>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