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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 11-17-2001 10:36 AM

One nice thing about VPC 4 is the ability to have several different machines at the ready optimized for what you want. On my iMac DV SE, I have a virtual Win98SE, Win 3.1.1 and DOS 6.21 all ready to run. VPC 4.0 and beyond also have the virtual expanding hard disk so it is only as big as it needs to be rather than having to create large hard discs.

Steve

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Joe Redifer
You need a beating today

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From: Denver, Colorado
Registered: May 99

posted 11-17-2001 05:39 PM

My Virtual PC "C" drive (gotta love those creative Windows hard drive names!) was created with VPC1. VPC4 won't let me expand it! I guess the best way to get into the VPC phenomenon is to start with version 4, that way you don't have to try and copy all of your old stuff over to the new, expandable disk. That can be a royal pain, since Windows doesn't allow you to copy many programs by using drag 'n drop.

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David Miller
Film Handler

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From: Kent, WA, USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 11-19-2001 05:29 PM

I have been using my Powerbook G3/400 for six or seven months to connect to sound processors and electronic projectors and all kind of other stuff out in the field. I never had much luck with the Keyspan USB adapter you are talking about so I switched to a Socket I/O PC Card DB-9 adapter. The thing works like a dream. I have been able to connect to DFP 2K & 3K, all of the Dolby Products, QSC DCM's, DTS-6AD's, Sound Web units, and Kinoton Electronic Projectors.

I am running OS X and OS 9.2 on a dual boot 20 gig drive. I think I have about 128mb of RAM dedicated to VPC4. The thing works great, in fact so well that one of my colleagues switched over from a PC laptop to a Powerbook G3 because he liked it so well.

Unfortunately, for the iBooks they don't have the PC Card slot so you are stuck with USB and if you run into problems there is nothing else to fall back on. I would buy an iBook in a second if they had the PC Card slots. I like everything about them (size, weight, form factor, features, etc.) except that, but Apple has to keep their division between the Consumer and Professional lines. So after I get done recovering from the dent the G4/800DP made in my bank account I will be buying a TiBook for the field.

Hope you are still having good luck with the USB. And drop a line if you ever need help. Mac users have to stick together.

-David Miller
inov8tr@speakeasy.org

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Randy Stankey
Film God

Posts: 6539
From: Erie, Pennsylvania
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-19-2001 07:34 PM

It's good to know that there's SOMEBODY else out there doing the Mac thing!

I just couldn't believe that there was nobody.

The Keyspan is doing well. I have had no problem with it. I just got another 256 MB of memory in the iBook. VPC is running perfectly now. (Before I had a problem with it running out of memory.)
I'm even using CCmail over the Airport connection.

I understand what you are saying about the PCI card. I have given it a little thought but honestly it doesn't bother me much. Except for connecting to the processors at work I don't think I'll ever need to hook up anything but a USB or a FireWire.

You're right about the Mac user thing. Keep spreading the word!

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 11-20-2001 08:04 PM

...loyal Mac user since 1984...in fact I have personally only ever owned Macintoshes....just two an SE (upgraded to an SE/30) and an iMac DV SE....amazingly...since 1988, only two computers has sufficed for me...how many PCs have users gone through in that amount of time (mind you both units are still running and perfectly usable...only with the most recent of software is the SE/30 too slow. My little SE/30 is my favorite computer of all time, thus far. It emulates Windows too. Been doing dual monitors with it since the 80s, has a CD-ROM, multiple hard drives, 20Megs of RAM (and in the late 80s, that was a lot), two 3.5" floppies that do 400K, 800K and 1.4M (in either Dos or Mac formats). Oh and it is very portable and I have a Targus "MacPack" for it to be transported in.

Steve

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