[DuoList] A PPC yarn....

[Chuck Kenney]

Lombards (some) had a hardware based DVD decoder.  Apple didn't write  
drivers for it for osx, nor software DVD decoding for pre pismos, if  
memory serves.

Chuck Kenney
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On Jan 16, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Clark Martin <cmmac at sonic.net> wrote:

> On 1/16/10 6:06 PM, coccorp at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>
>> Saturday night!  Football!
>>
>> ...plus, me getting a Lombard ready for a friend who is computer- 
>> less right
>> now.
>>
>> I quickly realize that the machine, if it is to play DVD movies,  
>> would be
>> best served running Classic(!), as the Lombard's DVD hardware does  
>> not work
>> with OSX supposedly...
>
> According to what mis-informed source?  I ran a Lombard on Panther  
> for several years without any problem.  With a trick or two you can  
> load Tiger on it and AFAIK it should run even better.
>
> Classic by the way is OS 9 running UNDER OS X (as a process within  
> X). OS 9 is the proper term for running booting and running OS 9 by  
> itself.
>
>
> If this laptop is to be used on the Internet you should definitely  
> put X on it.  Explorer and NetScrape barely function on many sites,  
> on some not at all.  While under Tiger you can use Safari 4 which is  
> the latest version.
>
>
> -- 
> Clark Martin
> Redwood City, CA, USA
> Macintosh / Internet Consulting
>
> "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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