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  • Re: Apple DVD Player not compatible with 9.2?

    From Stan The Man@macho@mac.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Thursday, July 24, 2003 01:00:54
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    In article <bfmrfg$mls$1@cscnews.csc.calpoly.edu>, dstaffor[SpamNot] <"dstaffor[SpamNot]"@calpoly.edu> wrote:

    After upgrading a PowerMac G4 733 Mhz [gigabit] to
    OS X 10.2.6 and OS 9.2.2, Apple DVD Player no longer
    works when booted into OS 9. When I tried v2.4 I get
    an error message that says the video card (GeForce 2)
    is incompatible and when I try v2.7 I get an error
    message that says some software is missing. I did
    pursue that message and found out the remedy is to
    install OS 9.1 update, which of course won't work on
    top of the already installed OS 9.2.2.

    The fine print at Apple indicates that v2.4 and v2.7
    will not work on the G4 PCI series, even though the
    computer in question has an AGP slot as well as PCI
    slots. Version 3.2 of Apple DVD Player works just
    fine under OS X 10.2.6.

    Anyone else have this experience, or am I missing
    something?

    Try turning on virtual memory.

    Stan
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  • From stan@stan@temple.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 25, 2003 14:48:52
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    dstaffor[SpamNot] <"dstaffor[SpamNot]"@calpoly.edu> wrote:

    The fine print at Apple indicates that v2.4 and v2.7
    will not work on the G4 PCI series, even though the
    computer in question has an AGP slot as well as PCI
    slots. Version 3.2 of Apple DVD Player works just
    fine under OS X 10.2.6.

    Anyone else have this experience, or am I missing
    something?

    This may be a silly question, but why bother using
    OS 9 if you have OS X? You can watch DVDs in OS X
    just fine.

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  • From dstaffor[SpamNot]@"dstaffor[SpamNot]"@calpoly.edu to comp.sys.mac.system on Friday, July 25, 2003 08:10:55
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    stan@temple.edu wrote:

    This may be a silly question, but why bother using
    OS 9 if you have OS X? You can watch DVDs in OS X
    just fine.



    I don't think that's a silly question.

    As we transition to OS X, we have certain staff
    members who like to revert back to their comfort
    zone (OS 9) at times.

    Dave

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  • From Stan The Man@macho@mac.com to comp.sys.mac.system on Saturday, July 26, 2003 00:01:07
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.system

    In article <bfrg0k$c36$2@cronkite.temple.edu>, <stan@temple.edu> wrote:

    dstaffor[SpamNot] <"dstaffor[SpamNot]"@calpoly.edu> wrote:

    The fine print at Apple indicates that v2.4 and v2.7
    will not work on the G4 PCI series, even though the
    computer in question has an AGP slot as well as PCI
    slots. Version 3.2 of Apple DVD Player works just
    fine under OS X 10.2.6.

    Anyone else have this experience, or am I missing
    something?

    This may be a silly question, but why bother using
    OS 9 if you have OS X? You can watch DVDs in OS X
    just fine.

    Perhaps because Os 9 is a less buggy, more intuitive, more complete
    operating system with a much faster Finder and much wider peripheral compatibility. Hopefully it won't always be so.

    Stan
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