Or, just get an older powermac and upgrade it to a G3. ------------------ People aren't as dumb as you think. Wait, what was I thinking, 90% of the world uses WINDOWS! You don't…

Speaking of old computers... I have an old 636cd. Where could I go to find out what it would be worth if I sold it. It has 250MB HD, 16MB ram, 66mhz chip (I think), 15" screen,…

blizaine, there is an URL posted in the BUY/SELL forum somewhere that will take you to a site that gives ballpark figures for value of nearly any Mac... i forget just where that U…

I used to own one of these machines (actually, it started life as a Performa 550). When Apple settled the lawsuit over PowerPC upgrades for these machines, I scrimped and saved and…

if you want to find out the current market value for the computer, go to www.everymac.com and check it out, they list, uh, every mac and its specs and prices and all. as for the p…

Today a guy called XVI released the following items For Macintosh : - RPC-1 firmware for Matshita SR-8585 1X29 (the one on the latest G4) - RPC-1 firmware for Matshita SR-8184 AX3…

It works on my iMac DV. This is awesome. That guy XVI deserves accolades aplenty.

Yes, it works perfectly!!!!

I too took the plunge (or risk) but too my great joy everything went fine and it seems that I too now have a RPC-1 (region free) drive. Three cheers for XVI.

What is the best way to spread the word about this very, very helpful DVD crack in the Mac community? I don't think that the major sites can report on it due to legal issues... An…

Well,... I installed the new firmware and now everytime I insert a DVD and it is being mounted in the Finder, my system freezes. :-( Though, CDs still run well. Anyone can help??

Peter Pan, in order to help you, more information would be helpful: MacOS 9.0.4?, DVD player 2.2?, previous region code? etc.

Those of you who have it working, are you using just the firmware hack or the "Codefree DVD Player" as well?

P....I have used just the firmware hack. I still get the message that I only have "X" number of changes left when I stick in a different region DVD but the number of changes stays …

the procedure AusRob described is exactly what I am using. It works flawlessly. No need for a code free DVD player software. Cheers!

I just updated my DVSe fimrware with this update. After the first restart it gave me a heart attack, since it wouldn't recognise anything in the DVD/CD drive at all. A restart lat…

Adam.. I had the same problem as did several other people. I wouldn't worry about it. BTW out of about 40+ people that have reported that they have installed this update I have o…

I am completely new in the business, so I just simply downloaded a hacked software to avoid te region code ( maybe it wasn �t the one you all are talking about) and the result w…

Hi I tried the firmware patch on my iMac DV SE (bought in Feb 2000), the Matshita SR-8184 version, but it said that it couldn't update my DVD drive. Is there a reason for this?…

Well first of all you need to have your firmware updated to the highest Apple Version available before you do the region free update. I'm not sure if your DV will have shipped wit…

BE CAREFUL WHEN APPLYING XVI'S AX31 PATCH! There is a bug which he/she hasn't yet documented in the readme included with the download. Make sure your DVD drive has a region code …

XVI updated the Firmware to coincide with the new apple firmware. http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/ once again pring

please excuse me for my ignorance but, what is region free good for anyways? Sorry to ask this but if you could please tell me I'd be very grateful. NOT EVEN KRYPRONITE WILL KILL …

Well a lot of people like to be able to play DVDs from regions all over the world for different reasons. Myself I find Region 1 DVDs can be bought cheaper and have more extras tha…

This is not about macs but does anyone know how to do this with the playsation. I have a couple of games from europe that I would really like to play on my american playstation. I…