> > You can install Panther or Tiger with the help of XPostFacto 4. Yes, but I don't want to run OS X on this machine. It feels so fast, even with only 96 MB of RAM... I don't want to put Panther just to drag things down... to run OS X, I have newer machines, like my 2006 iMac :).
> > > I then got another OS 9.2.1 CD and I got it to boot! > > It is now running with OS 9.2.1 > > 9.2.1 or 9.2.2 are the last version it will run, but they both will > disable some of the features of the "personality cards", especially if > you have a "Wings" AV in/out card. You can change some of the > extensions back to the versions that came with OS 9.1 to re-enable > these lost functions. The specific extensions are ATI Resource Manager > 5.2.4, and ATI Graphics Accelerator 2.7.3, which are the final > versions that work with the Wings cards. You may also need to look at > the Sound Control Panel version, but I'm not sure which one works > best, there are many versions. The personality card (that big card standing upright near the PCI slots, right?) I have does not have A/V capabilities, only sound in/ out. The only upgrade this machine has is the RAM, which was increased from the stock 32 MB. Both the hard disk and optical drive are the original ones, and it does not have any PCI cards installed... it is really a bare model, but I can't really complain, I got it for free, it was about to be trashed... :) > The add-in VRAM is a waste unless you're using the Wings AV card for > input/output (it shares the VRAM). Optimally a Radeon PCI card is > best. A flashed PC version of a Radeon 7000 (sometimes called "VE" in > the PC world) is cheapest. A faster Radeon like the flashed PC Radeon > 9100 is better, but these are hard to find now. The real Mac Radeon > 9200 is too expensive and slower than the flashed PC 9100 and 9250. > You can find ROMs to flash PC Radeon cards > here:<http://themacelite.wikidot.com/ > >. Hm, I might get a PCI graphics card in the near future then... right now I have the PowerMac connected to my 22'' HP panel using a DB-15/ VGA adapter (which I've configured to use the 21'' fixed-resolution Apple display, which gives 1152xsomething at 16-bit color), and it works perfectly, although I'd like it to have 24-bit color... but first I'll invest in more RAM and a PCI USB card. > No, it MUST be "low density" meaning NOT double density. This means > chips on BOTH sides of the DIMM module. If you use double density RAM > it will only recognize as 1/2 the amount, so you'd need three 512MB > double-density to equal three 256MB low density modules. I hate to > waste RAM that way, and you should too, so get the correct low-density > RAM. My old P3 also had that "problem"... I had it upgraded to 384 MB, although I had two 256 MB sticks in it (one had double density, but the other didn't). The three slots are filled, but I didn't look at the amounts of memory in each slot (could be 16x2+64 or 32x3, I have to check..). > You may be able to use the old scanner in OS X with 3rd-party software > such as ViewScan or SANE for OS X (SANE is an acronym for Scanner > Access Now Easy, and it's ported from Linux to OS X as freeware; > ViewScan works with almost anything but it's pricey). I've had VueScan in my iMac for some time, but, as you say, it is pricey and it kept dropping the connection to the scanner... some time ago I got a multifunction Brother machine, which is perfect for day-to- day scannings (it has an ADF, so it works like a charm to scan large documents), but its quality is not so good when compared to the older HP scanner I have here. It connects both by USB and the Mac round serial port (DIN-8), so I might give it a try via the serial port, before getting the PCI USB card. Also, I'll use this machine as a faster PowerPC alternative to my Performa 5200, as the rest of my systems are all 68k-based. And it has a floppy drive! (hard to come by this days... none of the computers I use on a daily basis has one!) MM -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
