• MacBook Pro Core Duo 1.83GHz, 2GB RAM, ATI X1600 Mobility (128MB VRAM)
• 2005 PowerBook G4 15" 1.67 GHz, 1.5GB RAM, ATI 9700 Mobility (64MB VRAM)
• 2003 PowerMac G5 Dual 2GHz, 2.5GB RAM, ATI 9800 Pro (128MB VRAM)
• 2001 PowerBook G4/500MHz, 768MB RAM, ATI Rage128 Mobilility (8MB VRAM)

" I read on your page (yesterday) that Classic is not supported by Rosetta (the PowerPC emulator) on the Intel based Macs. (notes/link to News.com article) There may be an alternative.

Users requiring MacOS 9 may still be able to use the Open-Sourced software called SheepShaver. Although does not directly integrate OS 9 applications into the OS X GUI (as Classic does) it does run any version of Mac OS from 7.5.2 to 9.0.4 within a Window, similar to how Virtual PC runs Windows within a Window. Sheepshaver is available for many plattforms including MacOS X, although I cannot comment directly on compatibility with 10.4, or with Rosetta. Since it is basically just another MacOS X application, Rosetta should allow it to run on Intel Macs.
http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepshaver
-Aaron B. "

If any Intel CPU based Mac owner tries this let me know if it works.
Update: (From the Jan. 23rd, 2006 news page)

" Yes, Experimental ports to MacOS X for Intel are now available online!
http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepshaver

my screenshot.
http://toshi3.cocolog-nifty.com/.shared/image.html?/blog/images/ssintel.jpg
-Toshimitsu T."

"I just wanted to follow up on Randy's experience with the his Powerbooks's broken motherboard connector. (From Friday's news) I have a new 12" ibook G4 which I decided to enhance with a Seagate Momentus 80gig hard drive. I found a bunch of discussions and tutorials on the 'Net on how to take an iBook apart, read them over, and felt pretty confident that I could do the upgrade.

Everything was going fine until I had to unplug the various cables from the motherboard. Calling the iBook/Powerbook power connector "delicate" is an understatement! Those darn things are held on with only a thread of solder. And the connector has, quite literally, just two pin points. I pulled mine right off just by lifting the top cover a little too far in order to get a better look at the connection. Needless to say, I was majorly bummed, but I proceeded with the hd upgrade anyway. (BTW, the new iBooks have a different hd connection system than the ones described in many of the tutorials.)

Anyhow, as I was completing the upgrade, I was going through the different repair options in my head. There was no way I could do that fine a soldering job. I had pretty much concluded that I would have to spend another $350 to get it fixed, a la Randy's scenario. I was resigned to this. Then I thought, what the heck, if I have to pay that money anyway, I might as well try to fix it.
I went to my shop, grabbed some "liquid solder" (conductive epoxy) and some silicon sealant. With tweezers, I held the broken connector in place on the motherboard, and with a pin, (yes, a pin) I applied some silicon sealant to the sides of the connector and motherboard. After letting that set up, I mixed some liquid solder and with a magnifying glass and pin, applied tiny, tiny, amounts of the glue to the connector pins and the traces on the motherboard. I reassembled the machine and without waiting (heck, I had already wrecked it, right?), pushed the power button. It fired up on the first try! I'm on my third day of using this machine without a problem.

After my experience, I cannot believe that there aren't a great number of Apple Authorized repair centers wrecking iBook power connector's, too.
-Forrest S. "

" Your site has been indispensable for finding a new USB 2 card for my G5 Tower (Original 1.8ghz single processor system with PCI-X). I purchased the Sonnet Allegro USB 2.0 PCI Card (www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro_usb2.html) at the Macworld Expo.
It will deep sleep in my tower with nothing plugged into it.
However, it appears on my system if I plug in any device that draws power from the card then the computer will half go to sleep where I can't wake it up anymore. The system stays on but the monitor turns off and I can't wake it.
If I only plug in devices that have their own power sources then the computer will sleep just fine. Right now I have a printer and a UPS system plugged in and it sleeps. If I plug in my USB card reader that draws power from the card, or my keyboard or mouse, it won't sleep properly.
Hope that helps,
Steven M. "

I've added this to the previous page of G5 owner Feedback on USB and Firewire Devices/Cards.

" Gee Three Slick Plug-in dialogue boxes will throw iMovie HD 6 into infinite spin. I believe Gee Three is working on the problem.
(I asked what version he was using in case there was a later update.-Mike)
Mike here is my response fro the Gee Three guys. They responded very quickly.
-Allen
(GeeThree comments follow)

"We're back form MacWorld Expo and doing testing with the new iLife '06. It looks like we're going to need an update for the Slick software, as some of the plug-ins do not work properly. Many things work fine, and there are workarounds for other issues. We'll update you when we have additional information. Thanks for your patience.
Best Regards,
GeeThree Slick Team

PS - If you plan to install iLife 06, be sure to rename iMovie HD to a different name before you run the installer so the iLife installer does not erase iMovie HD 5." "

" I just thought I'd drop you a line about my DP 533 (Dig. Audio) setup after updating to 10.4.4. I was about to pull my USB 2.0 card because my computer would suddenly not sleep any more, and I didn't have anything connected to it, but as it turns out, it was my bluetooth dongle that I'd put inside (connected to one of the PCI card's ports I assume. See below for report of no sleep problems with BT adapter connected to onboard USB ports in 10.4.4.-Mike) and forgotten about.
It's the official/unofficial Apple one - the D-link dbt-120 with Apple firmware, and now, with the 10.4.4 update, it won't sleep (anything that I can wake it from) with it plugged into my NEC based USB 2.0 card.

It's like every update, they take something away. First, it was my Yamaha RP-U100 (picture an external USB stereo receiver/ soundcard) started to cause sleep issues with 10.4.2, then somewhere in there, my micflex USB microphone started to have problems, and now with 10.4.4, my bluetooth. I officially can only plug in my palm pilot cradle without sleep issues now, and I used to have all 5 ports in use. Sheesh...
-Matt "

Another Digital Audio owner running 10.4.4 said he had no sleep problems with the adapter connected to the onboard USB ports:

" Hi Mike, An add-on to the item (above) about a Digital Audio G4 not sleeping after upgrading to 10.4.4 when a D-Link BlueTooth adapter is installed.
I have a Digital Audio (with an OWC 1.3GHz upgrade) running 10.4.4, and the same D-Link adaptor, complete with the latest Apple firmware. My unit still sleeps just fine, but the BT adaptor is plugged into the original USB connectors, not a PCI card.
The adaptor is only USB 1.1, so the original poster might want to try moving it from his USB 2 card to a USB 1.x port.
-Barry "

" Hi Mike, on Friday there was this reader who couldn't find orangemicro drivers / firmware. (see Alternative driver for some Orange Micro Grappler SCSI cards)
Software for Grappler Cards still can be found here:
http://www.mandrake.demon.co.uk/Apple/om_main.html
Greetings, Wolfgang "

I've added this to the post in Friday's news (archives page).

" My problem with upgrading to iTunes 6.0.2 on 1.67GHz PB was a blank license agreement, and the following error message when I clicked agree. "The iTunes application could not be opened. There is not enough memory available." I googled that error and tried every solution I found.
Finally, I heeded a suggestion to look at /Applications/Utilities/Console, where I found out that I was loading the Digidesign CoreAudio Plugin, even though I stopped using DigiDesign hardware months ago. I found the uninstall procedure at the Digidesign website. (the procedure is to remove it from Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL)
Since the driver was still loaded, I restarted. I started iTunes immediately after rebooting and the license agreement looked normal, and clicking agree started iTunes normally.
(I asked if he was using the latest version of the Plugin-Mike)
Sorry I wasn't more detailed. I did not have the most recent version of the plugin. In fact, one reason I stopped using Protools was the constant paying for Protools upgrades after each upgrade of Mac OS X (which are often free).
I don't doubt that Protools remains the standard, and most problems with Protools can be solved by paying for the upgrades, but I didn't use it enough to justify.
The reason I sent that post in was that, as I was troubleshooting, I learned about the process of troubleshooting from an xlr8yourmac post.
It was really more about learning the process of slogging through the output of /Applications/Utilties/Console and finding the suspicious plugin, then googling to find out about that plugin.
-Mick M. "

• Powerlogix G4 2GHz (7447A) in (Quicksilver 733) G4/AGP (rated 10)
  
  (Full reviews of G4 and G3 upgrades compared to stock CPUs, including real world apps/game tests, install info, etc. are linked at the CPU upgrades page. OC/CPU module articles are on the Systems page.)

(Warning - Overclocking may not be reliable and could lead to hardware failure or corrupted data.) You can find the full reports by searching the database selecting the indicated Mac model and upgrade card brand/type. If you've upgraded the CPU on your Mac, please post an entry in the database. Search the database for entries from most every upgradable Mac model *before* you buy. (Searchable by mac model/upgrade brand).

Hard Drives:
• IDE Hitachi 250GB in G4/AGP (OS X 10.3)
  (Using Intec speedtools driver for big drive support.
  Illustrated guide to adding a 2nd HD here in B&W G3 rev2 and G4 towers up to the QuickSilver models.
  IDE articles page RAID section has an illustrated guide for adding 2 more drives in the side bays and IDE PCI controller card)

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