot find the required hardware.
>
> The usual route to DVDing on a Beige is:
>
> 1) install a DVD-ROM or DVD-ROM-R-R/W drive (Pioneer DVR-105 is
> recommended),
>
> 2) install the Radeon 7000 Mac software upgrade,
>
> 3) install a Radeon 7000 (either a Mac version or a FLASHed PC version)
> PCI card,
>
> 4) install the Apple DVD Player 2.7, and
>
> 5) patch the Apple DVD Player 2.7 to accept the Beige.
>
> This procedure has worked on a 7300/200 (jerkey, and hangs if you click
> "MENU" while the movie is playing), the same 7300 with a NewerTech
> 300/150 MHz G3, 512 KB cache (not bad), a 9600 with a 333 MHz G3
> overclocked to 350 (good) and a G3/333 MT with a 533 MHz G3 ZIF (fine).
>
> You must install the patch for the Apple DVD Player software to accept
> the non-standard hardware configuration. It allows the Radeon 7000, but
> it is the underlying CPU and its features which are being rejected.
>
> MacOS 9.1 is the minimum for this combination.
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All the best,
R.A. Cantrell
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