Len Gerstel writes, <Yes, that is right. And if you cut off the fan shroud in a beige DT, you can fit the taller ram stick in, JUST WATCH OUT FOR YOUR FINGERS.>
Hahaha, thank you. But we've got plenty of low-profile RAM...the same 768 megs (in three 256 meg sticks) which were running in the Beige before the upgrade attempt. We're keeping the RAM, along with the CDRW burner and HD. Me: My Beige DT was a Rev 3. Can the Rev 3 ROM from my Beige be transplanted to the MT mobo? You: Yep, no problems. Excellent. Thank you so much. <IIRC, the av card is not supported in OS X, just 9. Since you run 9, iirc, it should work but I do not know what software is needed. Audacity is available for OS 9 at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/mac and is free and MAY work with the av card> OS X is not at all a concern for me -- except to avoid it and apps that require it. ;-) However, I'll go to this link and download Audacity for OS 9 so I can try it. I'm sure I can stash it nicely on a Zip disk while I wait for my "new" Beige to try it out on. Thank you for the URL. <I am SLOWLY ripping my lps and tapes in OS X using the iMic from griffin. It plugs into a usb port and if you use Audacity you can save the file as an AIFF i think, then import it into itunes and convert to MP3 from there if you like. I am keeping all my ripped lps in aiff format to preserve the sound quality as much as possible. Just remember that aiffs take a lot of disk space. For example, Kate Bush's lp The Dreaming which is about 40 minutes takes up 443MB of disk space as an AIFF.> Yeah, I've got a sizable record collection too, but I seriously doubt I'll ever try making MP3s from the records. This isn't just because of needing to find the right equipment and software to do it, but also because I would have to either move my "main stereo" to the bedroom where the computer is, or move the computer into the living room -- and not only is all that jockeying heavy stuff around just too much for me physically, there isn't any room for that stereo in the bedroom and nowhere to put the computer in the living room either. The tapes I can do, providing the AV card and Audacity work (or I find some other software which WILL work on OS 9) because I have a "boom box" with cassette player I can set on top of the printer -- line outs from the boom box to line ins on the AV card shouldn't be too hard. ;-) On your comments concerning AIFF, disk space and sound quality -- the only time I ever got fanatical about sound quality, was when it was my OWN music on the line. I was always somehow content to listen to other people's albums on middle-of-the-road and even low-end stereo equipment. Unlike my "cheapskate" approach to computers, I saw nothing wrong with going broke to buy synthesizers and recording equipment to use for my own stuff and spending hours laying tracks that weren't necessary for the music itself, but would enhance the mixdown (doubling tracks so I could mix the original and doubled track so they'd circle your head or the room in a stereo field: in opposite directions simultaneously!), while I played records and tapes on a $75 Radio Shack stereo with really tinny speakers, and tapes on my stock car stereo (I never "jazzed it up"). LOL. I still have and use that same turntable, but I did get better speakers. Not great ones, but at least they aren't tinny. ;-) So -- I don't need to "waste" disk space with AIFF, and on my iTunes my MP3 import preference is set to "better quality," not "best quality" -- are fine by me. :-) Good luck on your LP conversion project, and thanks again for the help. ~Yersinia. ________ "'Eternal Vigilance Is The Price of Liberty' used to mean we watched the government - not the other way around." -- 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:g-list@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
