Re: Booting Quadra 800 from CD [was Re: Quadra 800 CD audio connections?]

To re-iterate a point I have made before but need to make again for clarity, I recommend OS 7.6.1 for use on all 68040 powered machines (LC or straight) because it is the definitive version of OS 7 and runs very satisfactorily on all 040,s even the 25MHz machines like my LC475 (which is a iden

Re: Booting Quadra 800 from CD [was Re: Quadra 800 CD audio connections?]

On Friday, March 29, 2002, at 05:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mac OS 8.1 may be the most advanced system, but I found it to be a > little > sluggish. It's as you trade advanced features for speed. I also find 8.1 a little clunky on my 840av. I only use it for HFS+, I'm going back to 7.6

Re: Booting Quadra 800 from CD [was Re: Quadra 800 CD audio connections?]

Charles, you wrote, >Out of interest, what's the "best" OS to run on this machine? It >originally came with 7.1, and I found 7.5.1 worth the upgrade -- very >stable. I guess Systems 7.6 and 8 brought further improvements, but I >never got around to trying them. Here's one reason (of many) I w

Re: Booting Quadra 800 from CD [was Re: Quadra 800 CD audio connections?]

Mac OS 8.1 may be the most advanced system, but I found it to be a little sluggish. It's as you trade advanced features for speed. -- Quadlist is sponsored by and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Came

Re: Quadra 800 CD audio connections?

On 28 March 2002 in response to my question: >>...audio CDs produce no sound when playing. I assume this is >>because the "audio out" pins on the back of the drive have to be >>connected to something on the motherboard. Can some kind person >>tell me how? the pickle kindly wrote: >You ne

Re: Quadra 800 CD audio connections?

At 13:41 -0500 28/03/02, the pickle wrote: >At 10:21 + on 28/03/02, Charles Butcher wrote: > >>Trouble is, audio CDs produce no sound when playing. >[snip] >You need a 4-connector CD audio cable. I think it needs to be about 8" >long for the Q800. About so, the connector is almost at the bo

Re: Quadra 800 CD audio connections?

At 10:21 + on 28/03/02, Charles Butcher wrote: >Trouble is, audio CDs produce no sound when playing. I assume this is >because the "audio out" pins on the back of the drive have to be >connected to something on the motherboard. Can some kind person tell >me how? You need a 4-connector CD aud

Quadra 800 CD audio connections?

I've just upgraded my Quadra 800 with a CD drive from an old Performa 6200. I seem to have collected the right extensions, because the machine recognises both data and audio CDs just fine. Trouble is, audio CDs produce no sound when playing. I assume this is because the "audio out" pins on the