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The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 11 Sep 2003 : 14:16:58 The installation went smoothly I have pcSetup 2.0 running but the catch is that even with the Monitor Dongle cable attached, the control panel states there is no monitor present. It says "Sensing" then says "No Monitor Attached". I am wondering if the Dongle is perhaps borken or something not right? I am going to rechack my setup but if anyone has ideas please let me know, it's kinda sad.. I got the card but it no workie.
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 11 Sep 2003 : 22:13:09 Step One: running OS 8.5 or earlier, preferrably 8.1 because I believe that support for that junk was removed in 8.5/8.6. Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 11 Sep 2003 : 22:37:11 It is supported in OS 9, the old website of www.pcsetup2x.com was a Vancouver company that purchased a license for Apple's source code to the Pc Setup progra/control panel and they fixed bugs and made it OS 9 compatible. Even the original 1.6 of PC Setup from Apple worked in OS 9. I talked with someone and they said more than anything it's most likely a dongle. I'll be heading out there sometime to get a replacement.
Kami Junior Member Canada 132 Posts	Posted - 11 Sep 2003 : 23:13:44 BoJ Is the web site down? I tried to connect but nothing. Is the software available from another site? Would be kind of nice to get the old PC comp card out of the box. Thanks
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 12 Sep 2003 : 02:20:56 I have them archived. I got it from the internet archive. :) You need first of all to download Apple's Version of PC Setup first. So, download version 1.6.4 I think it is, (1.6.x for sure) and install that. I can e-mail or burn a CD for you with the new drivers. And maybe when we get together you could bring that little dongle, I just want to test and see if it's my dongle that busted or if it's the card...cause if it's the card I gotta send it back pronto. (I leave for Hamilton on the 4th of October and I'm soo nervous, first time on a plane.
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 12 Sep 2003 : 06:33:59 well I did say "support" not "workingness" and that's just what I saw from the OS9 box... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
Kami Junior Member Canada 132 Posts	Posted - 12 Sep 2003 : 20:52:28 I don't know if I have a dongle for the PC Comp Card. I can't remember seeing one in the box. Is it a 4 headed dongle like the one used with the 6100 DOS?
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 13 Sep 2003 : 01:03:32 It's 3 headed. The PC Card has a special 23 pin adaptor (I think it's 23 pins or something close, it's 3 layers of pins) and this in turn extends to two other connectors...one for your monitor and the other to plug into the Mac Video Port. If you don't have one don't worry about it. I will e-mail and ask the people I purchased it from. I have a feeling it might be a damaged card because the dongle displays Mac OS fine (which is what I'm using now) but doesn't display the card. Very odd. Anyways...I will figure it out one way or another.
Kami Junior Member Canada 132 Posts	Posted - 14 Sep 2003 : 11:40:07 Hey BoJ I'll bring my PC Comp card over the next time we meet and you can try it out. The car is out of commission this weekend so I'll try to catch you later in the week K
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 19 Sep 2003 : 10:54:43 did you try with OS 8.1? it might work if you use OS8.1 iDunno though... Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"
The Balance Of Judgement Senior Member Ivory Coast 1006 Posts	Posted - 19 Sep 2003 : 11:50:02 Nope it's dead or something. I installed 7.5.3 and put the first edition of Pc Setup on and still no dice. So, I don't know. This and my other failures this day makes 350 bucks down the tube. Go figure.
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 21 Sep 2003 : 01:31:14 ouchies... sorry to hear that Official 68k videographer Official MLA TourGuide Editor of the MLAgazine "I'm just a normal computer geek who somehow landed a social life"

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