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Clinton Full Member USA 700 Posts	Posted - 13 Mar 2003 : 21:33:51 Well, here we are again, folks. we are hitting petitiononline once more. the grounds: Apple writes no drivers for the graphics chipsets on the A-D iMacs, the Beige G3, and the PBG3s. This is petitioning apple to write, and support these Computers. The URL: http://www.petitiononline.com/atiapple/petition.html Please sign, I want to use my iMac to the full potential!!! CCC Lieutennant Commander (Pronounced Leftennant) 68k Macs Rescued: 2 Pluses, a 512KE, a Classic II, a Q650, a Q660AV, and a MacII Contraband rescued: Power Computing PowerBase 200, a PM 8600/300, and a PM8500/180 Apple //s rescued: Apple //e
Master of Puppets Starting Member 32 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 08:04:33 I'll sign. I've got a rev D, although its analog board is shot :(
SpaceBoy Full Member USA 631 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 13:00:00 Okay, I signed. Thanks! :-) SpaceBoy Official MLA Raconteur AppleBASIC FOREVER! TiBook G4/500, "Difference Engine" PowerMac 6500/275 Performa 6400/180 3x PowerMac 7600/132 SE/30 32/250, "Wang" PB 1400/133 PB 180/33 PMac 7100/G3-266 Quadra 950, "HAL 9000" Newton 120, "PADD"
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 14:54:59 I have a Beige G3! I'm signing RIGHT AWAY! _________________ Leutennant SCCHICAGO HotLine:scchicago.homeip.net Website:http://scchicago.homeip.net Forum: http://scchicago.homeip.net/forum
scchicago Full Member USA 936 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 14:58:16 signed... i hope Apple does listen to all these petitions... _________________ Leutennant SCCHICAGO HotLine:scchicago.homeip.net Website:http://scchicago.homeip.net Forum: http://scchicago.homeip.net/forum
Gothikon Full Member Australia 537 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 15:14:05 Isn't there some very basic support for the iMac's video chipset? I know they added some support for the beige G3's. To be honest however I don't see Apple taking this one seriously -------- LC 2, LC 3, Q605, Perf 638, Colour Classic (160 603e) 6100, 7200, PTP 225 (Quad 604), PM 9600, G4 Cube
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 15:28:06 quote: To be honest however I don't see Apple taking this one seriously They never do. Anyone remember the HyperCard petition? -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
catsdorule Senior Member Canada 1627 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 16:04:26 quote: quote: To be honest however I don't see Apple taking this one seriously They never do. Anyone remember the HyperCard petition? -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.? - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 Personaly I like hyperstudio better. -danny You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 ------- 68k Macintosh Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 16:17:15 HyperCard! HyperCard! HyperCard! HyperCard RULES!!!!!!! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 14 Mar 2003 : 17:44:22 quote: HyperCard! HyperCard! HyperCard! HyperCard RULES!!!!!!! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance. - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 7 AMEN to that! G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent
Clinton Full Member USA 700 Posts	Posted - 15 Mar 2003 : 02:18:35 quote: Isn't there some very basic support for the iMac's video chipset? I know they added some support for the beige G3's. To be honest however I don't see Apple taking this one seriously -------- LC 2, LC 3, Q605, Perf 638, Colour Classic (160 603e) 6100, 7200, PTP 225 (Quad 604), PM 9600, G4 Cube ya, there is, it is called a generic driver. There is no real hardware specific driver for the trayloaders, the Beiges, and the PBG3s, and thus they are forced to use the (crappy, but compatable with almost everything) generic driver. at least it tries to install the generic VIDEO driver for unsupported cards, in Win98, I added a second video card, and it installed the mouse driver!!! CCC Lieutennant Commander (Pronounced Leftennant) 68k Macs Rescued: 2 Pluses, a 512KE, a Classic II, a Q650, a Q660AV, and a MacII Contraband rescued: Power Computing PowerBase 200, a PM 8600/300, and a PM8500/180 Apple //s rescued: Apple //e
Marchie Chaplain USA 911 Posts	Posted - 15 Mar 2003 : 12:40:58 Umm... The video in those iMacs is just an ATI Rage 128 chipset compounded to the mobo. same as is in my PCI G4, without the DVD decoder. [edit] I will say that I beleive that to be the case. It may be a different ATI chipset, like a Rage Mobile. BUT, I'll also say that Generic = GOOD. Generic doesn't mean "less capable". What can the chipset DO that the drivers don't enable/control? I have a "generic" modem... US Robotics 56k. It's as generic as you can get. repsonds to pure blooded Hayes Modem INIT codes. also happens to be one of the best modems you can buy, and that genericness is a good contributor to that. ~Marchie ~Chaplain Marchie Admin of The WonderLAN ~~"We are all Mad here"~~ Edited by - marchie on 15 Mar 2003 12:57:24
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 15 Mar 2003 : 13:03:07 I signed, partially because the graphics could be smoother... although I think that otherwise, it still makes a decent using platformness Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide

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