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IIRC, Toast was a program in the late 90s/early 2000s for packaging and partitioning things to be burned onto CDs.
ToniCH
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Yes, it was the best CD/DVD burner utility for disk image stuff also. That is it's native disk image format.
The correct version for SL is the Toast 11 Titanium.
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MacInTO
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I only used the “Lite” version that came with the first CD drive I ever bought. It was a huge 5-1/4 inch mechanism in a big blue plastic enclosure with a Firewire 400 interface. I think it was made by LaCie.
ToniCH
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I too used it to burn CDs and later also DVDs and also mount and create disk images. Started with probably version 3 in the 90's and used it all the way to SL years.
It has been decades since I backupped my DVD-movies but I think I ripped them with MacTheRipper and then burned with Toast...IIRC. 🤔
I should have one of those in some warehouse box. It was my dads originally.
This is what mine look like, but it was FireWire, not SCSI.
LaCie External SCSI 40x CD-RW Drive – Apple Rescue of Denver
applerescueofdenver.com
ToniCH
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Yes, I think the one I have is FireWire or USB as my dad used it for years after machines no longer had SCSI. Mine does not have translucent blue case but solid blue. Do not remember if it's CDR or DVD-R though.This is what mine look like, but it was FireWire, not SCSI.
LaCie External SCSI 40x CD-RW Drive – Apple Rescue of Denver
My first Mac CD-drive was on my PowerMac 6100. It was one of those that had a caddy where you put the CD and then insert the caddy into the drive. I also at some point had an external version of that.
DCBassman
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ToniCH
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Great, happy you got it running! 👍
Now as you are not an old Mac user, if I remember it correctly, you need to study what are all those killer utilities and programs that made the SL experience so great. No machine is complete without period correct best apps. You will have days of work in figuring that out, downloading them and getting them to run. 😉
I listed some that are important to me earlier but there are hundreds more that are great and might be usable to you depending on what you like to do. So, go for it.
Don't forget "Mac DVD Ripper Pro"....
MDRP: Process DVDs and videos on your Mac - Free Trial!
With older versions available here...
Mac DVD Ripper Pro - Old versions
Since your Mac has a DVD drive you absolutely need this, it's a "must install" for me when I setup an new (old) Mac and the perfect use for an older Intel Mac!
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Hello!
I was recently using Snow Leopard as well and loving it but decided to give Lion a try on my 2008 White Macbook and I have to say I'm just loving it. A LOT more software become instantly available with Lion but also in iTunes 12.2.2.25 Internet radio is still STILL WORKING!! What I discovered is that you need to Log into your Apple account in iTunes and then the radio works again, if you don't login then it doesn't work. Weird, but oh well.
Seriously, try Lion even if it is on a different partition or drive and see what you think, it's actually shockingly usable and does NOT feel any slower to me than Snow Leopard on this machine.
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ToniCH
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I never tried that. MacTheRipper managed to rip maybe 97% of all DVD movies I ever used it on. But, thanks for the tip. I will give it a try. I no longer burn DVD movies to disk but making digital file copies of them to use in my media Mac is still a valid use case.
Another video-utility I remember using during SL times and before is Handbrake. And then there were couple of softwares from the same company but cannot remember the company for sure. One was Video editor or converter? And the bigger version was Media converter. Was it Wondershare or something? They were quite good for converting video formats from DVD to something to use in a media player (at that time I had Popcorn Time media player). I think the Media thing could remove copy protection too?
Ok, I'll give that some thought.
Gloomy
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Are you perhaps thinking of the iSkySoft DVD Ripper pack? Came with two apps; one to rip and convert DVDs to a large list of formats and devices, the other was a standalone video converter.
It’s up on Macintosh Garden if you feel like trying it.
ToniCH
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No, I haven't used that one but you are right - the company is iSkySoft. 👍 I actually bought licenses for their software, and now I even found my registration numbers for them. I think later on they changed the software names to Wondershare something and the exact ones from those days have not been available for a long time?
Back then the ones I used were:
- iSkysoft Video Converter
- iSkysoft iMedia Converter Deluxe
The latter was the bigger/better one. I think it even handled ripping.
MacInTO
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Checking out my new free 20" Apple Cinema Display with my 2012 MBP on Mavericks Forever. I thought I was going to check out a cheap 23" ACD and instead it was this. They had no idea it required a power supply to go with it so they just gave it to me. 😎
I have it connected to the power supply from my 30" ACD. Now to find a cheap power supply.
I have it connected to the power supply from my 30" ACD. Now to find a cheap power supply.
headlessmike
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The connector for the power supply resembles USB-C, so I could see people getting confused by it. Those ACDs are great.
DCBassman
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My problem is, as I've mentioned previously, I have no use case for any computer I have, bar email, browsing and word processing.
SL is just fine for WP, I've happily done that on my 12" Powerbook G4. But browsing and email are more challenging. I freely admit that I've not put *that* much effort in yet, mainly because MX Linux makes everything so easy on these old machines, and as you correctly pointed out, I'm not a Mac user historically. If I decided to record music, there would be any number of things doable on many of these machines. But I've never had the need for that either, and have no clue where I would start!
Mainly, for me, it's the machines themselves.
Struggling with possibly recalcitrant software is, for me, the stuff of nightmares. Even something as "up to date" as Powerfox, for example. No apparent way to import bookmarks. Grrr....
I'm just a grumpy old guy...
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ToniCH
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Is there a Snow Leopard compatible version or port of Unreal Tournament of some kind?
I did find Alien Arena, which I guess is somewhat similar but Unreal Tournament would be nice.
I did find Alien Arena, which I guess is somewhat similar but Unreal Tournament would be nice.
DCBassman
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I've never found one. I'm vaguely aware that there was a PowerPC port, but not certain. If so, maybe it would run under Rosetta? I'm guessing at all this, really.
I still have UT99 on every Windows machine I have, and it runs at full detail on the very least of them. Ridiculously fast on a Haswell i7 and GTX980...
Search 'OS X Emulator for UT99' and up come results for OldUnreal, which is a community patched version that will even run on AS!
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ToniCH
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Yes, UT exists for PPC -machines, I think they were even published to Macs natively? I have one in many of my G4 and G5 machines and would like to get one running in SL and Intel too. UT is good brainless and relaxing stuff. 😉
The UT 99
The UT 2003
The UT 2004
Maybe I should just try if I can get the 2004 to run in Intel machine. What is needed to run PPC code? Rosetta?
MacInTO
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Same shape, but way bigger on the ACD - I think it would be difficult to confuse. If I didn't know and came across one, I would try USB C and then realize it isn't. I think most won't know what they are dealing with and how old the monitor is. I've seen one posted as an iMac before. The person that gave it to me told me that they got it from the curb. I asked if they had the power supply before going over, and they said yes so they had no clue. I prefer these monitors because of the matte display. The challenge is finding one without scratches. Surprisingly this one has only one small 2mm scratch which isn't that noticable.
I've been trying to locate a cheap power supply. I wouldn't say they are cheap, around $30. It might be the same cost to buy another ACD that comes with a power supply! If I do, I will officially become a hoarder! 😂
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