On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 12:30 pm, (G-Books) wrote: > Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:55:20 +0000 > Subject: DVD-ROM for CD equiped Lombard? > From: Tom Burke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I've just bought a 333 Mhz Lombard with CD drive. I'm interested in > fitting a DVD Rom drive instead, but I gather from the list archive > that I couldn't play DVD movies if I did so unless I get a PC card > hardware decoder. I'd be grateful if someone could confirm, or deny, > this.
I have the same model. Very few 333mhz models had DVD decoding built-in - I think they were at the end of the model run. > If this is true, this is a bit of a blow - I've already just put a > Linksys wifi card in the PC Card slot, using the IOXperts OS X driver. > Works fine. > > Oh, I'm running Jaguar with 192 Mbyte of RAM installed. RAM is next for > the upgrade, I think. > OS X of any flavor doesn't support the PC Card DVD playback. I guess there's still a possibility of that happening, much like the long-lost hardware video acceleration for these machines.... But I'm not counting on it for mine. ---- JSH -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
