[DuoList] Does the duo 280c have the old sound chip that allows it play older mac games?

Tom and Lisa Peters gionpeters at comcast.net
Mon Jan 2 11:27:11 PST 2006


>Hello,
>
>I'm trying to play some old games that don't work properly (no 
>sound) on my powermac g3, especially the game NetTrek (avaliable for 
>free at
>http://mac.the-underdogs.org/index.php?%20show=game&id=98) among others
>
>The powerbook duo 280c seems to fit the bill nicely, since I don't 
>want to take up room with a huge desktop just for a couple of games.
>
>From a post on comp.sys.mac.games:
>
>"A number of games "broke" outright when the original AV Macs came 
>out for two main reasons: they didn't have the old sound chip the 
>other Macs had, and they used the new SoundManager 3.0 (in their 
>ROMs) to handle sound. ALL the new Macs -- the PowerBook 500 series 
>and the PowerPC-based models -- now share this problem"
>
>I was wondering if anyone knows if the powerbook duo 280c has the 
>old or new sound chip.
>
>If you happen to have run netflix on a powerbook duo 280 with sound, 
>it means it has the old sound chip.

I havnt run netflix, but I _think_ it has the old, pre-AV/PPC sound 
chip.  What does the chip look like ?

Mad Dog


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