Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread Deiniol ap Deiniol
Yes, just done some Googling.unfortunately none of my (4! - including one none-worker just bought for spares) Mirror Doors came with their restore CDsnothing on the Apple site in terms of downloads of this 'special' OS9. guess I'm gonna have to use one of the Quicksilvesr as an OS9

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread Clark Martin
Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? On Apr 30, 2012, at 1:22 AM, Deiniol ap Deiniol autolycus.mercat...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, just done some Googling.unfortunately none of my (4! - including one none-worker just bought for spares) Mirror Doors came with their restore CDsnothing on

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread QuoVadis
Hello Clark, I dare say that won't work to actuallly boot the MDD, but it will work with Classic just fine (of this I'm sure). Reading through this link: http://macintoshgarden.org/forum/mac-os-922-install-g4-mdd I found out that you'll need MacOS ROM version 9.6.1 to be able to boot an MDD

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread QuoVadis
Greetings! MY personal favourites: Quake I and II, available here: http://www.macintoshgarden.org Check out the games section while you're there, because I believe Duke Nukem 3D is also listed! Greetings, Eelco. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread Kris Tilford
On Apr 30, 2012, at 3:22 AM, Deiniol ap Deiniol wrote: Yes, just done some Googling.unfortunately none of my (4! - including one none-worker just bought for spares) Mirror Doors came with their restore CDsnothing on the Apple site in terms of downloads of this 'special' OS9. This

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread Jeff Bequette
You don't mention the age bracket you are going after, but oregon trail, and many titles from Ohio software, educational and fun. On Apr 29, 2012, at 9:22 PM, Xion Dracari wrote: well i still cant find the Right Codec/(and encoder settings to us efor video!) but what games would everyone

Source of spare parts for G3 / G4?

2012-04-30 Thread William Tomcanin
Hello all, I'm wondering where I can find spare / replacement parts for my aging G3's and G4. I am searching for a replacement power supply for my G3 gooseneck iMac. I also need some replacement parts for my G3 Lombard powerbook. Can anyone recommend some sources? Thanks! -- You received

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread David W. Morris
Not sure about this discussion about OS9 not booting on an MDD. I have a dual 1.25GHz G4 MDD that I upgraded to dual 1.42GHz G4 CPU module board and before the upgrade to the faster G4 CPU module, I had placed an old 6gb hard drive from one of my G3 iMac's (Tangerine I believe), as I was

Skype

2012-04-30 Thread David W. Morris
I downloaded the last version of Skype that runs on the G4 G5 Mac models, but I am wondering if my 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook w/2gb RAM is fast enough to run it with both incoming and outgoing video turned on? At first I suspected my shared cable TV Internet service provider might be to blame

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 29, 2012, at 9:58 PM, Ken Daggett wrote: On 29 Apr 2012, at 21:30:28 PDT, Deiniol ap Deiniol wrote: The OS9 disc is a retail version AFAIK. I also tried my iMac DV OS9 disc, out of curiosity (desperation!?) - that again tells me I have OS9 installedwhen I tried from Tiger

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread Cameron Kaiser
MY personal favourites: Quake I and II, available here: I like MG as much as the next guy, but I think we need to be careful about abandonware and greyware sites on this list. IMHO, not a list nanny. -- personal: http://www.cameronkaiser.com/ -- Cameron

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread Xion Dracari
Oregon Trails fun but im not exactly aftre kiddy games either so Teen+ mostly. On Apr 30, 9:36 am, Jeff Bequette jbeque...@tconl.com wrote: You don't mention the age bracket you are going after,  but oregon trail, and many titles from Ohio software, educational and fun. On Apr 29, 2012, at

Re: Skype

2012-04-30 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:59 AM, David W. Morris wrote: I downloaded the last version of Skype that runs on the G4 G5 Mac models, but I am wondering if my 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook w/2gb RAM is fast enough to run it with both incoming and outgoing video turned on? At first I suspected my shared

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread t...@io.com
Once you get OS 9.2.2 on a bootable disk, there are five issues to contend with on the MDD. #1: The machine appears to accept your OS9 installation as bootable, but won't boot. As others have reported, you need Mac ROM 9.5.1 or later, AKA Mac OS CPU Software in your System Folder. #2: Sound

Re: Skype

2012-04-30 Thread David W. Morris
Your Skype will barley work OK on that 1.67 PB plus Tiger 10.4.11 is much faster than 10.5.8 for Skype. Be sure nothing else is running. Your ISP is fast enough. The Intel machines a much better for this, John Carmonne Placentia CA 92870 From iMac Core Duo 2.0 Thanks for the answer, but

Re: Skype

2012-04-30 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
On Apr 30, 2012, at 9:12 AM, David W. Morris wrote: Your Skype will barley work OK on that 1.67 PB plus Tiger 10.4.11 is much faster than 10.5.8 for Skype. Be sure nothing else is running. Your ISP is fast enough. The Intel machines a much better for this, Thanks for the answer, but

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 29, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Xion Dracari wrote: well i still cant find the Right Codec/(and encoder settings to us efor video!) but what games would everyone suggets for the Snow white iMac (G3 600mhz 512MB Ram) Glider Pro: http://homepage.mac.com/calhoun/Glider%20PRO.html The OS 9

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread Len Gerstel
On Apr 29, 2012, at 7:22 PM, Xion Dracari wrote: well i still cant find the Right Codec/(and encoder settings to us efor video!) but what games would everyone suggets for the Snow white iMac (G3 600mhz 512MB Ram) What type of game are you looking for? If puzzles are your thing: Myst

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread geraldcornish
guess I'm gonna have to use one of the Quicksilvesr as an OS9 machine - I was hoping to install the image processing (for RAW files) software that came with my Minolta DiMAGE - a 12 year old camera that is in no way obsolete (IMHO!) and is as superb as something that originally cost £1200

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 30, 2012, at 11:34 AM, geraldcornish wrote: guess I'm gonna have to use one of the Quicksilvesr as an OS9 machine - I was hoping to install the image processing (for RAW files) software that came with my Minolta DiMAGE - a 12 year old camera that is in no way obsolete (IMHO!) and is

Home movies won't import

2012-04-30 Thread David W. Morris
1. I converted a 1:37 long home video VHS tape to DVD with my Sony DVD/VHS dubbing deck. 2. Tested perfect in my DVD player, or my computer's DVD player. 3. I then converted the DVD video to a m4v file on my desktop with Handbrake. (Last time I will ever use Handbrake on my G4

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread geraldcornish
Thanks for the clarification Bruce. On 30 /04/ 2012, at 19:44, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 30, 2012, at 11:34 AM, geraldcornish wrote: guess I'm gonna have to use one of the Quicksilvesr as an OS9 machine - I was hoping to install the image processing (for RAW files) software that came

Re: Home movies won't import

2012-04-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 30, 2012, at 1:09 PM, David W. Morris wrote: 4. Tried to import into my Final Cut Pro v6 and got an error message (can't remember exact words). The m4v file plays fine through iTunes v10.6.1, or with Quicktime Player v7.7, but it will not import into my educational copy of Final

Re: Home movies won't import

2012-04-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: The one thing that drives me absolutely nucking futz as a IT support person is : got an error message (can't remember exact words). (or my favorite: I got an error, I didn't write it down because it was all computer gobbldeygook)

Re: Home movies won't import

2012-04-30 Thread icanswing
This what I do to import to imovie.  It may help somebody.   Insert the DVD into the computer Open - applications - utilities - disk utilities highlight DVD  -click on new image on upper bar choose location to save - click create it takes a few minutes to see DVD on desktop with the file ext. of

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 30-04-2012 16:39, Xion Dracari ha scritto: Oregon Trails fun but im not exactly aftre kiddy games either so Teen+ mostly. You should mention your favorite genre(s). If you like shooters, I had a blast with the Marathon series. The graphic is quite outdated for today standards, but

Re: Getting OS9.1 onto MDD

2012-04-30 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 30-04-2012 10:48, QuoVadis ha scritto: I found out that you'll need MacOS ROM version 9.6.1 to be able to boot an MDD into OS9 Just in case someone is looking for MacOS ROM version 9.6.1 and cannot find it, I have it here; just ask privately. :-) -- You received this message

Re: Skype

2012-04-30 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 30-04-2012 18:12, David W. Morris ha scritto: I will try it from my dual 2.7GHz G5 soon. That should confirm if it is the computer, or the ISP provider, as the dual 2.7GHz G5 should be more than fast enough to run Skype. FYI, I'm running Skype (2.8.0.866, last one for Tiger) on my

Re: Games for G3's?

2012-04-30 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 1-05-2012 2:34, Valter Prahlad ha scritto: IIRC, I did run also these games on my G3: Unreal, Unreal Tournament, DeusEx (wonderful mix of FPS and RPG), Aliens vs. Predator, Tomb Raider, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein. These are all worthy titles, IMO. I forgot to mention this:

Re: Home movies won't import

2012-04-30 Thread Clark Martin
Sent from an iPhone, but is it mine? On Apr 30, 2012, at 2:44 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: The one thing that drives me absolutely nucking futz as a IT support person is : got an error message (can't remember exact words). (or my favorite: I got an error, I didn't write it down because it

Re: Home movies won't import

2012-04-30 Thread Tom
If you can open that movie in QuickTime, export it as a QT movie or a DV stream, which will then import into Final Cut for editing. There are some video formats that Final Cut just doesn't like, but it always takes a QT movie or DV. Tom -- You received this message because you are a member of