 Old Beige Mac, Can any older mac users help? |
 Tue 30 Mar 2004, 04:00
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I picked up a 266 G3 beige all-in-one that was already upgraded w/ a 30 gb HD and 512MB RAM for $100. I've got 10.1 installed and all 3 PCI slots are available. I'm planning on installing a USB 2.0/firewire card so I can attach external CD/R and HD and MIDI interface, etc.> I have no experience using a computer for music. I'd like to use it as for sequencing and audio and will be primarily recording tracks one at a time. Can anyone suggest software I can use on that type of machine. New software typically requires a faster processer, but is there any way to pick up older software. For example, DP 4.0 I believe is the current version, and requires more than I've got, but people were using 2.0 or 2.5 back when the beige was a little more current. I've been thinking about adding a sonnet cpu upgrade, but I'm definitely on a budget. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Tue 30 Mar 2004, 18:31
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 2 Joined: 19-Sep 03 From: Tampa - US Member No.: 25,056 |
I have a old biege G3 upgraded with a 400 sonnet G4 running OS9. I agree with kolo. My G3 still works wonderfully with all of my OS9 audio apps. I suggest maybe running protools free under OS9. You can download it for free @ www.digidesign.com. I also have a G5, but I use both machines frequentley, becuase you can't boot a G5 up in OS9, and classic mode in OSX has some midi/audio issues.
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subgenius88 Old Beige Mac Tue 30 Mar 2004, 04:00
kolo I'd actually recomend trying OS 9. It's al... Tue 30 Mar 2004, 15:37 algofrag1 My 2 cents. I have a G3 beige desktop model upgrad... Sat 3 Apr 2004, 15:16 beltunabob Another newby here. Not to music, but to the recor... Mon 5 Apr 2004, 04:20
Bob Nova Software that will run on a Beige 266 under OS9:
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