I would get one, too. They just need a slightly updated graphics chip.

i was trying to fix this guys Lombard today. He has a VST DVD drive and hardware decoder card. They originally worked fine but he wierd his hard drive clean (he had 8.6) and inst…

Older DVD drives and software were finicky with certain DVDs - the Matrix was notorious for causing problems. Newer drives and software such as your Pismo fixed the problem. Vers…

Can I use a 256 MB RAM from a Lombard in the Prismo? An Apple store guy said yes but another website said no. Does anyone know? Thanks

"dmcnickle", Did you purchase the RAM from The Apple Store? If you did, it is likely that you cannot place the "Lombard/101" RAM into the "Pismo", because "Lombard" does not requi…

i believe the answer is no, as i read recently at macosrumors. it has something to do with the bus speed bump from 66 to 100: the old memory is just too slow to deal with those w…

When ATI announced the new Mobile video chip, they also siad it supports 8 MB VRAM on board, and 8 externally.....so, does the noew powerbook have this expandibility? Dammit

"Dammit", I think what ATi means is that it can use 8 megabytes of system RAM for graphics. That happens a lot in the low-quality eMachines (gulp) computers. I would hope the Powe…

I posted this several times on Apple's site...but they keep removing it before anyone can read it. It is not much, simply that my network card in my 1999 Powerbook G3 fried while c…

Did you always connect it to the same ethernet port (on the hub, that is)? It is possible that one port on the hub has somehow shorted and is sending dangerous electricity to the P…

I thought that, too. The port I used is also used on a 333Mhz Powerbook, and two 1400cs Powerbooks. We sometimes use that port to hook up and additional printer. No problems in ove…

According to FiringSquad the Rage 128 Mobility (same chip on Pismo) has hardware DVD decoding capability. Does anybody know if the Apple DVD Player takes advantage of this? Here'…

The player is aparently not using the Chip's mpeg2 decoding facility, as Apple advertise it as "Software DVD player". Maybe at a later date... Maybe ATI should start to develop an…

It would certainly be VERY cool if someone could get the ATI Mobility 128's DVD decoding to work. Hardware decoding enables you go watch a DVD in the background or in a little win…

Actually, from what I understand, Apple does use some of the chip's hardware. Just from looking at it on my Pismo, I would venture to say it does hardware scaling (because when you…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: I agree that ATI should write a DVD player for the Mac, seeing as how Apple refuses to make the effort... And herein lies the one…

from the ATI RAGE 128 FAQ: Q13: Do the new RAGE 128 based Macintosh boards support DVD/Mpeg-2 acceleration? A13: While the RAGE 128 chip can "power" software DVD playback, for it…