Re: Finally Figured Out My Beige G3

2011-07-14 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 14-07-2011 3:24, Mike Needham ha scritto: It is good to know all this, although right this moment, I am not sure why I don't just get a Quicksilver (assuming those still supported OS 9 natively and not as emulation). A Quicksilver would be a lot faster than your G3, actually. (faster

Re: Finally Figured Out My Beige G3

2011-07-14 Thread peterhaas
ZIPs are way obsolete, you should find plenty around (not many being SCSI, maybe) Just as CD-Rs replaced Zips, for most purposes, even back when a CD-R cost $8.00 and came in a jewel case, DVD5s are replacing CD-Rs. I get name-brand DVD5s for about $0.10 apiece and can store 4700 megabytes on

Re: Help on video to DVD recording on G4 Power Mac

2011-07-14 Thread Cliff Rediger
On Jul 13, 6:33 pm, Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net wrote: Hi Group, I wish to record video on a Power Mac G4 Tower. My input is from a ( Zenith Mod. XBV343 DVD player+Video Cassette Recorder/Player ) I have many Cassettes I want to put on DVD's. Info from manual is shown below. I use a

DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread John Callahan
Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? Thank you -- 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

Latest version of Skype that will work with Tiger

2011-07-14 Thread Jörg
Hi, I wonder which latest version of Skype will work well with the ultimate Tiger version. I tried to update to the latest Skype version which still supports Tiger but it failed to start. My current older version is 2.8.0.851. Should I just stay with this version? The latest Skype version on my

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 14-07-2011 19:50, John Callahan ha scritto: Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs (much more expensive), holding approx. 8.5 GB. Hence, I think

Re: Latest version of Skype that will work with Tiger

2011-07-14 Thread Ken Daggett
On 14 Jul 2011, at 11:38:44 PDT, Jörg wrote: I wonder which latest version of Skype will work well with the ultimate Tiger version. I tried to update to the latest Skype version which still supports Tiger but it failed to start. My current older version is 2.8.0.851. -- I

Re: Latest version of Skype that will work with Tiger

2011-07-14 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:38 PM, Jörg wrote: I tried to update to the latest Skype version which still supports Tiger but it failed to start. Skype is now Intel only with all the v5 series. My current older version is 2.8.0.851. Even this version doesn't launch on my PPC G5. I use v.2.8.0.722

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread John Callahan
Thank you. On Jul 14, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 14-07-2011 19:50, John Callahan ha scritto: Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread Edward Treen
On 14 Jul 2011, at 20:09, Valter Prahlad wrote: Il giorno 14-07-2011 19:50, John Callahan ha scritto: Can DVD-5s be burned on a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-85J: and is special software needed? AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs (much

Re: DVD-5s?

2011-07-14 Thread peterhaas
AFAIK, DVD-5s are regular DVD: 5 is short for 4.7GB, while DVD-9 should be Double Layer DVDs (much more expensive), holding approx. 8.5 GB. The original architectural specification was 5.0 GB and 9.0 GB total usable capacity. Along the way, additional error checking codes were added for