[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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