Re: Need good Emulator for windows games
-- Original message -- Subject: Need good Emulator for windows games Date:Sunday, 23. October 2011 From:Wm. Arnold w_arn...@att.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Hi, I need a good Emulator for some windows games I have. I will use my G3 BW with OSX 10.4.11. I want to play: Civil War 2 by Sierra Harpoon II by Intracorp Entertainment, Inc. These require DOS 5.0, 466/DX66. Also Gettysburg by Sid Meier's Requiring Windows 95. Can anyone suggest an Emulator for these? I use(d) DOSBOX, but it isn't even fast enough for “Dime City” – the simple video sequences are terribly slow. My G3 is a Power Mac G3 BW with stock 350 MHz, Mac OS X 10.4.11 and an upgraded graphics card Radeon 9200 PCI and maxed out 1 GB PC100 memory. Might be the processor. If you don't have a lot more than 350 MHz you may be disappointed by the performance of DOSBOX. The emulation takes a lot of time. Even so, simple games might be playable/enjoyable. Don't know if “Civil War 2” and “Harpoon II” fall into that category. For your Windows game I'd suggest an older version of Virtual PC. But, like DOSBOX, the performance will be very limited. Even with Windows 95. Anything from 4.0 onward is propably a good choice, depending on your needs and taste. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Is there a way...
This information will be in the file AlbumData.xml stored in ~/ Pictures/iPhoto Library. Depending on the version of iPhoto, the library may be a package. Open the package by Control-clicking on iPhoto Library and selecting Show Package Contents. Drag AlbumData.xml to a web browser to view it. You will see something like: plist version=1.0 dict keyApplication Version/key string6.0.6 (322)/string Here, 6.0.6 is the version of iPhoto. On Oct 22, 7:11 pm, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: I have an older iPhoto library, that I need to find out which version of iPhoto/ilife created it? any ideas? -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Is there a way...
Excellent just what I needed:-) thanks. Jeff On Oct 23, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Robert MacLeay wrote: This information will be in the file AlbumData.xml stored in ~/ Pictures/iPhoto Library. Depending on the version of iPhoto, the library may be a package. Open the package by Control-clicking on iPhoto Library and selecting Show Package Contents. Drag AlbumData.xml to a web browser to view it. You will see something like: plist version=1.0 dict keyApplication Version/key string6.0.6 (322)/string Here, 6.0.6 is the version of iPhoto. On Oct 22, 7:11 pm, Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com wrote: I have an older iPhoto library, that I need to find out which version of iPhoto/ilife created it? any ideas? -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Dropbox on a Mac
On Oct 22, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Oct 22, 2011, at 2:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: (well, presuming Dropbox doesn't screw up again, and given this interview with the founder, I suspect it won't do that again. http://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret/2011/10/18/dropbox-the-inside-story-of-techs-hottest-startup/ The kid does seem to have a head on his shoulders.) I don't understand the first paragraph of the article: Here’s that rare Steve Jobs story, one that’s never been told, about the company that got away. Jobs had been tracking a young software developer named Drew Houston, who blasted his way onto Apple’s radar screen when he reverse-engineered Apple’s file system so that his startup’s logo, an unfolding box, appeared elegantly tucked inside. Not even an Apple SWAT team had been able to do that. This makes no sense to me, Apple's file system so his startup's logo appeared? Where does any logo appear in a file system? And Apple SWAT team, what's that? Unless someone has a plausible explanation, I'm assuming this is simply a business reporter trying to cover a tech subject he knows nothing about. The dropbox logo shows up on the Dropbox folder. no it's not something even Apple's SWAT team has been able to do because it's not something Apple's SWAT team has ever been tasked to do. It's up there with renaming the boot hard drive in difficulty, Clueless reporter. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Need good Emulator for windows games
On Oct 22, 2011, at 7:47 PM, Wm. Arnold wrote: Hi, I need a good Emulator for some windows games I have. I will use my G3 BW with OSX 10.4.11. I want to play: Civil War 2 by Sierra Harpoon II by Intracorp Entertainment, Inc. These require DOS 5.0, 466/DX66. DOSBox for these Also Gettysburg by Sid Meier's Requiring Windows 95. Can anyone suggest an Emulator for these? You can try Qemu, but I'll guarantee you will be disappointed. Go find a yard-sale or thrift store ancient Windows box to play these games. It's about all those ancient winboxen are good for anyway (even when new) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Dropbox on a Mac
The dropbox logo shows up on the Dropbox folder. no it's not something even Apple's SWAT team has been able to do because it's not something Apple's SWAT team has ever been tasked to do. It's up there with renaming the boot hard drive in difficulty, Clueless reporter. Like ... I'm running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with all software updates and all applications on a Pentium 4 541 (3.2 GHz with hyper-threading and EM64T) in 64-bit mode for everything and all this took was: mach_kernel_non-atom (10.8 legacy kernel for non-Atom processors) and a simple addition to com.apple.Boot.plist: keyKernel/key stringmach_kernel_non-atom/string If and when a non-Atom 11.x kernel is released, I'll be running 10.7.2 on my Pentium 4 5x1s. (An Atom kernel is already available). Its not like Apple is making it impossible to run their OS on non-Apple hardware, although they DID slip in a configuration check module into 10.7.2 which intentionally caused kernel panics on non-Apple hardware, but the hackers in the former Soviet Union had that figured out within several hours. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Ralink RT3072 802.11 b/g/n driver
On Oct 22, 3:27 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: According to the specs, it uses an Ralink RT3072 chip. This is Ralink's page, that has the (useless to me) driver for 10.5/6/7http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=502 Anyone have a valid link for the 10.4 version of this driver? I know it's a long shot, but have you tried to install the Leopard driver under Tiger and check if it works? HTH, Felix -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Need good Emulator for windows games
There were PCI cards made both by Apple and by Orange Micro, that ran Windows and DOS - basically they were compact motherboards. I had one that ran Win95 fine in an 8600, but I could never figure out how to get the audio to work, which mattered, since I was running some audio processing and music apps. Don't know if I just was missing something, or it was a problem with the board. It may have been a driver issue, now that I think about it. I still have it. These cards predate OSX, and might need to be run under classic Mac OS. Barry Levine -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Ralink RT3072 802.11 b/g/n driver
On Oct 23, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Ashgrove wrote: On Oct 22, 3:27 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: According to the specs, it uses an Ralink RT3072 chip. This is Ralink's page, that has the (useless to me) driver for 10.5/6/7http://www.ralinktech.com/en/04_support/support.php?sn=502 Anyone have a valid link for the 10.4 version of this driver? I know it's a long shot, but have you tried to install the Leopard driver under Tiger and check if it works? HTH, Felix I can send you the drivers off list if you'd like:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
