DVD Functionality for Beige G3

2010-11-16 Thread James Chapel
Although I discussed this briefly in an earlier topic on this list, I'm about ready to break down and buy a DVD drive for my Rev. A Beige G3. This came about because I recently ran across the much-sought- after Bordeaux personality card, one of the ways to allow DVD video playback on this machine.

Re: DVD Functionality for Beige G3

2010-11-16 Thread James Chapel
input for/against the Bordeaux option (let alone has one, I sure haven't seen many around), I'll probably be opting for it over software decoding, because performance would likely be too close for comfort. On Nov 16, 9:05 pm, James Chapel dragnero...@gmail.com wrote: Although I discussed

Re: Blueberry iMac

2010-11-06 Thread James Chapel
mac, so it should match your equipment just fine. Besides, most people find the old puck mice rather uncomfortable, anyway. --James Chapel -- 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

Re: What it's like to own an Apple product...

2010-06-17 Thread James Chapel
At least Steve won't be demoing any new G-series macs to pull us from our G3s/G4s/G5s anytime soon. XD On Jun 17, 8:11 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: ROFLMAO http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-16 Thread James Chapel
Somewhat on topic, I have question which I feel is a bit too simple to warrant a new thread. I recently noticed that the s-video input connector on my Beige's wings card has a few extra pin holes on it, such that you could connect an s-video cable in there or something else... Does anyone know

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-16 Thread James Chapel
Interesting. Well, that answers the majority of my questions. Any luck with the Rage 128 + DVD Kris? On Jun 16, 1:25 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jun 16, 2010, at 2:52 PM, James Chapel wrote: I recently noticed that the s-video input connector on my Beige's wings card has

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-15 Thread James Chapel
This is strange. The onboard should have 2MB soldered on, and the   optional chip is another 4MB, giving a total of 6MB. The fact that   yours is reporting 4MB seems strange, but perhaps this is because   you're not using the onboard video at all? AFAIK it should report 6MB.   I suppose

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-15 Thread James Chapel
hardware, games and applications to run on the thing. I also have newer computers to handle the heavy-duty stuff. Thanks for offering to test that, though. I look forward to hearing the results. On Jun 14, 11:36 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Jun 15, 2010, at 1:16 AM, James Chapel wrote

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-15 Thread James Chapel
It sure sounds like your module is 2 MB or has a bad RAM chip on board making it appear as 2 MB.   Try removing it and see if the system reports your 2 MB on board properly. I removed the SGRAM chip, rebooted using the on-board video and Apple System Profiler reports 2MB VRAM. I suppose it is

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-15 Thread James Chapel
Probably. You can look at the numbers on the chips themselves and go to http://www.chipmunk.nl/dram/chipmanufacturers.htm to identify what you've got. KM4132G271BQ-10 ^^-^^^- Internal Organization: 32-271 = 256K x 32 (8M bit): check module size/ banks

Re: Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-15 Thread James Chapel
The chips read KM4132G512Q-8. On Jun 15, 7:12 pm, t...@io.com t...@io.com wrote: James Chapel wrote: Probably. You can look at the numbers on the chips themselves and go to http://www.chipmunk.nl/dram/chipmanufacturers.htm to identify what you've got. KM4132G271BQ-10

Beige G3 Upgrade Questions

2010-06-14 Thread James Chapel
at the integrated controller's 16MB/s cap? Thanks for your help. That's all for now. :) --James Chapel -- 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

Beige G3, Apple Fast Ethernet Card compatibility problems

2010-06-13 Thread James Chapel
I recently picked up a 10/100 Apple Fast Ethernet PCI card for my old standby, a well-upgraded Beige G3, on eBay. While I've seen this card working fine on this machine in Mac OS 8.1 using the Apple 10/100 Fast Ethernet extension, for some reason it completely refuses to work right in 9.2.1, even